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That truly sucks Chansen. Hope you have got rid of them by claiming ignorance (that isn't a word I was think of to describe you!).
 
While others struggle with biggerr issues, I continue to work on the puzzle from hell.
This week has been busier than I expected (including an invite from my daughter for a 'first of the season' swim in her pool and a barbeque), but each day I've sat down and stared at it a bit. It's a good thing I had a bit of success earlier - in the last three days I've averaged about 5 pieces, half what I aim for daily. And since today is a bowling day, I probably won't get much time at it.
 
Saturday my neighbour came over and while talking we found quite a few pieces. Only 270 pieces left. Almost 3/4 done. But still a struggle. Today we have the church picnic in the park (if it doesn't rain). And a father's day dinner at Seelergirl's place. I'll be lucky to make my quote of 10 a day. And summer is coming this week - maybe. This has been the rainiest spring I can remember.
 
Seeler said:
Saturday my neighbour came over and while talking we found quite a few pieces. Only 270 pieces left. Almost 3/4 done. But still a struggle. Today we have the church picnic in the park (if it doesn't rain). And a father's day dinner at Seelergirl's place. I'll be lucky to make my quote of 10 a day. And summer is coming this week - maybe. This has been the rainiest spring I can remember.
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Supposed to be good this PM ...

Alternate thought ... could drump be considered a ditz or dissed ... as a derivative of Stoa ... a' stoat? Spotless weasel in winter ... ignoring the tail of course ... it follows ... ration; all wiggle!
 
The ongoing saga of my puzzle. The end is in sight. Today I discovered a major mistake - a group of five pieces were in the wrong place. They fit perfectly and were a perfect colour match (black with a bit of blue shading), but nothing fitted on either side, and I had another group of four that I couldn't find a place for. Finally, I detached the group of five from the bottom and moved it up about three inches where it fitted just a perfectly to some I had built out from the side. Then I was able to attach the group of four below, and find pieces to fit around that section. You can see the frustration - why would anybody make a puzzle with pieces that fit exactly in the wrong places.
Anyway once I figured that out I went at it like a house on fire and now I'm down to less than 200 pieces. Wow!
Unfortunately I've pretty much finished that section and have to move on to another jumble of black, blue, turquoise and white.
And I have a feeling that there is another major mistake somewhere near the top where the distant snow topped mountains of blue and white meet the blue sky with white clouds. Grrrr.
 
Grrr indeed Seeler! I'm so impressed with your perseverence! I don't recall ... who exactly gifted this torturous puzzle upon you? Are you having any revenge fantasies yet???
 
I've been so inspired by seeler and her puzzle that I found myself a 1000 piece Group of Seven puzzle at our garage sale two weeks ago, and have been busily sorting out the edge pieces from the inside pieces and sorting them into some of the many shades of green, turquoise, off-white, grey comprising it.

Not a lot of time last few days, though. Strawberry supper coming up tomorrow; there's been jellied salad making (I'm rather famous for my jellied borscht salad), potato peeling, boiling, mashing, out in the strawberry patch picking by 8:20 this a.m. Tomorrow, I'm on the dish crew.
 
Tuesday is grocery day at our house - and I'll be looking for local strawberries. I've heard there will be a bumper crop this year. In recent years we've had hot, dry springs and strawberries were few and small - this year we've had cooler weather and adequate rain. So hope for the best. It should also be a good year for leafs crops (lettuces, chard, spinach) and peas. But I've heard that farmers were late getting their potatoes and root crops planted - it balances out.

The friend who gave me the puzzle isn't much of a puzzler herself. She knew I liked puzzles; she saw it at a yard sale and bought it for me. I can't hold it against her.
Perhaps besides giving the number of pieces, puzzles should be rated: easy, some difficulty, challenging, and 'the puzzle from hell'.

I got a few more pieces while watching (listening to) the ball game last evening. I'm going to win.
 
Seeler said:
The ongoing saga of my puzzle. The end is in sight. Today I discovered a major mistake - a group of five pieces were in the wrong place. They fit perfectly and were a perfect colour match (black with a bit of blue shading), but nothing fitted on either side, and I had another group of four that I couldn't find a place for. Finally, I detached the group of five from the bottom and moved it up about three inches where it fitted just a perfectly to some I had built out from the side. Then I was able to attach the group of four below, and find pieces to fit around that section. You can see the frustration - why would anybody make a puzzle with pieces that fit exactly in the wrong places.
Anyway once I figured that out I went at it like a house on fire and now I'm down to less than 200 pieces. Wow!
Unfortunately I've pretty much finished that section and have to move on to another jumble of black, blue, turquoise and white.
And I have a feeling that there is another major mistake somewhere near the top where the distant snow topped mountains of blue and white meet the blue sky with white clouds. Grrrr.
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Disassociation enigma ... kind've like life itself ... major anti-gravity launch ...
 
Just came home from my garden club meeting - guest speaker was Dave Phillips - senior climatologist - who hasn't seen him on TV or heard radio spots over the years - he looks & sounds just the same. Fantastic presentation on climate change - made the info very relate-able and left us with lots to think about. Trivia bit - you know those 'con trails' that jets leave in the sky? If it disappears quickly, then the weather is likely to be good for the next couple of days. When they linger, it means there is more moisture in the high atmosphere & we should expect some precip or at least mugginess.

Then of course there was the members flower show to browse, while munching on our strawberry shortcake with real whipped cream! Nothing says summer to me like strawberry shortcake.

And ... I came home with TWO raffle prizes tonight! One is a huge sedum plant - I will have to make space somewhere in my garden for it on the weekend. And the other is a big pot of red & white petunias in a Canada Day container - on my porch at the moment - hoping it will get enough sun there - I may have to move it around.
 
Carolla said:
Just came home from my garden club meeting - guest speaker was Dave Phillips - senior climatologist - who hasn't seen him on TV or heard radio spots over the years - he looks & sounds just the same. Fantastic presentation on climate change - made the info very relate-able and left us with lots to think about. Trivia bit - you know those 'con trails' that jets leave in the sky? If it disappears quickly, then the weather is likely to be good for the next couple of days. When they linger, it means there is more moisture in the high atmosphere & we should expect some precip or at least mugginess.
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I'd love for my son to meet him but the resulting ... conversation may be too polite ... could be interesting given Little M's low opinion of Environment Canada's weather forecasting. :rolleyes:
 
Down to less than 100 pieces left to do on my puzzle. I got quite a bit done yesterday between grocery shopping, cooking dinner, writing a sermon for July 2nd (I want to run it by my Writers Group), and going to the Parkinson's Support Group.
Today looks even busier: Doctor's office for my B12 shot this morning, Writers' group this afternoon, then annual year-end meeting and bar-b-q for the Faith Formation Committee at a lakeside cottage about 60 klm away.
 
I'm fed up with all the wind we've had this season! I didn't prepare as well for the last storm as we did for the one where the BBQ flew off the deck. I did move some plants. One chair - not even a plastic one, blew across the yard. Tomato leaves are curling. I think some of my broccolini plants are dying, mostly those that were direct seeded. My biggested that I started inside keeps getting knocked over although the leaves aren't all limp like some of the others. I keep working soil around my squash as there are big gaps around the stems, exposing roots as the plants get blown one way and then another. Even some potatoes have been knocked over, and they have been hilled up. Luckily no hail here, other areas, including in the city have gotten it with these systems.
 
ChemGal said:
I'm fed up with all the wind we've had this season! I didn't prepare as well for the last storm as we did for the one where the BBQ flew off the deck. I did move some plants. One chair - not even a plastic one, blew across the yard. Tomato leaves are curling. I think some of my broccolini plants are dying, mostly those that were direct seeded. My biggested that I started inside keeps getting knocked over although the leaves aren't all limp like some of the others. I keep working soil around my squash as there are big gaps around the stems, exposing roots as the plants get blown one way and then another. Even some potatoes have been knocked over, and they have been hilled up. Luckily no hail here, other areas, including in the city have gotten it with these systems.
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The native american way:

Survival Gardening — The Native-American Way | Off The Grid News
 
ChemGal said:
I'm fed up with all the wind we've had this season! I didn't prepare as well for the last storm as we did for the one where the BBQ flew off the deck. I did move some plants. One chair - not even a plastic one, blew across the yard. Tomato leaves are curling. I think some of my broccolini plants are dying, mostly those that were direct seeded. My biggested that I started inside keeps getting knocked over although the leaves aren't all limp like some of the others. I keep working soil around my squash as there are big gaps around the stems, exposing roots as the plants get blown one way and then another. Even some potatoes have been knocked over, and they have been hilled up. Luckily no hail here, other areas, including in the city have gotten it with these systems.
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I saw photos from a recent storm in Red Deer - certainly lots of damage. I hadn't thought of the toll on your struggling garden :(
 
Carolla said:
I saw photos from a recent storm in Red Deer - certainly lots of damage. I hadn't thought of the toll on your struggling garden :(
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We weren't dealing with winds that bad at least. It's still windy today cold too. It's supposed to be hot on Monday, I'm hoping that means the end of the windy season!
 
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