A very traditional image, but mostly fun. I did the blue bits first (both sky and lake), then the mountain, the path, and finally the vegetation. Trees close up are one of my least favourite thing to puzzle, so the last 200 pieces of the tree on the left were a bit of a pain, but otherwise, it was an enjoyable puzzle.
This was the second time I’ve done this puzzle. Not the same copy, though, I’ve bought it twice. It happens, both with puzzles and DVDs, but usually only if I haven’t done / watched the first one yet. In this case, I completed the first puzzle in 2009, and then bought another copy in 2017. As you might expect, it’s a nice but unremarkable puzzle 🙂
This was so much fun! The image is by German cartoon artist Uli Stein, and the woman is saying “Why can’t you just say straight out that you don’t want a tie for your birthday this year?” The name of the puzzle in German is “Keinen Schlips Bitte!”, I’ve translated it in the title of the post.
The different colours and patterns of the ties made for a very entertaining puzzle, and the reasonably calm background also made it easy. This was the fourth puzzle I’ve done from my local charity shop in Dortmund, and the first to have all the pieces.
On the back of the box, there were more puzzles with images by Uli Stein, but I can’t remember having seen any of them previously. They all look like fun!
I managed to finish Himmel. This was so much more difficult than I expected it to be. It became more entertaining towards the end, but somehow, I also expected this to be more fun than it actually was. The image is a painting from 1914-1915 by American modernist Marsden Hartley, who was in Berlin at the time. The title, “Himmel”, is also present in the image, and it’s German for sky or heaven. In this case, it’s should probably be translated as heaven, as there is another word in the painting, Hölle, which is German for hell.
For some reason, I really enjoy puzzling vehicles, not just cars, but trains and ships as well. Otherwise, I’ve never been that interested in cars, but I love them in puzzles. Add some signs with text, and I’m pretty much guaranteed to love a puzzle – and I did!
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