Puzzle #44 - Bits & Pieces - Back in the Harness - 300 pieces

Puzzle #44 - Bits & Pieces - Back in the Harness - 300 pieces

I just like this image.  Don't ever want a 1000 piece Bits & Pieces puzzle, but a 300 is fine from them.  Very relaxing to put together.  Makes me think of Uncle Haroldand his famous horse pulling team.  And makes me think of Daddy with Dick and Bob.  The harness really is beautiful.  So are the  horses.  The whole package in this puzzle is lovely and heartwarming.  Part of why I enjoy 300 piece puzzles here and there.  Some of the best images are found on the smaller puzzles.  

Finished July 16, 2022

Puzzle #44 - Bits & Pieces - Back in the Harness - 300 pieces by John Sloane

Puzzle #43 - SunsOut - Lap of Luxury - 500 pieces

Puzzle #43 - SunsOut - Lap of Luxury - 500 pieces

Nice puzzle - fun and not too hard - or too easy, for that matter.  I do love doing the cars.  I thought the grass would be hard but it wasn't.  It was the sky that got me.  :)  This has those funny shaped pieces and many fit at an angle... my brain just doesn't work that way.  This reminds me of many Bits & Pieces puzzles.  I am getting better at them.  However, those angles are still not my favorite.    

Bright colors, good image, sturdy pieces.  There was one extra piece in the box - leftover after completing the puzzle.

Finished on July 16, 2022

Puzzle #43 - SunsOut - Lap of Luxury - 500 pieces - Ken Zylla

Puzzle #42 - Ravensburger - Rig Views - 1000 pieces

Puzzle #42 - Ravensburger - Rig Views - 1000 pieces

I do love Ravensburger puzzles.  The pieces are nice to handle (although one from this box is already separating top from bottom) and the colors/image are clear.  However, this box is tiny and it is almost impossible to see detail.  Plus, the box doesn't show all the image because of banners across parts so then you turn to the teensy tiny image on the side of the box.  No good.  Ravensburger needs to include posters with their puzzles.  For the life of me I do not understand why they don't!  They are the 'Cadillac' of puzzles, but they really fall short on this part.

top lifting off this piece

This box is smaller overall than the 'typical' Ravensburger box... I wonder what that indicates?

Last bits were tough.  :)  Organized by color this time, not shape, because there were variations in the brown.  Puzzle was fun, not frustrating.  Again, only frustrating part is no poster!!  :D

Finished on July 15, 2022

Puzzle #42 - Ravensburger - Rig Views - 1000 pieces - Jason Taylor

Very pretty puzzle - enjoyable.  Ravensburger is good quality. 

 

Puzzle #41 - Cobble Hill - Nancy Drew - 1000 pieces

Puzzle #41 - Cobble Hill - Nancy Drew - 1000 pieces

Oh my goodness!  THIS is one of my favorite puzzles I have ever put together!  I LOVED this!  The book covers took me back.  They were an interesting mix, though, of the covers I read and some covers that Julie read.  Seeing there is also a 'Vintage Nancy Drew' that is the really old covers... And also a Hardy Boys version.  May have to do both of those as well, although THIS was the one that touched my heartstrings.  

A nice large poster was included - I do love that.

This was my first Cobble Hill puzzle - very nicely done.  Solid pieces, random cut, vivid colors (mostly) and challenging (especially at the end) but not frustrating.  This puzzle brought me so much joy!  This one I could actually see myself doing again in the future!!  Also of note - becuase it was a collage I found myself piecing it together differently than any other puzzle.  I was working on pieces of the covers and then eventually got them connected.  

Finished on June 12, 2022

Puzzle #41 - Cobble Hill - Nancy Drew - 1000 pieces

Puzzle #40 - MasterPieces -Travel Diary Amsterdam - 550 pieces

Puzzle #40 - MasterPieces -Travel Diary Amsterdam - 550 pieces

Fun puzzle - I really like the Travel Diary series.  They are all 550 pieces - so fairly quick and easy to put together.  They provide a nice, relaxing time and the image can help you daydream about traveling again.  They are sort of a puzzle equivalent to eating cotton candy... mindless, fun, but not overly taxing (or memorable).   However, they are a great way to spend a few hours puzzling. 

Finished on June 7, 2022

Puzzle #40 - MasterPieces -Travel Diary Amsterdam - 550 pieces - David MacLean

Puzzle #39 - Buffalo Games - Aimee Stewart Family Campsite - 500 pieces

Puzzle #39 - Buffalo Games - Aimee Stewart Family Campsite -  500 pieces 

This puzzle had lots of fun, bright colors and images.  I didn't really do the 'search for the hidden images' thing... I saw them while putting the puzzle together so it felt a bit anti-climactic.  But that didn't diminish from my enjoyment of the puzzle.  This truly had the elements of a good, relaxing puzzle experience.  

The poster that comes with Buffalo Games puzzles is nearly the size of their 500 piece puzzles.  I love that!  

Finished June 6, 2022

Puzzle #39 - Buffalo Games - Aimee Stewart Family Campsite -  500 pieces 

Puzzle #38 - MasterPieces Home Sweet Home Puzzler's Retreat 550 pieces

Puzzle #38 - MasterPieces Home Sweet Home Puzzler's Retreat 550 pieces

Very fun puzzle - good image and quality of pieces.  But missing a piece in the end.  That is so deflating.  However, it was a good puzzle experience other than that.  

EDITED to say that I FOUND the missing piece!!  It was under the posterboard - so this puzzle now goes to 5 stars.  :)    

Engaging image - solid pieces, fun to put together. 

        

(I ended up finding that missing piece.)

Finished June 5, 2022

Puzzle #38 - MasterPieces Home Sweet Home Puzzler's Retreat 550 pieces - Chris Bigelow