My sister-in-law gifted me with this puzzle at the end of December. She had started working on the border but decided it was too hard and gave up. Knowing I like puzzles she thought I might be up for the challenge. I too started with the border but found that there were a few missing pieces. I didn't let that stop me. This was clue #2 that I ignored. The next step wasn't too bad, but yet somewhat challenging. If this was challenging, then clue #3 was: maybe the rest of pieces would be way tougher to fit together. Normally sorting is a good place to start, but even that was somewhat daunting. This was definitely not the final sort. Over time I learned to recognize small discrepancies and resorted again and again . Slowly I was able to build around the monarch butterfly but then I hit the point of asking myself if I really wanted to continue. It was getting harder and sometimes more than an hour would pass without finding a place for one new