I may have mentioned in a previous blog that my wonder spouse and I really enjoy putting together jigsaw puzzles. We have completed two 2,000 piece puzzles but we really prefer the 1,000 and 500 piece ones.
Our puzzle table is in our finished basement under a bright light. A really good work space. Since it's lovely and cool in the basement on a hot summer day it's a perfect place to spend time when our "must do" jobs are finished.
What makes me think that we may be reaching "obession" level with this hobby is the fact that we have started preserving and framing our masterpieces. At this time we have seven completed puzzles preserved and hanging on our basement walls. It's very easy with thin sticky backed sheets of plastic that you can spread on the backs of puzzles to hold all the pieces permanently together. Then we frame them in inexpensive poster frames from Michael's and hang them up.
This is our most recently finished puzzle. (Sorry about the reflection in the picture.) Only partly because we are running out of wall space in the basement, we have decide to hang this one on our bedroom wall. It is a very bright and cheerful picture.
But I recently got to thinking - what on earth are our children going to do with all these puzzles when we die. We're not getting any younger you know. I suppose we could will them to our kids and grandkids (one each). That would take care of 14 puzzles.
Or we can just leave them hanging on the walls and let someone else worry about it. Enough musing. My spouse is waiting for me to join him in the basement.
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