The following is a post from my website Chrissy…In Her Sixties, which I am currently working on shutting down. The website you are now looking at, That Hobbit Lady, has been with me since November 2004 (nearly 20 years) and contains over 500 posts. In Her Sixties only goes back to 2017, with less than 40 posts. So, you see…in the interest of consolidating, I could either send 500+ posts from That Hobbit Lady to In Her Sixties, or 30+ posts from In Her Sixties to That Hobbit Lady. In addition to the math of that first option not making much sense, it also happens that the term “In Her Sixties” will only to apply to me for a few more years. But I will be a Hobbit Lady forever. So: no-brainer.
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September 27, 2017
You may find the title of this post…puzzling. If so…I mean it to be! This is my way of starting a new feature, but first, it needs a word of explanation. After you get the explanation, you will no longer be puzzled.
I’ve always enjoyed doing jigsaw puzzles, but two years ago when I went to visit my parents in Florida, I caught the Puzzle Bug. My parents would always have a jigsaw puzzle going, and it was fun sitting down with Dad to work on the jigsaw puzzle, listening to classical music. So when I got back home, I suggested to Russ that we do a jigsaw puzzle, and before you knew it, Russ had caught the Puzzle Bug too.
In the past two years, we’ve probably done 15-20 puzzles. This is the one we just finished up last night:
This puzzle is actually one I borrowed from Dad during my last visit. Mom and Dad have always been big fans of Jane Wooster Scott. Me…well, this kind of artwork is okay, but it’s not my favorite. And Ceaco puzzles are okay, but not as good as Buffalo or Ravensburger.
Every time we finish a puzzle, I take a picture of it, so I’ll periodically post a picture, and a word or two about it. In time I’ll be posting Buffalo and Ravensburger puzzles, and stories about our cat Squee jumping up on to the table and…well, you can imagine.
Squee jumping on the table is probably the most exciting story I’ll have to tell about our puzzle-doing. And that’s the way it should be. Because doing puzzle is not about excitement, it’s about sitting quietly and feeling relaxed. It’s about good music, and good conversation. It’s good for your brain, and it’s good for your general well-being.
This puzzle pictured above is the first one I’m posting on this blog, but it’s the last puzzle we’ve done. I think the next puzzle I post will be the first puzzle we did. Stay tuned…
