Introduction...

I can't recall when my fascination with jigsaw puzzles first began.

I vaguely remember putting together a giant floor puzzle when I was 4 or 5 years old, but I couldn't tell you now exactly what it was of. It could have been a goldfish in a bowl or a woolly sheep- all I know is that I would spend my days piecing together the design, delighted at the resulting image. I'm not sure where it ended up- that puzzle is probably resting somewhere in my parents' garage now, perhaps relegated to the plastic containers that store our childhood toys.

As I grew older, I progressed through the ranks of jigsaw puzzles- from large floor designs to 'big kid' puzzles of 100 or more pieces.

When I was in my pre-teen years, I had a few favourite jigsaw puzzles that I would redo again and again. I think one of them was called Bush Breakfast (or something along those lines). It was only 200 or so pieces, and depicted an illustrated bush scene of koalas sitting in a tree and drinking tea from cups and saucers.

The other one was a vintage poster advertisement from Cadbury, which had significantly more pieces, and was probably aimed more at adults than children. I remember it featured a woman and a maroon background. Unfortunately, the last time I went to do the puzzle, I noticed a piece missing.

For nostalgia's sake, I wouldn't mind bringing out those puzzles and doing them again- missing pieces and all!

During my teen years, I took a bit of a hiatus from jigsaw puzzle solving, instead deciding to pursue other interests, including various crafts and my first passions of reading and writing.

Then, several years ago, the bug struck me again without warning. I was cleaning out my wardrobe and came across a couple of unopened jigsaw puzzle boxes- plastic still wrapped around the edges. Before I knew it, I was setting up a space on my floor, tearing the plastic off, and lifting the lid to reveal multi-coloured cardboard pieces.

From that moment on, I was back in the game, and this blog is going to pay testament to that.

I have a vast collection of jigsaw puzzles, covering a variety of brands, designs and piece numbers.

The idea behind this blog is to provide a documentation of the puzzles I have done.

I am not going to record how many hours it took me to complete a design (I honestly haven't got the stats, and even if I did, they are likely to vary a lot depending on the amount of time I have to spare for puzzling, and the ease of the design. Besides, what could take me a day to do, could take you only 5 hours (or vice versa), and so I don't really see the point). I will however record all the relevant information, in case you decide you like the design enough to buy it and try it out for yourself.

I will also include interesting jigsaw puzzling facts and links that I come across, in case they are also of interest to you.

I enjoy completing jigsaw puzzles, but they are not the only thing in my life that brings me pleasure, therefore I will not be posting every day, or even every week. Instead, I  will put up new bits and pieces as I feel like it.

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to share them with me.

Happy puzzling!