Puzzle #44 - Bits & Pieces - Back in the Harness - 300 pieces

Puzzle #44

I just like this image.  Don't ever want a 1000 piece Bits & Pieces puzzle, but a 300 is fine from them.  Very relaxing to put together.  Makes me think of Uncle Harold and his famous horse pulling team.  And makes me think of Daddy with Dick and Bob.  The harness really is beautiful.  So are the  horses.  The whole package in this puzzle is lovely and heartwarming.  Part of why I enjoy 300 piece puzzles here and there.  Some of the best images are found on the smaller puzzles.  

Finished July 16, 2022

Puzzle #44 - Bits & Pieces - Back in the Harness - 300 pieces by John Sloane

My 2nd 'Did Not Complete'

 Hope this isn't a frustrating mistake.  Already harder than it should be.  Darned Bits & Pieces puzzles... I keep giving them chances and maybe shouldn't.  Like the image, though.  

This was a Bits & Pieces 500 piece puzzle - Bear Right

April 5, 2022

ENDED UP NOT FINISHING - WILL FINISH LATER

Will return one of these days... but after finishing that frustrating London Promenade not long before, I just didn't want another frustrating puzzle so soon.  

Puzzle #10 - Bits & Pieces - London City View - 300 pieces

This was another one of those 300 piece Bits & Pieces puzzles that I really disliked before.  I tried this because I really liked the picture and wanted a smaller puzzle to do quickly.  Figured it would be tough and frustrating because of all those stupid and weirdly shaped pieces, but it wasn't!  Main difference between this one and the other one was the quality of the image.  You could actually look at the puzzle pieces and determine what it looked like - what it might be!  Big difference!  So, while those weird shaped pieces aren't my favorite, maybe all those puzzles aren't lost.  If the image is good, the puzzles can be okay.  Will try more in the future and not just give them all away.  (just wish it had a listing of what all the places in the picture are - to know names and locations.)  Note - some of the pieces, the picture part was lifting away from the piece... not many, but some.  :(

Finished on January 29, 2022

Puzzle #10 - Bits & Pieces London City View - 300 pieces - by Joseph Burgess

Puzzle #4 - Bits & Pieces - A Visit to the General Store - 300 pieces

 By this time I had placed some online orders to feed my growing enthusiasm... :) They had arrived and I felt like a kid in a candy shop - or at the very least a kid with a brand new package of 64 crayons!  What to do first???  I chose this puzzle from Bits & Pieces and was soon feeling totally undermined.  I did NOT like the wonky shaped pieces.  This is when I realized my brain does not work 'sideways'.  (This puzzling experience truly has shown me many things about how I think... so very interesting.)  

Soooo, the Bits & Pieces 'random cut' is not for me... made zero sense to my logical brain.  I also felt the picture was so vaguely printed that nothing really looked clear or like it was supposed to.  However, I wasn't going to let it beat me!  I managed to finish it.  Looking back, this is so interesting that I struggled so much with a 300 piece puzzle.  I wonder if it would still be a struggle for me now or if I have strengthened my puzzling muscles enough that it would be easier today... hmmm....

Finished on January 20, 2022

Puzzle #4 - Bits & Pieces A Visit to the General Store by Ruane Manning - 300 pieces.  Love the picture - didn't care for the puzzle.