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A Challenging Puzzle

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

Closet Update

I left off on the last post with the tapering off of mild weather and the work Dan was able to accomplish on the exterior.  I will continue here with what we have been able to accomplish on the inside since then. First off, it was time to get the heating/cooling unit in place, not only to be comfortable, but also to be able to get the paint to dry and the flooring to lay flat. The space for the unit has been sitting like this for some time because there was no urgency.  With temperatures dropping, this moved up on the priority list. Temperature control is now just a click on the remote. Final coating of the walls and ceiling and  the finishing of electrical details was knocked off the list. Then came the flooring.  Would you believe it took four boxes with 19.39 sq. ft. per box.....plus one strip (about 2 sq.ft.) from box five.  So if anyone is in need, I have 17 sq. ft of natural oak warm gray vinyl plank flooring left over. This shows what was left to do on doo