I’ve done this one before, but this time I had help because we did it at work. As you might expect, the drinks came together really fast, but the final black area on top sat there for several weeks. The lighting wasn’t really good for this kind of puzzle, and there was quite a lot of glare. Anyway, I was happy to see that all the pieces are still there, even though the puzzle has spent many years in the library by now.
This was reasonably entertaining, although I have to say I’m not really a fan of this artist.
For the puzzle challenge, this will be #1, human anatomy, mostly because of the x-rays:
This was the last item still left on the list for the 2024 puzzle challenge that I’ve now completed. I will probably continue doing the monthly bonus challenges.
This was a fun and reasonably easy. Some mice are having a party, feasting on ham, cheese and sausages.
I wondered about the title, but there really is someone keeping an eye on the feast:
For the puzzle challenge, this is #8, a party.
Not sure why, but I expected this to be pretty easy. Well, it wasn’t, but it was pleasantly challenging from start to finish, and took me a good long while to complete.
It’s been over three weeks since I last posted, but I’m still here. I haven’t been puzzling much lately, but I never stop completely.
This was, of course, great fun! There are three posters with bicycles, one with a car race and five with trains. Vintage trains is one of mt favourite subjects for a puzzle.
It’s almost impossible to see in the image, but there’s a piece missing, from the middle image, in the black tree. I did actually find that piece after I had taken the puzzle apart.
This was great fun, and gin happens to be one of my favourite drinks. I always have Beefeater, but I’m happy to try other brands as well. Of the brands in this image, there are only four brands that I’ve definitely tried (Tanqueray, Beefeater, Bombay Sapphire, and Gin Mare).
For my puzzle challenge, this was the final puzzle, #6, something to drink. I started the first puzzle on January 2, and finished the last on March 8. That was 30 puzzles in 66 days (actually, a bit more than 30, because I did a few that were not part of the challenge). I’ll still continue doing the monthly challenges.
A collage of images of the imperial palace Schönbrunn in Vienna, and of the castles most famous inhabitants, the Emperor Franz Joseph and his wife, Empress Elisabeth. Elisabeth was a very popular figure, but she found it hard to adapt to the formality of the Austro-Hungarian court. She was eventually murdered by an Italian anarchist in Switzerland in 1898, aged 60. Her life (especially her youth as a glamorous empress) has inspired many movies, the most famous of which are from the 50s and starred a young Romy Schneider. The films were a huge hit in German speaking areas, and they were popular in Finland as well (my grandmother loved them). Netflix now has a TV-series about her called The Empress, and I just heard that there will be a second season.
The puzzle itself was nice. It’s an older Piatnik (I would say at least 20, maybe 30 years old), an Austrian brand. The quality is generally good, but you do get the odd false fit.
I did this puzzle in 2018, and then I took it into work, where I’m sure it’s been assembled a few times. Last year, I was reminded of it when Stacey assembled it, and a few weeks ago I saw it at work, and took it home for a second go.
It was still a lot of fun, and I did it more or less in one sitting, with just one short break. I did the panels with blue lips first, and finished the red lips last. After all the lips were finished, I still had to fill in the borders, which was my least favourite part of this puzzle. All in all, a great puzzle. By the way, the German title of the puzzle means “lip service” (Lippenbekenntnisse).
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 collage was just as entertaining as it looks, and I loved every minute of it. While there are many beers that I recognize, such as Heineken, Sol, Foster’s and Guiness, the really big German brands are missing (no Paulaner, Warsteiner, Bitburger, Erdinger, or Beck, for example. There are some German beers in there, but the only one I really know is Kölsch. Oh well, it was still a very entertaining assembly!
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