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Recently I have been scouting out some things for a friend and in the process found a few things for myself. Green Shag Antique Mall had this interesting free form wreath,  and now I have it . I was lucky enough to talk to the woman who made the wreath as she was working at the mall.  She said she removed it from her front door after a bird built a nest in it.  Guess that was not working out too well for her, but I was glad she left the nest right where it was built.  I was testing out a pale pink flower on it here. As you can see here I followed through with the flowers. I love the asymmetrical look.  Obviously it's a little hard to snap a picture without a reflection.  I tried again but the red pickup got in my way no matter what I tried.  And since then it seems to like being in the reflection either on one side of the street or the other.  I will have to be satisfied with a closeup. And the view I see most often and enjoy from inside the house. Mo

Two puzzle posts in a row!  Have I become addicted? Yes, it's true, but that happened a long time ago.  I remember working on a Huey, Dewey and Louie puzzle when I was quite young.   This one required way less time to complete and was a delightful change of pace from the blue butterfly puzzle in my last post. First of all it's small, only 251 pieces and when completed measures 8" x 12 3/4".  But the big difference is, it's a wooden jigsaw puzzle made by Liberty Puzzles  and the pieces are so unique. There are no in/out tabs on Liberty pieces.  Instead they are perfectly cut in shapes that fit together like a hand in a glove.  Above are some examples of those shapes. I didn't take photos during the process because this one went rather quickly... four hours and 15 minutes to be exact.  The completed puzzle, named German Butterflies, is a pretty little scene once all those unusual looking pieces fall into place. The pieces that are really intrigu