Par, 752 pieces. Very difficult--you can see why Par is a classic. 7/10
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Spirited Fox
Jigsawow, 195 pieces. Another puzzle with irregular edges and a color theme for the animal face depicted--I like them fine. 3/5
Portrait of an Elizabethan Woman
350-ish, Snowflake Puzzles. Well-cut, relatively thin wood, whimsy-free; a Snowflake puzzle is a predictable hand-cut experience and this one delivered what I expected, with some difficulty in the intricate elements of the subject's dress. 3/5
Paul Bond, Octopus
Monday, February 1, 2021
Spencer Gore, Icknield Way
Virus
Basis Wood, 321 pieces. This is my favorite Basis puzzle so far (they sell on Amazon). Like many middling producers, they make some pieces that are really too tiny for the rest of the puzzle, but it's not ridiculous. I liked the colors and the viral whimsies, though of course not everyone will be up for it. 3/5
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| viral particles |
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| multi piece whimsy |
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| I liked having the whimsy overlapping with the image |
Field of Dreams
Images of Nature, 350 pieces. It's poppy fields, get it? The difficulty came from lots of areas of similar color, mitigated by the perspective that made the flowers different sizes at different parts of the image. 3/5
























