Puzzle #46 - Falcon - The Drawing Room - 1000 pieces

Puzzle #46 of 2023

Finished September 12, 2023

Falcon - The Drawing Room - 1000 pieces

This is a very nice puzzle.  Wish there was a poster.  Falcon puzzles are thick, well defined color, almost zero puzzle dust... I was a bit worried that this one would be quite tricky.  It is not simple but it is not frustrating.  Just a solid, keep-at-it puzzle.  Very enjoyable so far.  Thinking that red velvet curtain may be the last (and most difficult) part??   

Paired this first evening with Grgich Hills Estate Rose 2021.  :) 

Image by Dominic Davison.

Finished this one tonight.  Enjoyable.  I was wrong about what would be the hardest... it was not the red drapes.  Of course it was the rug.  It would have always been the rug.  :D  There were a lot of dark areas but unlike in some puzzles, the dark areas still had definition so it was possible to figure it out.  Not always easy, but possible.  :)  I do like Falcon quality.  Paired this evening with Yalumba Viognier.  (this was a 2 wine night puzzle!)   :)

Puzzle #46 of 2023

Finished September 12, 2023

Falcon - The Drawing Room - 1000 pieces

Puzzle #45 - Ravensburger - The Beach Hut (No. 7 My Haven series) - 1000 pieces

Puzzle #45 of 2023

Finished September 9, 2023

Ravensburger - The Beach Hut (No. 7 My Haven series) - 1000 pieces

Ravensburger puzzles typically do not have posters (much to my great dismay) however, the My Haven series all do seem to have accompanying posters.  I love that!!  Stellar puzzle quality and with the addition of a poster, Ravensburger pretty much has the whole package!

Image by Steve Read

I paired this puzzle with Lapostolle Carmenere wine.  Yum!

I really enjoyed this puzzle.  Ravensburger just is super high quality.  And there was a poster with this one which was fantastic!  Granted, it was a small picture, but at least it didn't have any parts cut off like the box image always does.  I'll take it!  Puzzle pieces feel good in the hand and have great color/definition.  Pure enjoyment for sure!  

Puzzle #45 of 2023

Finished September 9, 2023

Ravensburger - The Beach Hut (No. 7 My Haven series) - 1000 pieces

Puzzle #44 - Buffalo Games - Charles Wysocki - Labor Day in Bungalowville - 300 pieces

Puzzle #44 of 2023

Finished on September 4, 2023

Buffalo Games - Charles Wysocki - Labor Day in Bungalowville - 300 pieces

A fun Charles Wysocki.  I thought this was one that just needed to be completed on Labor Day so pulled it out to do in the evening - knowing it would be a quick one.  :)  It was a lovely puzzle - all those beautiful craftsman bungalows.  So very pretty.  I imagine it would be fun in the 1000 piece, too...  As always, thankful for a puzzle with a poster, although admittedly, I didn't really use it much on this one.  Just let my mind wander and pieced things together (easy since it was only a 300 piece)

Puzzle #44 of 2023

Finished on September 4, 2023

Buffalo Games - Charles Wysocki - Labor Day in Bungalowville - 300 pieces

Puzzle #43 - eeBoo - Bookstore Astronomers - 500 pieces

Puzzle #43 of 2023

Finished September 3, 2023

eeBoo - Bookstore Astronomers - 500 pieces

So you know that I inherently love a brand when I turn to them after a less than satisfying puzzle experience.  eeBoo is definitely in my list of 'go to puzzle brands'.  This particular puzzle is by artist Ashikin Hussin, also known as Eureka. 

This was my first 500 piece eeBoo puzzle.  The puzzle pieces were quite large so this was a big puzzle (filling my puzzle board top to bottom - another reason I really like the jumbo size puzzle board)  It was such a fun puzzle.  Bright and colorful and an intriguing and fun image.  The pieces are decent quality and go together well.  No misfits (like the last one had).  Love that it has a poster.  Did this one in one day and it was a delight.  Will go for a tiny bit more challenge on next one, though.

Puzzle #43 of 2023

Finished September 3, 2023

eeBoo - Bookstore Astronomers - 500 pieces

Puzzle #42 - MindBogglers - Colmar France, 1000 pieces

Puzzle #42 of 2023

Finished September 2, 2023

MindBogglers - Colmar, France - 1000 pieces

Jury is out on this one so far in the process...  Not even going to number it just yet... Not completely sure I will go much further with this one... some real questions about this brand.  Including these 4 edge pieces that I don't think go anywhere.  At least 2 look like duplicates.  Can't figure out what is the story with the other two... Hmmmm....

Well, I am changing my tune, I guess.  This has been kind of fun so far!  I am a bit worried that this will be the last of the fun parts, though... The rest could be really tough, especially if there are duplicate or missing pieces.  Not sure I trust them yet.  But overall the quality is decent.  Not much puzzle dust, pieces go together pretty well.  Average but not bad.  And I do love all the pictures of the Mindbogglers puzzles.  So we will see how this plays out.  Clearly a weak link is no poster.  Just the box - and the picture is dark and so hard to make out detail.  I just wish all puzzle companies would include a poster.  Such a good will inducer that would be...

I finally got the border figured out!  All pieces finally fit together but wow, it was super tricky.  Still not 100% sure they are all in the right places.  Time will tell.

Okay, so this was a better puzzle than I thought at first, but the end was excruciating.  I truly enjoyed this puzzle until the last parts of sky and (worse) that middle ¼ .  Once I got through the obvious plants, blue water, it was just all the same color.  I ended up having to take one piece at a time and just try to fit it in.  ugh.  I don't enjoy that at all.  However, I will do another of these puzzles because this wasn't the worst puzzle I have ever done.  :)  I do love so many of their puzzle images.  Sure did miss having a poster, though!

Nice box

I do love the ziploc bag included with this puzzle

extra pieces

Puzzle #42 of 2023

Finished September 2, 2023

MindBogglers - Colmar, France - 1000 pieces