Finished 25th May 2016

 1000 Pieces

Old Time Baseball

A Jack Pine/Cobble Hill jigsaw puzzle

Under construction: a Passage to Paris - + 'Old time baseball' - completed

 This is my project :-)

"Passage to Paris" by Sharie Hatchett-Bohlmann

* completed *

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and this is my husband's challenge

* completed *

Finished 15th May 2016 - by my husband :-)

 250 Pieces

"Leopard"

Photographer and age unknown, but I found something interesting on 'Math in media'  (scroll down a bit)

A Wentworth Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle in a green box with 18 whimsies. We collected the animal whimsies, took a photo and converted the colours to show the shape of the gaps:

What causes the beautiful patterns on the coats of animals such as zebras, leopards, and jaguars? One mathematician who considered this question was Alan Turing. In 1952, he proposed the existence of "morphogens" - See more at: http://www.ams.org/news/math-in-the-media/mathdigest-md-200608-toc#sthash.cZhpPwb7.dpuf

What causes the beautiful patterns on the coats of animals such as zebras, leopards, and jaguars? One mathematician who considered this question was Alan Turing. In 1952, he proposed the existence of "morphogens" - See more at: http://www.ams.org/news/math-in-the-media/mathdigest-md-200608-toc#sthash.cZhpPwb7.dpuf

What causes the beautiful patterns on the coats of animals such as zebras, leopards, and jaguars? One mathematician who considered this question was Alan Turing. In 1952, he proposed the existence of "morphogens" - See more at: http://www.ams.org/news/math-in-the-media/mathdigest-md-200608-toc#sthash.cZhpPwb7.dpuf

okay, this is the much easier way to show the camel, pig, snakes and other animals:

 

Finished 15th May 2016

500 Pieces

Bird's-Eye view of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893

(Original: Library of congress)

Originally printed by Rand McNally as a guide to the visitors of the exposition.

Courtesy Poster Plus, Chicago

A Pomegranate jigsaw puzzle

Finished 14th May 2016

2000 Pieces

The Four Horses of the Apocalypse

by Sharlene Lindskog-Osorio

you can explore the development process here

Anatolian jigsaw puzzle (Turkey)

Finished 13th May 2016

165 Pieces

The Book of Kells:  Portrait of St. Matthew

A handcut wooden jigsaw puzzle

 which is always pure pleasure to assemble :-)

Notes about the Book of Kells in a small booklet:

Finished 11th May 2016

 140 Pieces

Motor Vessel 'Balmoral'

built 1949 and still in service. Find out more here

A Wentworth Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle

with nice whimsies

Finished 11th May 2016 - by my husband

Since 2008 I fill this weblog with pictures taken from my jigsaw puzzles and exhibitions/zoos I visited.

This is my 1111th posting :-)

and I dedicate it to my husband and his unbelievable patience.

Several days ago I gave a present to him and he assembled it all by his own:

1114 Pieces

Beautiful Africa

a shaped jigsaw puzzle by Ravensburger (2015)

Finished 9th May 2016

100 Pieces

Ice Cream Pops

A small Eurographics Jigsaw Puzzle (Canada)

Finished 8th May 2016

500 Pieces

The Swimming Hole

Artist unknown

A Cobble Hill Jigsaw Puzzle (Canada)

Finished 7th May 2016

300 Pieces

Cupcakes - Petits Gateaux - Magdalenas

A Eurographics Jigsaw Puzzle with huge pieces

a sweet intermezzo