Thank goodness for the good new days!

One of the blogs I am following is Michael Bills ( Chase Images ). His photos are incredibly beautiful! (Of course, living in the Adirondacks gives him some advantage over a flatlander in secnery to shoot.) A couple of times I've remarked that I'd like to have one of his pics as a jigsaw puzzle. And that got me to thinking, and remembering.....

I've always loved puzzles. There's nothing more satisfying than putting that last piece into place. I used to cover them with puzzle saver and hang them on the wall for art! Of course, there are frustrations, too. Like the piece that almost fits! Or the puzzle that is almost completed when a friend comes to visit bringing toddlers who swoop all the pieces off the table. Or the puzzle that turns out in the end to have one or more pieces missing.

One of the most frustrating experiences I ever had with puzzles concerned my granddaughters. Beautiful little girls, born just a week apart. So it was a lot like having twins around, except they had different mothers. Anyway, it was an awful blow to discover as soon as they were walking that one of them was addicted to puzzles. Only, she didn't try to work them. She tried to eat them. Really. It was nothing to find her with both cheeks bulging like a hamster, drool running down her chin, and an open puzzle box on her lap. I couldn't tell you how many puzzles that child partially consumed. I finally gave up on puzzles for a number of years.

Now I can work them on pc. Too cool. No lost pieces, if a piece is a true fit, it just clicks into place when you get it close. National Geographic has a beautiful site, for instance. But if Michael of Chase Images ever opened a puzzle site, he would blow NG away. Leave 'em in the dust. Wouldn't that be nice! Hey Michael, how 'bout it??