Completed 29th August 2023 + updated 5th September 2023

  

248 Pieces

Elephant

including whimsical pieces which have to be removed carefully from the wooden jigsaw puzzle:

 

 

A weekend full of jigsaw puzzles and fun (25th-27th August 2023)

 Usually I choose the Megamarathon to push away everything that's not related to jigsaw puzzles, but the past weekend was a very special one. No stress to assemble as many jigsaw puzzles as possible.

A close friend and her husband visited us - we know each other so many years and are both members in the german jigsaw forum. 

She completed the 2nd quarter of the Brueghel and began the 3rd, meanwhile she assmbled many 500-pcs-puzzles as well as "Pixels"

I accompagnied her on a walk to find out about geocaching and we assembled many jigsaw puzzles as well.

 These are mine :-)

 

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Bali Rice Fields

by Fabio Antenore (CH) - Ravensburger

 

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Colourful Flower Meadow 

Heye (Maybe)

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The Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus)

Professor Puzzle
 

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Moon Dance 

Illustration by Uta Krogmann (D)

Manufacturer: eeboo

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Glycinia terrasse - by Sung Kim

Anatolian 

We need to repeat this again!

Development process of a 6000pcs-Puzzle - assembled quarter by quarter >> started with 2nd quarter (20.6.2023) - completed 26th August 2023

 After a small pause I just started with the 2nd quarter, the lower right corner

If you want to read about the assemblage of the challenging upper left corner, please follow this link

 

 

 

 

There'll be a small pause from now due to Megamarathon, which takes place the following weekend

It took a long while but now I managed to work on this quarter again

 

1st step: assorting the remaining pieces

2nd step: trial - error - repeat

Completed 13th August 2023

  

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The Marauder's Map

 "The Marauder's Map was a magical document that revealed all of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." (source)

Manufacturer: Half Moon Bay, Bath (GB)

www.harrypotter.co.uk

Completed 8th August 2023

 

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Cubic Gradient

by Trefl

A hymn about fine chocolate

Selecting suitable snacks while solving puzzles can be difficult.  

I do not offer any food or drinks on the table when I have loaners. 

I avoid anything oily like chips or sugar-coated sweets as well.

 I prefer gummy bears, wrapped sweets or small pieces of chocolate. 

 

During that time, I came across the manufacturer  Tony's Chocolonely. 

 I would like to introduce this brand to you, which is not only committed to fair trade  

but also other values.

 

 The bars come with 180g (!) and a slogan:

Crazy about chocolate. Serious about people.

Not only do they want fair traded chocolate, they also want to end modern slavery. 

Globally. We all want to enjoy chocolate with a heroic background (yes, I am an idealist) 

and a good mind about the way it's been produced. 

 

 This is where I had my "Willy Wonka" moment. Remember when Charlie Bucket held 

a bar of chocolate in his tiny hands and carefully removed the foil to find his golden ticket?

I smoothed the foil so that you can guess the pattern of the bar

 

Here we go - a bar of chocolate (whole milk)

 

The pattern is unusual and creative, no "German" rectangular squares but 

various options to break it - and share it

 If you want to know more, much more about Tony's Chocolonely, you may follow this link. Learn about modern slavery and illegal child labor in  Africa - and how to avoid it.

https://tonyschocolonely.com/int/en/our-story/our-mission

 

https://www.instagram.com/tonyschocolonely

This is not an advertising, I do not earn anything and I can not influence anyone to buy cheap or better chocolate. It is only an impulse to be more conscious with global resources and the people who have to deal with them.

Sometimes it's worth thinking about 

eating less but higher quality.

Completed 3rd + 4th August 2023

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The clothing emporium

Bluebird

&

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Postcards from USA

Bluebird

Both jigsaw puzzles were given as advent calendars to close friends

Completed 3rd and 4th August 2023

 Two vintage jewels

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"Wum" is a cartoon dog created by german comedian Loriot (1923-2011).

 On the television series Unsere Besten (Our Best), Loriot was ranked the 54th best German ever. In a special comedy episode of Unsere Besten, he was ranked as the most famous German comedian ever. 

 

The jigsaw puzzle was made by Ravensburger and dates back to 1973.

The puzzle cost 7.80 DM - 1.50 DM was a charity share for the benefit of the Aktion Sorgenkind campaign

The Aktion Mensch ("Mensch" means "human") registered association (up to 1 March 2000: "Aktion Sorgenkind", Sorgenkind can be translated as "children in need") is a German social organisation which was formed on the initiative of the ZDF, a German television channel, in 1964 and is financed from the Lottery. The organisation supports inclusion, which may be defined as equality for all in the community.

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"Das große Mainzelmännchen Puzzle"

The Mainzelmännchen are six comedic cartoon characters used as mascots for German public service television broadcaster ZDF. They first aired on television in 1963 as a way to accommodate a government regulation disallowing confusion between advertising and content. The cartoon characters served as a transition between the two.

 

The jigsaw puzzle was made by Ravensburger and dates back to 1968.