This is the coldest winter that we've had in quite some time. I'm still adjusting to retirement and trying to find things that I enjoy to fill my days. After Christmas I was out shopping and saw some jigsaw puzzles for sale. It reminded me of days long ago when my mother, brother, and I would spend hours on cold, damp winter days at the card table putting together 300 piece jigsaw puzzles. There were those odd shaped pieces (and I can still remember some of the shapes) that you knew exactly where they went before the border was even completed. When I was older my brother didn't spend as much time with us but mother and I would work 1000 piece puzzles. It was wonderful to spend long hours together. I miss those times. Anyway, I bought myself two 500 piece puzzles.
A few weeks back when it was extremely cold I spent several days putting the pieces of one together. I tried not to work on it for too long a stretch for a couple of different reasons...one was I wouldn't finish it too quickly and two..because I know if I sit in a different position for too long a period it makes me sore (I would say it was age related, but that's always been a problem for me).
Handyman came down a few times and put in a few pieces but I don't think he ever actually sat down to work on it with me.
Here is a picture of the completed puzzle.
I still have the other puzzle to put together at some point, but I'm holding off for a while. I don't think this winter will be over for a while!!
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