Author: puzzler1909

I share my time between my native Helsinki (Finland) and Dortmund (Germany), where my football team Borussia Dortmund lives. This blog is about my puzzling actvities in these cities.

Not a triangle (three room flat) in Bermuda, 2021-01-13

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A puzzle from my now complete Kaj Stenvall-collection. All of these puzzles have titles in English and Finnish, and often they are very strange, especially the English translations. This title contains the Finnish word “kolmio” that can mean either “triangle” or “three-room flat”. Doesn’t quite work in English 🙂

Anyway, the puzzle was really excellent quality for Tactic (sadly, the newer puzzles are much worse), and that was a good thing, because with a less precise cut this would have been really difficult. As it was, I really enjoyed it.

Not a triangle (three room flat) in Bermuda by Kaj Stenvall, Tactic, 1000 pieces. Completed on January 13, 2021.

The duck is just twiddling his thumbs, I guess, but to me it looks like he’s looking at a non-existent smart phone 🙂 The painting is from 2006, and while mobile phones were widespread, I think they were still mostly just phones with no internet access, and you wouldn’t sit and look at it the way we all do now.

Still Life II with Tropical, 2020-12-17

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Lovely still life by Belgian artist Capeinick. This was enjoyable from start to finish. I bought it used for almost nothing, the box was in terrible condition, and the seller was almost certain there were pieces missing. Well, turns out it was complete and in great condition. Instead of pieces missing, there were two extra, from some other unfortunate puzzles 🙂

While it wasn’t exactly easy, it was pleasantly challenging. Ricordi Arte puzzles are great quality, but unfortunately, none of the places where I buy puzzles carry them anymore, I just occasionally find one second hand. From what I’ve read in FB puzzle groups, they seem to be a nightmare to work with, which is why almost everyone has dropped them. Too bad, because the puzzles themselves are really great.

Still Life II with Tropical by Capeinick, Ricordi Arte, 1000 pieces. Completed on December 17, 2020.

I can’t help feeling the title is missing a noun after Tropical, but this actually seems to be the title both of the puzzle and the painting.

The extra pieces. The one with fruit (oranges?) looks like it’s from a puzzle that I would like to do.

Puzzling on the Inside

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I always look out for puzzles in movies and TV-series, and recently I’ve been rewatching an old favourite of mine, Prisoner Cell Block H, an Australian series set in a women’s prison that ran from 1979 until 1986. Here we see sadistic prison guard Joan Ferguson in one of the very few story lines that shows her in a sympathetic light. Auntie Joan puzzling with the kids.

As usual, I can’t quite make out the image, but there is a side shot of the box:

So, 750 pieces, and on the right, there’s Australia. On the left, is says OZ. I tried to find out of there’s an Australian puzzle brand called OZ, but I got bogged down by all the wizards (there are a lot of Wizard of Oz-themed puzzles).

Just so as you’re not left with a false impression, here’s Joan more in her element, bashing a prisoner:

Poker Face, 2020-12-26

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I love this image by Mordillo where the shepherd is playing cards with the sheep. He looks quite confident, too. This was a very fast puzzle, although the tree would have been difficult in a larger piece count.

Poker Face by Mordillo, Heye, 500 pieces. Completed on Deccember 26, 2020.

This was the last of my daily posts in January 2021, and now I will be going back to posting at least every Friday, and mostly on Tuesday as well.

Still Life – Fast Moving, 2020-12-13

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Fantastic painting by Salvador Dalí. The puzzle is part of the Ravensburger Art series, and the quality is of course great. I would love to do this in a much larger piece count, 2000-3000 pieces. I’m definitely keeping this to do again.

Still Life – Fast Moving by Dalí, Ravensburger, 300 pieces. Completed on December 13, 2020.