Beading: Spring morning bookmark
Beading: Amber heart necklace
Puzzle: Bay Bridge, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Size: 1000 pieces
Notes: The San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge (known locally as the Bay Bridge) is a pair of bridges spanning San Francisco Bay of California, in the United States. Forming part of Interstate 80 and of the direct road route between San Francisco and Oakland, it carries approximately 270,000 vehicles per day on its two decks. It has one of the longest spans in the world.
The toll bridge was conceived as early as …
Photo: Golden Arches, April 22, 2011
Photo: Sun Centered, April 22, 2011
Beading: Black ice necklace
Beading: White swan necklace
Puzzle: Royal Courts, London
Size: 750 pieces
Dimensions: 59.7 cm x 39.4 cm
Producer: Sure-Lox, Impressions
Notes: The Royal Courts of Justice, commonly called the Law Courts, is the building in London which houses the Court of Appeal of England and Wales and the High Court of Justice of England and Wales. Courts within the building are open to the public although there may be some restrictions depending upon the nature of the cases being heard. The building is …
Photo: Sunset Horizon, April 22, 2011
Photo: Tree in Golden Light, April 22, 2011
Beading: Breastfeeding Necklace – Tricolour Spiral Flower
Puzzle: Niagara Falls, U.S.A.
Size: 750 pieces
Dimensions: 59.7 cm x 39.4 cm
Producer: Sure-Lox
Notes: The Niagara Falls are waterfalls in North America. These voluminous waterfalls are situated on the Niagara River, straddling the international border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of New York. The falls are 27 km north-northwest of Buffalo, New York and 121 km south-southeast of Toronto, Ontario, between the twin cities of Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Niagara Falls, New …
Photo: Sunset Arch, April 22, 2011
Book: Аля, Кляксич и другие, by Ирина Токмакова
Title: Аля, Кляксич и другие
Author: Ирина Токмакова
Source: Veddma library
ISBN: 978-5-271-11578-3
Link: http://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/3374504/
Notes: This book includes five stories designed to teach pre-school and early-school children Russian alphabet, numbers from 0 to 10, Russian grammar, Russian orthography, and English alphabet. The stories are united by the single protagonist – the girl Alya. In some stories she is accompanied by her friend Anton that is the same age as her.
I remember the Russian alphabet …
Photo: Golden River, Dipping Branches, April 22, 2011
Puzzle: Vatican, Italy
Size: 500 pieces
Dimensions: 48.4 cm x 35.5 cm
Producer: Sure-Lox
Notes: Vatican City or Vatican City State is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of approximately 110 acres, and a population of just over 800.
Vatican City was established in 1929 by the Lateran Treaty, signed by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Gasparri, on behalf of the Holy See …
Beading: Blue Cloud earrings
Beading: Deep Blue earrings with Swarovski crystals
Puzzle: Trevi Fountain
Size: 500 pieces
Dimensions: 48.26 cm x 35.56 cm
Producer: Sure-Lox, Land Marks series
Box: photo
Notes: The Trevi Fountain (Italian: Fontana di Trevi) is a fountain in the Trevi rione in Rome, Italy. Standing 25.9 meters high and 19.8 meters wide, it is the largest Baroque fountain in the city and one of the most famous fountains in the world.
The fountain at the junction of three roads (tre vie) marks …
Puzzle: House in Wales
Size: 500 pieces
Notes: Not depicted on the puzzle, Simon Dale has built a house fit for hobbits in Wales. “Some of the characteristics of the wooden house are that it’s dug inside a hillside for shelter, lime plaster and mud are used to keep the walls sticking together, straw balls are used in floor, roof and walls, solar panels are installed for lightning, music and computers, and skylight on the roof gives natural light.” There are …