17. Puzzles

These are your typical jigsaw puzzle, which I usually like to work on during the Christmas holidays or in the winter time. Over the decades, we've had tonnes of puzzles, and gotten rid of them too, once we got tired of them. Over the years, though, I've hung onto a couple of my favourite puzzles, ones that I remember doing as a kid with my mom and sister. There's one of 3 horses in an orchard. It's only 500 pieces, but just looking at it brings back all sorts of memories. Many of the pieces have bends in them, and are pretty worn out... but... that one is one that I'm hanging onto. So, all told, I probably have 10 or 12 puzzles. I got a set of them for Christmas - a boxed set from Costco. There are 6 in there, and I haven't done all of those ones yet. But the other 6... hmmm... are there any that I could get rid of? Well, there is one... maybe... a 1000 piece picture of pumpkins and squash and a wagon in front of autumn-leafed trees and a wooden fence. But it's also the only 1000 piece puzzle that I've kept so.... sigh.... I'm not sure that I can actually get rid of any puzzles this time around! If push comes to shove, I suppose I could let go of the new ones that I've done already... that would be 3 to go out the door. Which seems doable...