Very enjoyable puzzle, although they’ve managed to put the only type of cheese I don’t like (Brie) in the image. I started with tha raspeberries and the hat, and the lavender was last.
A Taste of Provence, 2023-10-05
Month: October 2023
Camping in the Forest, 2023-10-03
This puzzle is from a local charity shop in Dortmund, and unlike many puzzles from there, it has all the pieces, although on a few dozen pieces the image layer has separated on a tab, even though the puzzle is only a couple of years old. This was easier than many Van Haasteren images, especially because the tents make it a bit less busy than many other images. Van Haasteren himself can be seen canoeing here, and he is of course followed by the shark fin that is always present in his puzzles.
Here’s a picture of the recurring van Haasteren characters that someone posted in a puzzling FB group:
Tuscan Oasis, 2023-10-02
Nice and fairly easy puzzle, I especially enjoyed the interior. Not much more to say about this one.
The 50s, 2023-10-01
I was certainly expecting to find this puzzle entertaining, but it turned out to be even better than I thought it would be. It was so much fun, even though the 50s is well before my time.
I’m pretty sure this was put together by a German, considering that it features currywurst:
Bratwurst in (preferably spicy) tomato sauce, with curry on top. Usually served with fries or a bread roll. Very popular in the Ruhr area, where Dortmund is, and I quite like it myself.
This type of 50s frock became popular again for a while in the late 70s / early 80s. I remember being quite envious of a friend of mine who got to wear authentic 50s frocks, because her mother had kept her old dresses.
Orchid Estate, 2023-09-30
This is one of four puzzles in a series called June’s Journey. I liked the look of all four puzzles and bought them immediately, and then I found out that June’s Journey is actually a hidden objects type game for mobile, with a story set in the 20s. I tried the game, it seemed nice, but it needs a bigger screen than the phone that I used had.
The puzzles also have extra objects that are not on the box image. I feel this is different than for example a Wasgij-puzzle, where just a glance at a finished image will give the game away, whereas here you would need a photographic memory for it to make any difference, which is why I’m posting the finished image. Please tell me if you feel my thinking is wrong on this.
Anyway, the puzzle was very entertaining, and, of course, of excellent quality.
Tea Time, 2023-09-29
This was my second Enjoy puzzle, and it was again a great experience. Great fit and good mix of piece shapes. This proved very difficult to walk away from, and I did it almost in one sitting.
Two of my favourites:
Mickey Mouse, 2023-09-28
Another 500-piece Clementoni. This was fun and easy, and an unusual setting for Mickey and Minnie. The Chinese characters mean “winter solstice” in Chinese and Japanese (Google photos read the text from the image, and then I could search for it).
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