I began this jigsaw over 3 weeks ago (see this post) – it’s taken me that long to finish it. I like to start a jigsaw and finish the edges before getting to the main part, but there were a few pieces that just wouldn’t fit – hence the gaps round the edge.
I began by doing the blue pieces, followed by the orange/ red ones and then filled in the gaps, leaving (inevitably for me) the dark pieces.
And still some of the outside pieces seemed not to fit. 
Until finally I found where they all went.
It’s a beautiful picture, but it was quite a difficult puzzle to do, mainly because of its shape and size – portrait, 50 x 70 cm, which meant leaning over the bottom half to do the top, as I do jigsaws on the floor! But because it’s a Ravensburger 1,000 piece puzzle all the pieces are individually shaped and fit together perfectly – they only interlock together in the right places.
Now I can get back to reading!
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Oh, this one is so beautiful, Margaret! I can easily see that it’s not an easy one to do though. But well worth the effort with such a beautiful Canadian scene on it. I really do love it.
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Cath, it gave me many happy (and frustrating) hours!
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Jigsaw puzzles are a problem for me because I can’t lean over. However, this is probably a good thing because otherwise I would get no reading done at all:)
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Alex, I did find it quite painful doing this puzzle – particularly leaning on my wrists! I’m going to have a long rest from doing jigsaws now.
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I’m going out to get a puzzle, we haven’t done one for quite a while.
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I hope you enjoy doing it as much as I did doing this one.
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It is a gorgeous picture, Margaret, and certainly does look like a challenging one to do! I can’t imagine doing it on the floor! Doesn’t it kill your back?
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Peggy Ann, it was a challenge in the end. It doesn’t hurt my back at all – standing at a table and leaning over does, but not sitting on the floor. It’s just the pressure on my wrists that’s a problem leaning on them to reach the top of this puzzle.
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Lovely, Margaret! I admire your patience with the larger and more complicated jigsaws. Such great work!
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Thanks, Margot. Part of the pleasure for me is doing a jigsaw that takes time – if it’s not challenging and I can do it quickly I don’t enjoy it as much.
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Ravensburger puzzles are soooo difficult. I tried to do one while having chemo and my brain just would not figure it out. Now I’m trying to find time to do it. I’ll have to find a bigger surface to do it on as well; it’s huge. I love puzzles so much it won’t be long until I’ll start it again.
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Barbara, I’m sure I couldn’t have managed a jigsaw if I’d had chemo – the radiotherapy knocked me out by itself and I didn’t try doing a puzzle when I was having it or for several months afterwards. I hope you’ll get back to puzzling soon.
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Lovely! Ravensburger puzzle are such good quality but, as with any jigsaw I do, I always think there are some pieces missing for sure, before I finish. lol
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