Our friend Ed received a most unusual Christmas gift. It was a 3-D jigsaw puzzle. He took one look at it and passed it to me.My sister Carolyn,my friend Jan Hounsome and I love to work on jigsaw puzzles.The puzzle was set aside until we had some cool weather and could work indoors.
I took the puzzle to Carolyn's on Thurs. and the fun began.
The finished puzzle is a 9 in. globe on a stand.
Carolyn and I knew we were in for a great geography lesson or a mathematical equation.The 540 pieces were plastic and snapped together very tightly. Each piece was also numbered and a directional arrow on the inside of each shaped piece. We started at 1:00 PM with Antarctica and slowly worked north.We worked in a circular direction, piece by piece. Eventually Jan joined us to contribute her pieces. As we began to reach the Arctic, the space became very crowded and needed one person to finish.
At 3:00 Carolyn was able to put the last piece,Finland into place.We joked with Pertti about the last piece being stubborn and difficult to fit in.
Pertti put the frame together and by 4:00 PM we had our completed globe. A few uneven pieces that didn't snap together evenly gave the appearance of waves or mountains or perhaps a slight earthquake (our excuse).
Friday morning we presented it to Ed and it now sits on his desk.
A not too perfect globe,but what an accomplishment!
nice puzzle! looks like it was fun!
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