Puzzle Adventures - World Puzzle Days 2021

 World Puzzle days, over at Puzzler's Paradise is off to a flying start! I have a lower expectancy for number of puzzles to complete this year, instead I'm just enjoying the nightly hour and a half or so of building and we'll see what happens.

First up this Dowdle for C -is for Cities in the Alphabet Challenge

Title - 'London'

Brand -Dowdle

Piece Count - 1000

Artist - Eric Dowdle

Although quite dark in colour (it is a Dowdle after all!) I really enjoyed this one.

Lovely little details on the buildings.

And the last season  for the 'Country Diary' series by Cobble Hill. I'm ready to do the spring one again as soon as March arrives!

Adorable little birds all over this one!

This little wren is the cutest!

I like cats and I like Cobble Hill and although this was not terrible, it is in the 'to trade' pile for sure. Just did not get exciting at any point, but a few chuckles from the quotes made up for that.

Next up was L- is for Lighthouses over at the Puzzling Together Alphabet Event

Title - Holiday Boat Parade

Brand - Sure-Lox

Piece Count -1000

Artist - Heronim

Although I had done this next puzzle in December, a copy that was missing 2 pieces, I was given a new one for Christmas, so I traded the other one and decided to do it again this month. It is such a lovely puzzle! Eurographics sure has nice ones. This one is called 'Vintage Christmas Cards'

And another beauty I was given as a Christmas gift. This one travelled all the way from England. Such a fun image with all the animals and of course that hedgehog. Oh my goodness that hedgehog!!! It was a quick built and a very nice one. Produced by Otter House Limited and the RSPD.

Winter Trio - Sure-lox Puzzle

I enjoy doing puzzles with snowy scenes. I think that oldie from my childhood set my love for them. You can read more about it one HERE.

Several years ago I picked up this one by Sure-Lox called Winter Trio from a local store. This was my second time doing it and I enjoyed it very much. It is not the easiest to do, especially when not pre-sorting the pieces, but one never gets the feeling of going nowhere. I like to puzzle that way : challenging, but achieving.

Lovely painting here of this magnificent buck...

The pieces fit together well, although I did find that several would fit, and many more would nearly fit, into incorrect places. I did have to double check many and found several incorrectly placed.

However, I was more alarmed by the box, which is made of very flimsy, thin card, and the tape that just peeled right off and would not stick down anymore. I did re-tape it, but it is a good thing I store my puzzles in zip locked bags as a rule.

This one is a keeper and is going straight back to join the others in the cupboard to be enjoyed again in the future.