Now that the seasons are changing and we are slipping toward winter and more time indoors, it’s time for me to work on jigsaw puzzles. Yesterday, I started sorting pieces for one. Every piece of the 1000-piece puzzle is uniquely shaped. Some are shaped like animals, fruit, or other familiar objects.
As always, I first try to sort out the edge and
corner pieces as an assembly strategy. I quickly bumped into a weird problem: I
found six of the four corner pieces I need.
I think we can all agree that a rectangular puzzle
has only four right-angle corner pieces. Finding six of them rather stopped me
in my tracks. Naturally, I consulted the picture of the puzzle and quickly
identified four rightful corner pieces. Not long after, I found where the other
two pieces will land as run-of-the-mill edge pieces.
I am sharing a photograph of the six corner pieces
and another showing where the two oddball corners will be placed. I think we
may be in for a wild ride on this puzzle.
—Mitchell Hegman


The fun is just starting with that puzzle.
ReplyDeleteHave fun big brother. It is a ride for sure. You two will have a blast. This makes up for the 387 dogs. Hahaha
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