Puzzle #28 - Buffalo Games - Charles Wysocki Cocoa Break at the Copperfields - 500 pieces

Puzzle #28

These always look so tiny after finishing up a White Mountain!!  But I LOVE the oversized poster.  Why don't all puzzle companies do that????

I had been wanting to do this one for awhile.  I think because of the green barn. :)  Cute and fun puzzle.  Not hard but fun.  Same issue as with previous Buffalo puzzles - some pieces fit in multiple locations and you just have to figure it out.  I am not thrilled by that, but it wasn't as bad on this puzzle as it has been on others so it didn't annoy me as much.  Hardest parts were the snowy evergreen and the big tree in background.

Finished on March 28, 2022

Puzzle #28  - Buffalo Games - Charles Wysocki - Cocoa Break at the Copperfields - 500 pieces

Puzzle #24 - Buffalo Games - Americana Charles Wysocki Yankee Wink Hollow - 500 pieces

Puzzle #24

Nice puzzle, good pieces overall.  Love the large poster.  

Had the same thing happen again... a whole row of about 7 pieces fit snugly and well in a place they didn't actually go.  Finally figured it out when another piece in the row didn't add in right.  Yes, it could be spotted if I really investigated every single piece I put down, but that is a bit much.  Sorry that this happens so often.  But I do still really like Buffalo quality.  Just annoying.

Funny thing.. there was one extra piece in the puzzle.  And I feel pretty certain that this is a duplicate.  I remember placing it once.  But couldn't spot it to take a photo of with the extra.

Finished on March 13, 2022

Puzzle #24 - Buffalo Americana - Charles Wysocki - Yankee Wink Hollow - 500 pieces

Puzzle #5 - Buffalo Games - Charles Wysocki The Three Sisters - 300 pieces

This was a balm to cover the frustration of that last one!  ha!  Simple, easy, sweet picture.  The images on the pieces actually looked like the puzzle was supposed to.  And I did love the larger poster included, too - especially since the box was small.  I now know this is offered in 1000 pieces, as well.  I think I would enjoy putting that one together, too.  This really was a lovely and relaxing puzzle.  Pretty sure I would enjoy hanging out with these 'three sisters'.  :) 

Finished on January 20, 2022  (yes, we were still in covid quarantine...)

Puzzle #5 - Buffalo Games puzzle - Charles Wysocki - The Three Sisters - 300 pieces.

Puzzle #2 - MB Puzzles - Charles Wysocki Americana - Traveling Cowboy - 300 pieces

Again, I went 'shopping' in my attic and found another old puzzle up there.  Good thing as we were still in covid quarantine.  :) 

This time I found Charles Wysocki's Traveling Cowboy.  I really liked this one.  Easy but with a bit of challenge - nice pieces to work with.  Getting the hang of this puzzling thing!  

Finished on January 17, 2022

Puzzle #2 -  MB Puzzles - Charles Wysocki Americana - Traveling Cowboy EZ Grasp - 300 pieces

My very first puzzle!

This is the puzzle that got me started.  Marvin was sick with covid and we were cooped up in the cold, early days of January, 2022.  I decided to finally get on the bandwagon (albeit a couple of years later than the rest of the world!) and put together a jigsaw puzzle.  But being quarantined meant I had to go 'shopping' for a puzzle in my own house.  Lo and behold, I found a couple stashed up in the attic.  I lugged them down and decided to put them together.  I realized that I was going to love putting together jigsaw puzzles!  What a wonderful discovery!  I jokingly said that jigsaw puzzles are what I WANTED coloring to be last year.  (I decided to color as a stress reliever a year ago but found the whole process of coloring to be far too stressful!  ha!)  Putting together jigsaw puzzles provided me with mindful mindlessness... what a gift!  Truly, these puzzles have been a great stress reliever and I am fully hooked. 

Puzzle #1 - Charles Wysocki Americana - Catchin' Bugs.   300 piece EZ grasp - MB Puzzles 

Finished on January 16, 2022