Finished 27th December 2016

120 Pieces

Parable of Jesus as the Winetree

New Testament, John 15,5

Byzantine icon

Holy monastery Dormition of Theotokos (Virgin Mary), Parnes, Greece

Finished 26th December 2016 + updated 19th March 2017

500 Pieces

"Thanatos Pottery"
by Joadoor, a contemporary dutch artist

Ravensburger square jigsaw puzzle

Finished 25th December 2016

1000 Pieces

Ballroom (original: Rainbow Room)  -  by Michael Young (2012)

The famous Rainbow Room opened 1934 on the 65th floor of the Comcast Building at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City; originally designed by architect Wallace K. Harrison.

 "Over the course of the year, Rainbow Room wait staff pour 206,280 glasses of champagne from 34,370 bottles. To make this possible, the stockroom keeps 3,600 champagne flutes on hand" (source)

assembled during a marathon within 12 hours

Finished 24th December 2016 (III)

500 Pieces

The Diamond Wedding Collage 2007

Tim Graham Photography

A Wentworth Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle 

Collage of pictures taken by Tim Graham to celebrate the Diamond Wedding of HM Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philipp, Duke of Edinburg. Take a look at the family reunion here

and here

 This is the most valuable present hidden in the advent calender :-o

Thank you very much for attending the show

Finished 24th December (II)

140 Pieces

Cornfield (Wheat Field) with Cypresses

by Vincent van Gogh (1889)

Finished 24th December 2016

I wish you a merry christmas and peace on earth!

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 1000 Pieces

Atmospheric Venice

by Atlantide Phototravel/Corbis

With very special thanks to a dearest friend for a wonderful advent experience!

Pray for Berlin - no fear - no hate

Meine Gedanken gehen

° an die Opfer und ihre Familien und Freunde

° an die Verletzten, die um ihr Leben kämpfen, und ihre Angehörigen

° an die Ersthelfer und Sanitäter

° an die Ermittler, die Antworten zu finden suchen....

My thoughts are with

° the victims, their families and friends

° those who survived who fight for their lives, and their relatives

° the first-helpers and paramedics

° the investigators who try to find answers...

photographies by me (2007/2013)

Finished 17th December 2016

1000 Pieces

Times Square

A Clementoni High Quality Collection jigsaw puzzle  -Travel Series

Due to several dates of starts and closures I assume that the picture was taken between 2002 and 2009

Sweets smell of success (Musical, 2002)

Six feet under?

 Revlon advertisement

 Casual dining

 2 Times Square – Renaissance Hotel Times Square

Aida

Of course I need to check the websites mentioned

No "sweet16"-website anymore, but still some matresses to be sold

 Mamma Mia! The musical had its New York run from 2001-2013

 The Virgin Megastore at Times Square closed the doors in 2009

a close-up - you can almost see the faces of the pedestrians!

Finished 13th December 2016

132 Pieces

Christmas - the Bible history

retold from the gospels of Matthew and Luke

German language

A wonderful finger exercise edited by Coppenrath, 2014

Finished 11th December 2016

500 Pieces

Gloucester Cathedral Choir

Fr. Stephen Horton, Prinknash Abbey

A stunning water colour reproduced with special permission.

Manufactured by Fotopuzzle.de

Finished 5th December 2016

1000 Pieces

Rome, Italy

maybe by Detlev Nitschke like the others assembled before. 

Made by MB in 1986

This is a watercolour of the spanish steps in Rome, the worldfamous stairs.

The church on top is the "Trinita dei Monti" (Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio)

In front of the church is the 14m Obelisco Sallustiano.

Finished 3rd December 2016

500 Pieces

"Seal pups in the eaternal ice" 

by Anthony Casay (1993)

A Ravensburger jigsaw puzzle

Most interesting informations about seals may be found here

Development process of "Rome, Italy" - completed

Since 26th Nov. I'm busy with this stunning water colour view of "Rome, Italy" (1986)

I started assorting the pieces and then decided to beginn with colours except of the frame.

piece by piece

like a cheese from switzerland with all those holes and gaps

finally - today - all buildings, flowers and stairs are done

heaven....

I'm in heaven....

Advent calendar 2016 - #24

 It's this very special time of the year. 

This time, my husband and I received two calendars from a dear friend. Hugs and love, dear!

 mine is filled in nostalgic red bags, my husbands calender is the blue one.

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We started opening the 1st parcel

seems like mine will show some heaven or water?

 

& my husband assembled 16 pieces of a wentworth wooden jigsaw puzzle!

Day 2

Day 3

 

 day 1-3

and my husband's success day 1-3

Day 4

and my husband's jigsaw puzzle :-)

Day 5

my husbands success

Day 6

 day 1-6

some more whimsies to explore :-) maybe a van Gogh painting?

Day 7

my husband is busy, too

Day 8

&

 Day 9

&

 almost complete - the Whimsies are missing

&

a new projekt hidden in blue boxes :-) what a surprise!

Day 10

Venice?

van Gogh

... some cute diamonds and Queen Elizabeth II.

 which means that we have three jigsaw puzzles now!!

Day 11

Venice?!

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philipp

Day 12

Venice

van Gogh

Queen Elizabeth II

Day 13

Venice

Queen Elizabeth II

Day 14

van Gogh - another gap closed

Venice day 13 + 14

 Queen Elizabeth II

Day 15

Queen Elizabeth II

Day 16

van Gogh and Queen Elizabeth II

Venice :-D

Day 17

Venice - a fragment

van Gogh and Her Majesty

Day 18

Venice - day 1-18

van Gogh and Her Majesty in a white robe

Day 19
started with joy and ended with tears in Berlin....

Queen Elizabeth needs some more space!

van Gogh moves to its own plate

and Venice grows...

Day 20

just a few days left ....

Day 21

Queen Elizabeth II

Venice

Day 22

Venice

Edward's Crown!

van Gogh

just 2 days left.....

Day 23

Venice

Queen Elizabeth II

Oh yes, it's Christmas!!!!