SUNDAY MEMORIES
Judy Wills
I’ve written before about puzzles, and how much we enjoy putting together a jigsaw puzzle. Our Karen and Brian have given us some that we had really enjoyed. This is a Disney puzzle they gave us.
Last year it was of a bunch of Norman Rockwell pictures.
This past Christmas they gave us one that held three Bev Doolittle pictures on it.
I’ve been enthralled by Bev Doolittle’s artistry for many years now. Some of that interest is because of the subject matter she has – Southwestern/Indian. Since I grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, all of that is interesting to me. I have some of that same flavor around our house.
Each Christmas in past years, I have requested a Bev Doolittle calendar from one of our daughters, to hang in our home office, where I can see it every day. Those calendars have become more and more difficult to find. And last December, when checking it out, I found that they have stopped producing Bev Doolittle calendars, much to my sorrow.
So it was a bit of a surprise to find that Karen and Brian gave us the Bev Doolittle puzzle! As I said, it held three different pictures, one was fairly small – only 100 pieces. (can you find the Indian in the picture?)
The “middle” one was larger, with 300 pieces.
And the large one was 500 pieces.
We were able to get the 100-piece picture together fairly quickly. And we were quite pleased to find that Brian had put together the “frame” of the 300-piece puzzle when they were here in February for Fred’s surprise birthday party! That really helped!! But it took us a VERY long time to get the frame together for the 500 piece puzzle. Brian! Where are you??? But Fred was finally able to get it together, and we proceeded.
It was fun…it was time consuming…it was frustrating…but we managed to enjoy every minute of working on it. We took about three months to finish them all, but we finally did. What an accomplishment!
As I mentioned in the other article I wrote on puzzles:
Fred parents lived in a retirement facility for several years before they passed away. One of the interesting things about that facility was that puzzles were left out on tables in the hallways. Any of the residents could come and “pick up” just where the last person had left off, at any time. I thought it was a wonderful way for them to keep their minds sharp while trying to do the puzzle. It was also an entertainment for them.
And so, I wish you a joyful time working a puzzle. It truly is FUN!
Judy is living in Central Florida with her retired U.S. Air Force husband of 50+ years. Born in Dallas, Texas, she grew up in the Southwestern United States.She met her husband at their church, where he was attending the university in her town. After college and seminary, he entered the Air Force, and their adventures began.They lived in eight of our United States, and spent six years in Europe, where their oldest daughter was born. She was a stay-at-home mom for many years
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