Buffalo GamesKim Norlien - Peace Like A River - 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle With Hidden Images , Green

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I'v been averaging about a puzzle a week or two from Buffalo since the pandemic hit. The last few have been the signature puzzles like this one from Kim Norlien. This puzzle is remarkable in many ways:COLORS: The colors are so rich that they change drastically depending on the lighting and time of day. I would separate the colors in the morning and then look at night at I would rearrange them. I've never experienced such richness and color detail in a puzzle. The reflections on the grass are alive during the day and they turn black at night while the pond is the opposite - it is just brown during the day and then the lighting makes it really beautiful at night. This is the first puzzle I've done that has a silver/black theme on the water but you can only see it at night in good lighting.STRATEGY: Normally it is pretty easy to separate the pieces color wise but it won't really work on this puzzle. I chose to separate the pieces by object and landscape first but then had to separate once more by solid and non-solid. There are several woods and grains on the house and at time made laugh. Any piece the sun gets through should be separated as well. I also separated any leaves that were "blue" as they all go together. I did the Yellow tree on the left first since I saw a path to the roof of the house; then the pond and finished on the right side. By the middle of the puzzle you "get to know" the pieces.SHADOWS: This was impressive if she really got it right. Every area has a unique shadow from the light through trees and the indoor lighting. It looks accurate and I have no idea how she did this - seems impossible.I will definitely try more of Kim's puzzles. Her attention to detail is unbelievable. My only complaint is it was missing 2 pieces - that is on Buffalo. I unwrap and complete my puzzles in a spare room so they cant go missing. The frustrating part of a missing piece is you can spend so much wasted time looking for nothing.

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I do a lot of puzzles and am very happy with the quality of Buffalo puzzles. This one was pretty challenging, but I did is solo over 4 days...working on it off and on. No missing pieces!Pieces were nice and thick..image was nice...love having a poster. Puzzle pieces came in a sealed bag and the box was glued shut. I joined pieces a few times that really looked like they went together, but ended up being a mis-match. Most of you probably know that can happen, and with this one...I needed to be careful more than with others.I would say I'm an advanced "puzzler" and this one was challenging, but not terribly so. I would think some of my family and friends, who don't enjoy puzzles they deem too difficult, might say this was a bit to hard for their taste. Take that for what it's worth from a stranger. I did do another 1000 pc puzzle from another company after i finished this one and did that one in about 1/3 of the time, solo.That said...I enjoyed this one...most of the "hidden" figures weren't too hidden, but i did enjoy looking for the 3 or so I didn't notice when putting this together. I recommend this one and Buffalo puzzles for their quality, being USA made and their images.