Puzzle #23 - MasterPieces - Travel Diary Venice - 550 pieces

Puzzle #23 of 2023
Finished March 24, 2023

MasterPieces Travel Diary Venice - 550 pieces

Started this new one - wanted something easy and happy.  This does the trick.  I love this series and am sorry this is the last one I own.  I did look up and there is at least one more new one and a couple that are similar enough... so they will be future purchases.  These are just very pleasant puzzles to put together.

Paired with Dry Creek Vineyard 2021 Dry Chenin Blanc.  :)

another delicious Chenin Blanc

Nice distraction.  Not a challenging puzzle, but pleasant to put together.  Just what I wanted at this point.  Travel Diary series has been very fun.

Puzzle #23 of 2023
Finished March 24, 2023

MasterPieces Travel Diary Venice - 550 pieces

Puzzle #23 - Buffalo Games - Night and Day Beach Holiday - 1000 pieces

Puzzle #22 of 2023
Finished March 20, 2023

Buffalo Games Beach Holiday Night and Day - 1000 pieces

Starting a Buffalo Games puzzle - it has been awhile.  Oh, that poster!!  So wonderful!!  The border went together well - a few mis-fits but figured out easily.  I do like the regular shaped pieces.  Should be a fun image.  I thought it might be Aimee Stewart but turns out it is Jeff Haynie.

gotta love that big beautiful poster!

Have had a couple instances of mis-fits where it really took me awhile to figure it out.  Wasn't until I realized the whole puzzle was off that I finally tracked them down.  One was in the lit up screen door on the camper.  One was in the lower left corner area.  Worked out and wasn't as frustrating as it used to be when I started puzzling.  But definitely something to remember with Buffalo puzzles.  However, the image is colorful and bright and fun.  Lots to look at and sort by. Enjoyable puzzle so far.  

Paired nicely with Beaumont Chenin Blanc  :)

2020 Beaumont Chenin Blanc 

very nice - 4.5 stars!

Had stepped away for a few days because I was so busy.  But sat down this evening to finish it up.  Still had several mis-fits but worked them out.  Those don't bother me like they used to, unless they are really bad - and these weren't really bad.  Colorful, fun puzzle.  Love the poster size most of all.  Overall, glad to be putting together a buffalo puzzle again.  :)

Puzzle #22 of 2023
Finished March 20, 2023

Buffalo Games Beach Holiday Night and Day - 1000 pieces

Puzzle #21 - Springbok - Old Western Town - 500 pieces

Puzzle #21 of 2023
Finished March 14, 2023

Springbok Old Western Town - 500 pieces

Well this was a fun, quick and easy one.  Easy but not simple, great image (and unique!) and very fun to put together.  Did it in one afternoon/evening.  Will definitely keep this one to do again.  This one is by Dominic Davison.  Note to remember... it does have some wonky shaped pieces.  Kind of like - but kind of don't.  I think because I just had that random shaped piece puzzle I really didn't want this.  However, even though they are wonky shaped, they aren't as bad as the truly random ones so it wasn't that bad.  Just a note to remember.  Springbok - no poster, wonky shaped pieces.

Puzzle #21 of 2023
Finished March 14, 2023

Springbok Old Western Town - 500 pieces

Puzzle #20 - Falcon - Corner Shops - The Greengrocer - 1000 pieces

Puzzle #20 of 2023
Finished March 14, 2023

Falcon Corner Shops The Greengrocer - 1000 pieces

Corner Shops by Victor McLindon - this one is the The Greengrocer.  LOVE this puzzle (which is why I chose it for next after the wonky shaped Pisa one)  Sturdy pieces, good image quality, challenging but fun.  A wonderful puzzle experience with that large, heavy paper poster.  ahhhhh... wonderful!

Pure joy!  Great puzzle start to finish!  A lot of fun to complete.  Love the image.  The different foods were a lot of fun to work on.  And the outfits.  Love all the green.  :)  Wish Falcon had a poster with all their puzzles - if they did they would move near to the top of my list of favorite puzzle companies!  I do think I am realizing I like regular shaped puzzle pieces like this one has.

beautiful poster

Puzzle #20 of 2023
Finished March 14, 2023

Falcon Corner Shops The Greengrocer - 1000 pieces

Puzzle #19 - Vermont Christmas Company - Streets of Pisa - 1000 pieces

Puzzle #19 of 2023
Finished March 11, 2023

Vermont Christmas Company Streets of Pisa - 1000 pieces

Dominic Davison - This one may be really tricky.  It is the random cut pieces and they are so wonky.  I do not have the border done and probably won't have it complete for awhile.  But hopefully it won't be frustrating.  I do feel like my skill has improved steadily over the last year.  That is fun to think about.  :) This is the smaller size of the Vermont Christmas Country 1000 piece puzzles, which I had kind of been avoiding.  Now I am curious to try to figure out which ones have random and which have ribbon cut.  I know the most recent 550 piece was ribbon cut... need to see if the ones I have liked the best have been ribbon or random and if maybe the larger 1000 pieces are ribbon and the smaller 1000 pieces are random?  Or is the whole thing random?  I like to find patterns and order!  ha!  Will look into it.

Streets of Pisa by Dominic Davison. 

This was a tough one, for sure.  All those wonky shaped pieces were driving me nuts.  Not as nuts as in the past, though, so I am improving.  But I don’t like these really weirdly shaped puzzles so much - at least not in a 1000 pieces.  I don’t know how you can tell with Vermont Christmas Company which ones are wonky shaped pieces and which ones are regular.  I would really like to know that before purchasing in the future.  I prefer their regular shaped puzzles.  Surely they have it marked some way and I just haven’t yet figured it out?   But I did complete this one and it was pretty  I loved the image and the puzzle was good but not a favorite simply because of those wonky shaped pieces.

Puzzle #19 of 2023
Finished March 11, 2023

Vermont Christmas Company Streets of Pisa - 1000 pieces

Puzzle #18 - Buffalo Games Charles Wysocki - Whistlestop Christmas - 500 pieces

Puzzle #18 of 2023

Finished March 1, 2023

Buffalo Games Charles Wysocki Whistlestop Christmas - 500 pieces

Well this puzzle is going together way faster than I expected!  I just started it this evening and am ⅔ done.  Heading to bed since it is late but would have finished in one day had I started earlier.  It is a delightful puzzle.  I forget how I do love Charles Wysocki puzzles.  Again, 500 pieces is probably too easy but a pleasant diversion.  This is my first Buffalo in awhile (except for a couple 300 piece ones I think) and the quality is just fine.  I know I have had trouble before with pieces fitting more than one location but so far that has not been a problem with this puzzle.  Will definitely get back into doing Buffalo puzzles - 1000 pieces.  Very nice experience so far.

A very enjoyable puzzle.  Not hard but fun to do.  Will try another Buffalo 1000 piece after this.  Sort of brought me back to Buffalo puzzles.  :)  And oh, how I love that big poster!!!

big, beautiful poster

Puzzle #18 of 2023

Finished March 1, 2023

Buffalo Games Charles Wysocki Whistlestop Christmas - 500 pieces