So, this is where I have to say goodbye to the dots for now. Too bad, it’s going so well right now, some real progress here. My next trip will be so short that I doubt I’ll be able to finish it then either.
The Persistence of Memory, 2007-11-20
I love this painting by Salvador Dalí, and it also makes a great puzzle. It was painted in 1931, and since 1934 it is in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
I’ve passed on many Dalí-puzzles even though I like his paintings because they often have large monochrome areas and would be too difficult. I still have this and want to do it again one day.
One Dot at a Time, In Progress
Here’s an update on the dots. It’s slow going, as expected, and also I haven’t had that much time to puzzle.
All around the puzzle I group together pieces that look like they belong to the same dot:
Picking out the pieces for this dot was somehow easy. Looking at the image I can’t see why, but it somehow jumped out at me and I did it first.
Oranges, 2009-11-14
Lupu is a small brand, I think it’s Danish. About ten years ago they had a series of fragrant puzzles, where some of the pieces felt a bit rough when you touched them (exactly like with glow-in-the-dark puzzles), and if you rubbed those pieces, they would emit a fragrance, in this case smelling of oranges. There was also one with chocolate, but this is the only Lupu puzzle I’ve ever done.
The quality was good, but if you happen to come across one of these fragrant puzzles, I’m pretty sure the fragrance has dissipated in 10 years 🙂
Echo and Narcissus, 2009-03-30
Ten years ago today!
So, this one was a bit of a revelation for me. It was the first time I had extra pieces, you can see them on top of the puzzle. Until I did this, I had always assumed that if I had pieces missing from a new puzzle, I must have lost them myself, but this sort of proved to me that mistakes happen in production. According to my records, there was also one piece missing from this puzzle, but I can’t see it in the photo. Probably I found it and didn’t update the record.
Even though I now know that it’s actually possible that pieces are missing from a new puzzle, I’m pretty certain I’m still to blame in most cases. I’ve never asked for a replacement, but I would if I were reasonably certain that I didn’t lose the piece myself, and if it were a puzzle that I would like to keep and do again. Otherwise, I just let it go. Because those free replacements aren’t really free, we are all paying for them, and I wouldn’t want others paying for me being careless.
One Dot at a Time, In Progress
I’m back in Dortmund until Tuesday, and I’m continuing on a puzzle that I started before I left last time, One Dot at a Time by Ravensburger, 1500 pieces. This is again one of those puzzles that I wouldn’t have considered too difficult, but I was warned. Someone in the FB puzzle group said it was really hard, and I saw that before I bought the puzzle, but went ahead anyway. I’m not sorry, it’s gorgeous, but man is it difficult! I will definitely not be able to finish this before I leave on Tuesday 🙂
Rallye Italia, 2009-11-23
Another puzzle missing from my records, but I found the details on the Jigsaw Wiki. The completion date is the date of the photo, but it’s probably right.
I honestly have no memory of this puzzle, but it looks like fun 🙂
Bavaria, In Progress
So, the castle is mostly done, and best of all, the top is connected to the bottom. There’s a tradition in many countries, including Finland, to have a celebration when you build a house and have finished the basic structure of the building and gotten the roof in place. I always do a little “roofing celebration” in my head when I connect the top to the bottom in a puzzle 🙂
There’s actually not just one, but two versions of Neuschwanstein in the image. The smaller one is under the portrait of Ludwig II.
The Attic, 2019-03-25
This is one of the Ravensburger 500-piece puzzles with XL pieces. The puzzle is as big as a 1000 piece puzzle, even though it’s only 500 pieces. I only have two of these, and I’m definitely keeping them – they will probably be the last puzzles I’ll be able to work on when I’m really old 🙂
Soft Cans, 2007-10-13
This was so much fun! I’d had a period of maybe six months in 2007 when I didn’t do any puzzles (I was sure it was a couple of years, but I can see from the pictures I’ve taken that it was only months). Then I bought one as a gift for a friend and decided to buy myself one as well. This is the puzzle I bought. I still have it, and I’m definitely doing it again 🙂
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