No, it's not Caturday Fun day, but I couldn't resist bringing you a puzzle! Just to look at!
I enjoy jigsaws. The mindboggling number of tiny irregular pieces and the challenge of putting them together to look - hopefully - just like the stunning picture on the top of the box. I'm a sorter (it's that inner duck-liner-upper approach!). I sort into piles - one pile of edges and one pile of "other bits" - which naturally gets broken down into sub-piles of green bits or blue bits or brown bits or white bits. I like to start by putting the edges together first so then there's a frame to help find where the other pieces go.
This works well because jigsaws are square and therefore they always have four corners! Right?
Wrong!
These days, there are shaped puzzles. A friend showed me this clever cat-shaped puzzle that she'd put together with friends. She loved it so much she's had it framed.
Titled Curious Kittens, there are cats within cats, cats in the clouds, a cat face in the branches of the tree...
In this picture, you can see that some of the interlocking pieces even fit together to make mini puzzle-cats within the larger picture.
It's fabulous and the longer I looked, the more cats I could see.
It's been years since I've done a jigsaw but this clever design had me seriously itching to have a go.
Are you jigsaw person? Have you tried one of these shaped puzzles? Do you break them up after you've done them? Or try to keep them for a while so you enjoy the fruits of your labour? Do you find them relaxing or stressful? From my research on the Internet, I believe there are even 3-D puzzles now! Have you tried one of those?
P.S. For those who can't resist the temptation, I did Google to see if I could find a link for this company, but no luck - hopefully this means they're designing more of their delightful puzzles! If it helps the puzzle is made by THE CANADIAN GROUP, Toronto.
PPS I meant to say that I'll giveaway a copy of my latest release, Bachelor Dad, Girl Next Door, to one of my commenters! Looking forward to it!
