Puzzle: Japanese Garden

Size: 750 pieces
Dimensions: 59.7 cm x 39.4 cm
Producer: Sure-Lox
Notes: A catalogue of features “typical” of the Japanese garden may be drawn up without inquiring deeply into the aesthetic underlying Japanese practice. Typical Japanese gardens have at their center a home from which the garden is viewed. In addition to residential architecture, depending on the archetype, Japanese gardens often contain several of these elements:
* Water, real or symbolic.
* A bridge …
Photography cards: Tulip Solitude, $12
Puzzle: Audubon – Eastern Bluebird II

Size: 500 pieces
Dimensions: 45.72cm x 45.72cm
Producer: Buffalo Games
Box: photo
Photographer: Richard Day / Daybreak Imagery
Notes: The Eastern Bluebird, Sialia sialis, is a small thrush found in open woodlands, farmlands and orchards, and most recently can be spotted in suburban areas. It is the state bird of Missouri and New York.
Adults have a white belly. Adult males are bright blue and red on top and …
Photography cards: New Life
Puzzle: San Francisco, California

Size: 1000 pieces
Dimensions: 51.12cm x 66.52cm
Producer: Big Ben, MB Puzzles
Notes: The Palace of Fine Arts in the Marina District of San Francisco, California, is a monumental structure originally constructed for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in order to exhibit works of art presented there. One of only a few surviving structures from the Exposition, it is the only one still situated on its original site. It was rebuilt in 1965, and …
Beading: Dreamy Lilacs earrings
Photo: Reaching hands, Experimental Farm Arboretum, May 22, 2011

Photo: Lilac and green, Experimental Farm Arboretum, May 22, 2011
Beading: Blue Candy bookmark
Puzzle: Vila Real de Santo António, Algarve, Portugal

Size: 1000 pieces
Dimensions: 51.12cm x 66.52cm
Producer: Big Ben, MB Puzzles
Notes: Vila Real de Santo Antonio was erected at great speed, in only two years time (construction took place between 1774 and 1776). The Marquis of Pombal was responsible for its planning. He designed the town in a Pombaline orthogonal grid. In a pioneering technique, entire buildings were prefabricated in pieces outside the city, and then transported to their final destination …
Photo: Walking on petals, Experimental Farm Arboretum, May 22, 2011
Beading: Black Tuxedo necklace
Puzzle: New Palace Gardens, Warwickshire, England

Size: 1000 pieces
Dimensions: 51.12cm x 66.52cm
Producer: Big Ben, MB Puzzles
Notes: Warwickshire is perhaps best known for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare from Stratford-upon-Avon. Even today, road signs at the county boundary describe Warwickshire as “Shakespeare’s County”. The county has also produced other literary figures such as George Eliot (from Nuneaton), Rupert Brooke (from Rugby), and Michael Drayton from Hartshill.
Much of western Warwickshire, including that area now forming part …
Beading: Autumn Evening bookmark
Photo: White branch, Experimental Farm Arboretum, May 22, 2011

Beading: Morning Star bookmark
Photo: White tree blooms, Experimental Farm Arboretum, May 22, 2011

Beading: Flowing Sunlight bookmark
Photo: White on purple, Experimental Farm Arboretum, May 22, 2011





















