Finished 29th February 2020 ** M.C. Escher

1000 Pieces

"House of Stairs"

A lithography by M.C. Escher, 1951

A Selegiochi jigsaw puzzle

Pedalternorotandomovens Centroculatus Articulosus

This (...) (curl-up) came into existence (spontaneous generation), because of the absence, in nature, of wheel shaped, living creatures with the ability to roll themselves forward." (M.C. Escher; source)

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Finished 21st February 2020

500 Pieces

Bad Kreuznach

49° 51′ N, 7° 52′ O

Bad Kreuznach is a town in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a spa town most well known for its medieval bridge dating from around 1300, the Alte Nahebrücke, which is one of the few remaining bridges in the world with buildings on it^.

<sup>A vintage MB jigsaw puzzle with a wonderful water colour painting of Bad Kreuznach



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Finished 14th + 15th February 2020 ** Traffic

  500 Pieces

 Steam Train

© Interlitho de Cologne GmbH, Germany

A Schmidt Puzzle

assembled during a marathon within exactly 3 hours

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500 Pieces

London Buses up to 1945
Illustration by Trevor Mitchell
Developed and designed in the UK by Ravensburger
including a 20x30cm leaflet

 1910 B-Type

1920 NS-Type

1930 STL-Type

 1930 T Type Single desk

1930 Trolley bus

 

1945 G-Type Utility

 assembled during a marathon within 3,5 hours

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Finished 1st February 2020 ** Bavarian castle

1200 Pieces

Linderhof Palace by night

F.X.Schmid jigsaw puzzle

Some more news about the Palace here and here

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Finished 21st January 2020 ** Bavaria

750 Pieces

Birch Path Staffelsee/Bavaria

Photographer: Kirsch (with LEICA)

a vintage jigsaw puzzle by Pelikan AG, Hannover, Germany

take a walk on the light side 

 

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Finished 19th January 2020 ** Bonsai

500 Pieces

Acer buergerianum

a so-called Trident Maple

Photo by Peggy Greb, USDA

Part of the penjing collection at the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum (Washington D.C.), this trident maple, Acer buergerianum, has its roots growing over a rock and its foliage and stems trimmed in the shape of a dragon. (Source)

Permission details: This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the Agricultural Research Service, the research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture.

 Explore amazing Bonsai gardens in Japan

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Finished 12th January 2020 ** optical illusions

80 Pieces

Optical Illusion Black and white #3

Moses Verlag GmbH, 2016

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want some more optical illusions? Here we go

Finished 10th January 2020 (including a "same-day-pic")

1000 Pieces

"de Kruidenier" (The grocer)

We started this jigsaw puzzle on Monday, 6th January. 

It was quite challenging, although it looks "easy-to-assemble"

Manufactured by R&B Premium Quality

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From today I will check my blog every time I post a new picture - and I will show you the oldest jigsaw puzzle posted the same day. It may have been last year or even 2009 ... ready to explore? You'll find the picture by clicking on the "same-day-pic"-link. If there's no same-day-pic, I'll pass on posting without it.