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[Bri369]

Good Morning Preds and Friends!

Temps dropping again into the low teens  and negative wind chills.  

[Bri369]

@Witchy Woman 

1000 pieces that all look alike?  

Oh Lawdy.  That would take me years to do.  LOL

[Bri369]

@Yahooey 

My Vitamin D levels are low.  When my doctor first tested me, it was a 7.  They want the levels to be in the 30s.  I'm still not in the 30s yet, but getting closer little by little.  I take 2000 mg a day of Vitamin D.  

[qualitygal]

@Witchy Woman  I put my 1000 back in the box.  Got a 500 puzzle on a card table behind me.  Decided that's my limit on puzzle pieces.  Got way to frustrated on the larger one.  You're right 1-2 matches a day................forget it!!

[Witchy Woman]

@Bri369 

Yes, expcept for the edges.  It's a first for me.

Most puzzles have several shapes, and once you divide them by color, you can then divide by shapes and it makes puzzling infinetly easier.

However, this one is not only lots of colors, but all the interior pieces are the same shape with a few tiny variations in sizing.  

I'm not sure I have the grit to do it, but....will give it a go.

I keep looking for a "trick" to figure it out and nothing so far.  

[Yahooey]

@Witchy Woman 

i lubs puzzles ever since i was in kindergarten - the real wood puzzles

i only tried 2 mega puzzles decades ago - a huge 5,000 or was it 1,000 piece

but they were all the traditional 

but now there are weird shapes and what the heck -

how do you even start? animal shapes in a sea of blue

[qualitygal]

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@Witchy Woman wrote:

@Bri369 

Yes, expcept for the edges.  It's a first for me.

Most puzzles have several shapes, and once you divide them by color, you can then divide by shapes and it makes puzzling infinetly easier.

However, this one is not only lots of colors, but all the interior pieces are the same shape with a few tiny variations in sizing.  

I'm not sure I have the grit to do it, but....will give it a go.

I keep looking for a "trick" to figure it out and nothing so far.  

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If you can go into You Tube, Karen puzzles...she does huge ones and she lays things out as you said to.

[Witchy Woman]

@qualitygal 

Yes, I found her and she's great.  Amazingly, I figured out all the "tricks" on my own, but it was nice to see them explained.

However, this current puzzle is "ribbon cut" and all the tricks don't apply because pieces are all one shape 

I'll finish this one and never purchase another!  I've learned that many European puzzles are done this way, so I'll be avoiding THOSE.  Here is my puzzle and it's so cute, I'll struggle through it.

[Witchy Woman]

@Yahooey 

The nontraditional shapes are NOT for me!  I've seen them, but would never buy.

There are "mega" puzzles of many thousands of pieces, but....NO!  I can barely make it through a 1000 piece puzzle.

The wooden puzzles are pricey, but pretty.  I hate spending more than $20 for a puzzle 

[cowboy sam]

 @Witchy Woman @qualitygal 

Once many years back..i used to do a few  puzzles until one night i started one  but couldn't keep my eyes open anylonger  and went to bed.My dh came home from his 3-11 work shift  and yep..i got up next morning to find he had finished!  I decided not to say anything to him about it and just stopped doing puzzles!  Not worth agruing over it..lol!

once @Yahooey posted a website to a website to do daily puzzles...but uh i'm embarresed to say what level of pieces to say i did

I enjoyed doing them  and should download the site again.

I do love doing word search puzzles!

lubs ya!