The Craft Cupboard, 2024-09-16

I usually find the Curious Cupboards series a bit too busy, with such a lot of small details, and while I can’t say this is an exception, I did enjoy it a lot more than I expected to. Guess I was in the right mood for this kind of puzzle.

The Craft Cupboard by Colin Thompson, Ravensburger, 1000 pieces. Completed on September 16, 2024.

Our Special Place in Venice, 2024-09-13

This puzzle came in two bags, and I did not mix the pieces. I started the first bag in June, but I’ve had very little time in Dortmund since then, it’s been about three long weekends, so I’m amazed that it’s already finished. The pieces are really small, and the finished puzzle is sightly smaller than a Ravensburger 2K puzzle.

Our Special Place in Venice, Castorland, 3000 pieces. Completed on September 13, 2024.

There were pauses of several weeks when I was in Helsinki, and I always found the puzzle quite hard to get back into. I would sit before the puzzle unable to place a single piece for quite some time, and then, as soon as I got the first piece in, it seemed easy again, and I was placing pieces left and right. Done in two sections it wasn’t really that difficult. The dark pieces in the bottom right corner were last.

Songs of Extinct Birds, 2024-09-02

This is one of the new Ravensburgers, with a slightly smaller box and the pieces in a paper bag. There was also some information about the artist, which is nice. I love the image, but it turned out to be a bit quite challenging.

Songs of Extinct Birds by Antonio Segura (akas Dulk), Ravensburger, 1000 pieces.