2019-08-21

Finished 18th August 2019 ** paradise


500 Pieces

assembled during a marathon within 5 hours.

A vintage Ravensburger jigsaw puzzle

2019-08-18

Meeting of jigsaw puzzle enthusiasts at Wesel (Lower Rhine, Germany)

Yesterday me and my lovely husband met many other jigsaw enthusiasts at Wesel

...  it was a cloudy rainy day at the marina
 We had fun talking and assembling jigsaw puzzles

 250 Pieces

Badger Moon 
by Nette Ingram
 

 250 Pieces

Sally Lunn's House
watercolour by Lorna Rankin


 40 Pieces

Schwerin Castle, 1850
Steel engraving


 40 Pieces

Alsterjogger, Hamburg
Sina Vodjani


40 Pieces

"It's Snow Fun"
by Greg Giordano (2012)

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And these are my finger exercises

 each 33 pcs.

CURIOSI


40 pcs.

Lighthouse at Kampen, Island Sylt, North Sea
built 1855 



 40 pcs.

"The King of the Forest"
 by Evgeni Dinev


 40 pcs.

"Winter's Warmth"
by Czes Pachela


all jigsaw puzzles on top are Wentworth wooden jigsaw puzzles!

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150 pcs.

Egyptian dancers
a cordboard jigsaw puzzle by Fridolin

2019-08-16

Finished 16th August 2019 ** Cuddly Bears

204 Pieces

Cuddly Polar Bears

A Ravensburger jigsaw puzzle with huge pieces

2019-08-15

Finished 15th August 2019 ** Flowers in full bloom

1000 Pieces

Watering Time
by Simon Kayne (2014)

A Wentworth wooden jigsaw puzzle
assembled by my husband and me

Picture of all Whimsies hidden inside this jigsaw puzzle
taken by a friend who already assembled this jigsaw puzzle



2019-08-12

Finished 10th August 2019 ** Island hopping

1000 Pieces

Corfu, Greece
(Maybe Kassiopi in the Northeast)

A DToys jigsaw puzzle


2019-08-08

I visited the Zoo in Dortmund last sunday

Sunny sky with some clouds, mild temperatures in the morning - perfect weather for a visit of the nearby zoo in Dortmund. My last visit there is several years ago (2014).

I took my camera and decided to concentrate on detailed views. 
Here they are -I hope you enjoy them

 White Rhino (Ceratotherium simum)

 Armadillo (Dasypoda)

 Female peafowl (Pavo cristatus)

 Nandu/Rhea (Rhea americana)


 Red-legged Seriema (Cariama cristata)

 Clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)

 Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED

In 2007, only 19–26 wild leopards were estimated to survive in southeastern Russia and northeastern China. It was considered as one of the rarest cats on Earth. 
As of 2015, fewer than 60 individuals were estimated to survive in Russia and China.Camera-trapping surveys conducted between 2014 and 2015 revealed 92 individuals in a 8,398 km2 (3,242 sq mi) large transboundary area along the Russian-Chinese border!


 Coypu /Nutria (Myocastor coypus)

 Barn owl (Tyto alba)

Donkeys ( Equus africanus asinus)

 Black female sheep and a white male ram 

 
 Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti)
One of the penguins has been adopted by Mario Götze, 
famous member of the BVB football club


Himalayan Thar ( Hemitragus jemlahicus)



 Flamingos fighting - in fact I never ever saw something like this before!

 Inca tern (Larosterna inca)

 Spoonbills (Platalea leucorodia)

 Male snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus)

 Great grey owl (Strix nebulosa lapponica)

 Spectacled owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata)

 Goliath heron (Ardea goliath)

 King vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)
When he spreads his wings, the measure about 2 metres!
 Andean condor (Vultur gryphus)


  
Bees - adopted by "EMMA", the mascot of BVB


 Giraffe

Meercat (Suricata suricatta)

I hope you had fun while walking with me through the zoo :-)