This was fun and easy! The rows having different background colours helped, too. I was happy to find that this had a random cut. With Eurographics, it’s either random cut, or a grid cut with just the basic piece shape, no variation.
I actually really like fancy cocktails, but somehow, I seldom drink any.
A collage with paintings by 19th Century English painter Thomas Chambers. He was born (and died) in England, but he spent most of his life in the USA. He did mostly maritime subjects, as you can see from this collage.
The paintings where a location is specified are all from the US Northwest, except one painting of Gibraltar (middle of the top row). (I’m assuming this is British Gibraltar in the south of Spain, although I did find a Gibraltar to the south of Detroit, at lake Erie.)
This was a very entertaining puzzle. I did the text first, then water and sky, and as usual, the vegetation was the most difficult part, and I did that last. The top left painting, “Storm Tossed Frigate”, was the most fun to do.
Packet Ship Passing Castle Williams, New York Harbor. Castle Williams still exists (I checked), but I bet everything else looks different now 🙂
Lovely view of Niagara Falls.
This was so much fun! Another Hidden Shapes puzzle from Trefl, but this was much easier than my first one. While I enjoy having strangely shaped pieces, I felt that this image was so easy that I really didn’t pay much attention to piece shape, the colours and patterns were enough.
After I finished, I pulled out the 10 shapes:
Given the subject, I’m sure the UFO on the bottom should really be a mushroom, but a UFO is more entertaining 🙂
This is a painting from ca. 1516 by Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch. If I didn’t know how old this painting actually is , I would find it very hard to date, there is something ageless about Bosch.
I was quite pleased with myself for recognizing the scenes on the left (Adam and Eve being thrown out of Paradise), but then I assumed the central piece was some sort of harvest festival. I should have known better, it actually depicts people engaging in various sins, and on the right there is hell, where all the sinning leads to.
By the way, a haywain is a hay wagon – I had to look it up.
After a slightly disappointing puzzle, I chose one that is pretty much disappointment proof. Lots of text, food, and silly word games. I loved it!
It seems almost impossible to choose a favourite, but that stack of pancakes with “I regret nothing” really resonates with me 🙂
Doro Göber and Peter Knorr have done several cartoon cities for Heye, but this is the first I’ve done. This is definitely a Dutch city, and most likely Amsterdam. Unfortunately, I didn’t enjoy this as much as I expected to. It wasn’t the puzzle, it was me, the puzzle is fine, and has lots of interesting details.
I also found a football reference: on the newspaper boat, it says “Oranje in de finale”, The Orange in the final. Oranje usually means the Dutch national football team, and they were in the world cup final in South Africa in 2010 (they lost to Spain). On the larger boat you can also see fans dressed in orange.
Another installment in the “My Haven” series with imaged by Steve Read. Nice, but I would have preferred a bit more colour.
This was my first Zee puzzle, and I was not optimistic about the quality, but it turned out out to be all right. There’s a good mix of piece shapes and I had no problems with false fits. The pieces are a bit on the thin side, but OK. Overall, it reminds me of Trefl. The box was big enough to hold 2000 pieces.
This was easier than I expected. I did the text first, then everything that wasn’t blue, and finally the sky, progressing from light to darker blue. Great fun!
I must say, the quality of the poster seems to match the quality of the movie. Especially poor Vampira looks off:
Incidentally, Vampira was portrayed by Maila Nurmi, whose family had emigrated to the US from Finland.
Another adorable Zozoville monster. The note on the jar says “2 weeks quarantine”. I love those bunny slippers!
As it happens, I do have the next three weeks off, and I have no plans, which is the best kind of holiday.
This great image by Loup is part of this year’s releases, but I’m pretty sure it’s not the first release of this image as puzzle. Great fun, of course!
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