Diane Adolph, Pickle Boat

 Puzzle Lab, 300 pieces. Another of their "trying something new" puzzles, this one with multipiece whimsies including two substantial ones. Love the image; the boat whimsy did fall into the trap that seems laid for new whimsy-makers where the whimsy is sized completely differently than other pieces. The fiddly tiny rectangles were not optimal. Still I appreciate the ambition! 3/5

multipiece hydroplane

bird

person towing suitcase (the black back makes it almost as hard to see as it is from the front!)

big boat, little rectangles

Fancy Cut

 Jigsaw Art/Thom Spencer, 323 pieces. Another wonderful puzzle with very high difficulty--the same color pieces can touch, so it's pure shape matching. 8/10 Stave scale.

an hour or so in

look at that diabolical join--a secret dropout!

(mumble) more hours

I Go to Pieces abstract

 Trove, 250 pieces. Another nicely done Wentworth-ish puzzle. 3/5

Harbour Homes, Diane Adolph

 Puzzle Lab, 300 pieces. This maker is expanding its offerings, with this shaped puzzle with a few whimsies showing great potential. 3/5

Why did the pictures come out in opposite order, Blogger? ugh.

two-piece seal

bird

otter

crab whimsy in two pieces at L

Really big dropouts!

Geoffrey Gersten, Poker Tree

 Artifact, 288 pieces. The standout here: the whimsies, poker and Las Vegas-themed. Multipiece horses (sadly only one of two closeups turned out), a greyhound, etc. Very cute. 3/5

one horse and jockey

die (poker?)

BAR sign

croupier (again, for poker?)

hard to see but that's a multipiece T-rex

greyhound

robot, sure

second horse/jockey combo at top R

Rainbow Eucalytus, Ahnna Galena

 Bewilderness, 173 pieces. Nicely challenging geometric cut for its size. 3/5

9 Donuts

 Trove, 250 pieces. Attractively packaged, relatively standard Wentworth-ish puzzle. 3/5