Great Wave off Kanagawa, 2025-03-22

I really like this painting, and it was nice to do as a puzzle, although not all that easy. I think they have added some new extra waves in order to fit the panorama format – all other images I’ve seen only have the large wave in the middle. This puzzle was a Christmas present.

Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai, Eurographics, 1000 pieces. Completed on March 22, 2025.

For the puzzle challenge, this is #25, panorama.

Ferrari California, 2024-12-18

Even though I have little interest in cars otherwise, I love puzzling them for some reason. I also like trains and boats, and pretty much any form of transport.

This was a lovely puzzle, and I did it pretty much top to bottom. The red bits turned out to be the most difficult, so I did that last. Two missing pieces, but they’re quite hard to spot, because they’re both mostly black.

Ferrari California, Clementoni, 1000 pieces. Completed on December 18, 2024.

Yogaland, 2024-11-06

After many years of intensive puzzling, I’ve now eased up a bit, and spent more time watching movies. I still puzzle, and whatever I do put together will end up here eventually.

This is one of the 2024 Heye puzzles by my favourite artist Marino Degano.

Yogaland by Marino Degano, Heye, 1500 pieces. Completed on November 6, 2024.

No phones allowed in Yogaland:

There’s a very qualified instructor for the cobra pose:

As usual, there’s a puzzle, but I can’t make out which one this time:

Even in Yogaland there are murders, it seems:

There is a performance by Lady Yogaga to look forward to:

Unsurprisingly, I loved this puzzle and all the funny details!

The Show Must Go On, 2024-10-15

This is an older Heye by Loup, and even though the orchestra is rather difficult, I was again impressed by how each figure has their own unique character. Still, I don’t think I would like to do the 2000-piece version, where there’s a lot more orchestra… I have done the 1000-piece version called Score, where there’s a large scoresheet on top that helps a lot. No photo of that, unfortunately.

The Show Must Go On by Loup, Heye, 500 pieces. Completed on October 15, 2024.