Home and Garden Show in Germany



Took a long detour in Germany.  According to the box, circa 2000, this is

"Home and Flower Garden, Owen, Germany"

1,000 pieces

 

(anywhere near you, Lia?)

My husband actually did a large part of the flowers in the lower right hand corner.  I was so tired one night trying to puzzle, I actually dozed off sitting up and then did one of those falling jumps.  Freaked me out.  My husband came in about then and saw how exhausted I was and asked if he could work on the puzzle.  HA!  Of course!  Get this thing out of here!  I need to move on.  He worked on it until 2am. He is not a night owl, so this surprised me.  But about 2, I woke up and told him to go to bed.  I don't sleep well with lights on.  He had only about 30-40 of the blackish pieces left of the evergreens on the right.  I whipped those off today very quickly.  Now to decide my next victim.

Some of the Nation's Greatest Leaders!

This was a very unique puzzle.  I got it from a friend who knew how much I loved puzzles.  She is very generous and giving with an amazing heart!  She owns a Christian bookstore with a resale shop in the upstairs.  She and her husband, with the use of this store, have given so much to community in the way of clothes, toys, household goods and food to families in need.  She is a very good friend of mine. 

Anyway, she thought I would enjoy this 3D puzzle.  Honestly, I thought it very intriguing but after putting it together, I realized I didn't really care for it.  LegoWarrior helped me put it together.  It was basically built in layers with each layer consisting of two pieces each.  Each piece had a triangular hole which slid over posts that connected to the base.  I didn't think of taking pictures of the process.  That seemed impossible and too time consuming to figure out.  Luckily for us there was a cheat sheet that showed which pieces went together and which layer they were.  Each piece had a number on it.  So technically it was a 180+ piece puzzle.  We did use the cheat sheet.

Here it is:

These were the great men of our nation.  It's too bad that there haven't been good enough men to be remembered in such a way as this since these guys.  I could write a lot more on great leaders, but I'll leave that for another blog.

 



Abraham Lincoln

 

George Washington

 

Thomas Jefferson

Theodore Roosevelt

 

And this great little man, my oldest, Lego Warrior.  He loves helping me put together my puzzles.

Back from the Outback

Oi, Mate!

We finished the Australian Animals/Map puzzle.  750 pieces and I had Mr. Man's and LegoWarrior's help.  It's kind of pretty.  Was up until 3am again though.  These late nights are rough, but it's the only time I really get a large chunk of time to work on them.

This one is getting packed up, taped up and shipped out to the rummage sale and a new one is coming out.  Nine left I think.

It went together pretty easily.  Some of the different shades of green, tan and brown got confusing once in awhile, but not too bad.  There it is!

All in the Family

My four-year-old daughter love to do puzzles too!  She did have Grandma's help, but she's still very good at them.

Princess and her Grandma.  This Lion King puzzle has 200 pieces, well...minus two.  Found at a rummage sale.

This 48-piece dinosaur puzzle she did completely by herself. 

 All done! She's so adorable!

 

 



 King Tut's Tomb had 100 pieces and this one was hard for her.  Grandma helped her quite a bit on this one.

 

 

 Almost done...

 

 

 Last piece!

 

 

 All done!

 

 

  Kind of a pretty puzzle.  It'd be tough if it were 1,000 pieces with all that gold.

 

 

 

I love it that my kiddos like puzzling too.  We all like to work on them together.  Often when I'm working on one of mine, at least one or two of the kids will ask to come and help me.  They usually don't have the patience after they try a couple pieces.  That's okay.  I'm glad they try.

 

ENJOY!

Hit the Finish Line at 3am

Number 11 knocked out at 3am. Ten to go. 

Say so long to Vermont:

This one went really smooth.  There are enough differing areas that it was a snap to put together. 

Now I'm off to wrap this one up and start the next! 

Made My Final Selection

Many of you and my friends and family think I am ridiculous for waiting to do LIFE.  So I decided to pull out all my puzzles and narrow it down to the ones I will do before I get back at it once and for all.  I did have a loose number before, but I needed a visual.

I suppose I'm doing this because of my perfectionist, all-or-nothing attitude.  I have always practiced delayed-gratification by self-deprivation.  How well has it worked?  Lets just say that it works sometimes.   Sometimes I get a lot accomplished and other times this strategy has only caused further delays and procrastination.

Anyway, I'm too tired for psychology today.  On to the puzzles......

I narrowed it down to these ten puzzles.  One is 750, one is 1,200, seven are 1,000 and that sculpture one.  Why these you ask? I was gonna tell you.  These have sat on my shelf the longest and a few of them I don't really care for.  If I save ones I don't like for after LIFE and DR, it'll seem like a let down.  Who wants boring after you've had the best?

I am in the middle of one right now that I hope to finish tonight if the baby cooperates.  Mr. Man is out of town for the weekend, so I should get quite a bit accomplished.   This one is going fairly smooth so far.

 

Fresh Meat!

Fresh meat curtesy of East Topsham, Vermont.    (At least that's what the box says).