PUZZLES

I have always loved puzzles. When I was a kid I did puzzles all the time. I think I got this from my dad. He is puzzle crazy. He often has a puzzle going on a table in his family room. He seems to like it when we gather round to help him finish a puzzle. Or maybe he is just being polite!

I don't like really complicated puzzles like those 3D puzzles. I like my puzzles to be some sort of picture that is a little complicated but nice and flat. You know what I mean, those puzzles that are a bunch of giraffes in a grassy field or a bunch of trains. Difficult but not impossible. I find puzzles soothing. I like to do them while watching TV.

This puzzle is a Christmas puzzle. The picture is of animals dressed in Christmas garb. It is mostly rodents like mice and moles. It is more of a drawing/painting than a photo. It is a cute puzzle and I wanted to do it over Christmas break. I have had the puzzle for a few years and finally wanted to work on it.

On another note, our pond has been under attack by a raccoon. The raccoon has been jumping in and fishing. This is the first time since we have lived here that a raccoon has actually jumped in the pond to fish or maybe he fell in. Whatever happened, we set up our machine to chase away animals. It sets off a piercing noise when the sensor senses an animal is nearby. It s supposed to scare the animal off. We will see tomorrow.

Until tomorrow...