A tale of 3 puzzles...with a little disaster along the way

 I was enjoying our recent BCD virtual meeting with the theme of animals. I had decided to complete a 3-panel puzzle comprised of 2x 500 piece puzzles and 1x 1000 piece puzzle. Put together they would create one long image. The first puzzle was quick and I decided to store it on a board so I had space to tackle the next. Not a problem and away I went again. The second puzzle finished, I decided to slide it onto the same board as the first. Things started well, but then from behind me I heard a sound I was trying to avoid....a puzzle sliding. Well, I won't say much more - the photo shows what happened. 

So, rather than completing 3 puzzles I completed 5 in reality by doing 2 of them twice. The finished puzzle picture was lovely and although there was one piece missing it didn't detract from my overall enjoyment. Lessons learned for next time!!

Time taken: morning and most of the afternoon

Peter Pan - Tinkerbell: Ravensburger (1000 pieces)

Not the title I would have chosen, but you get the idea. I loved this puzzle - right up my street - lots of bright colours and smaller details, plus I'm a huge Disney fan. I made a mistake during the 'sort' phase by collecting all the rings and edges - this meant I had far too many pieces to work with so it took much longer. Once they were in place however, the rest of the puzzle was easy really. 

Time taken: 3.5 hours. 

Raffles - Raffles Hotel (1000 pieces)

A friend lent me this after I'd observed her progress on Facebook. She had left the sky until last, but as I'm a bit of a sky junkie I decided to start with it. A nice puzzle which definitely built up in clear sections until only the finer fiddly details were left. 

Time taken: afternoon