Michael Storring’s 12 Days of Christmas, day 7

This one looks more like London, not counting the UK flag in the middle there, which I didn’t see until I started typing. When I was putting this puzzle together, I kept wanting to put the Christmas tree in the center. I thought that that was where it would go, but it’s just off-center. Seeing […]

Star Trek: Films

This was one of two Star Trek puzzles I bought a while ago and it’s been sitting in my closet until I was ready. I was surprised to see Cobble Hill doing a Star Trek puzzle let alone two. It didn’t quite seem to be in their style, but I was happy to see them […]

Michael Storring’s 12 Days of Christmas, day 6

This was a fairly simple puzzle to put together. I’d thought that the collection was going to trend more towards Christmas in notable places, but it seems to be more of the typical Christmas scenes. This one is cute. There are a few buildings around, but the focus is the church. I like that you […]

A New Yorker Cover a Day Puzzle, day 18

This one might be my favorite of the whole set. When I finished it, I immediately went online to see if there was a larger version of it. I really like the classic Christmas quality of it. It’s not about a party or the hustle and bustle of the season. It’s just a family decorating […]

A New Yorker Cover a Day Puzzle, day 17

By now, I’m very much getting in the grove of doing a little puzzle every morning. And unlike the rest of the daily tasks, this is the one that’s not a chore to do at all. Even with all of the craziness of the last couple of weeks leading up to Christmas, I like having […]

Michael Storring’s 12 Days of Christmas, day 5

This one almost looks like a collage of images with the bridge and the buildings on the top and bottom. There’s then the hill in the middle and the ground of people watching and/or waiting for their turn, though not many of them look to have sleds. Perhaps everyone’s sharing. Sledding around where I live […]

A New Yorker Cover a Day Puzzle, day 16

This one was a bit of a challenge. I don’t think that it should have been. I’m working on another puzzle on my usual table, so I was keeping the puzzle to the surface of a notebook and trying not to let the pieces fall off and mix with the pieces of the other puzzle. […]

Michael Storring’s 12 Days of Christmas, day 4

The scenes in this advent calendar are so nicely varied from classic Christmas scenes to more standard outdoor winter scenes. How realistic this is, I don’t know as I’ve never been skiing but in terms of thinking about the classic ski lodge and surroundings, it seems on par. It doesn’t seem like anyone is skiing […]

A New Yorker Cover a Day Puzzle, day 15

I’m not quite sure why, but when I was first looking at this advent calendar, it was this image that stood out to me. I even went searching for it as a larger puzzle because I liked the image. There’s something cozy and comforting, well in most cases at least, about seeing the inside of […]

Michael Storring’s 12 Days of Christmas, day 3

I spent part of the time I was puzzling, trying to place where this is. It’s likely somewhere in the US, perhaps New York? I don’t see anything that stands out as a landmark. It could be any northern major city. I wonder how many of the big cities have a giant Christmas tree? When […]