PUZZLE SEASON

THE VERY FIRST ADDITION MARY MADE TO THE NEW PORCH WAS A PUZZEL TABLE, AND THE PUZZLE SEASON HAS BEGUN.

IT’S MOSTLY MARY THAT PUTS TOGETHER THESE PUZZLES, BUT I STAND AT THE TABLE AND FIND A PIECE THAT FITS OCCASIONALLY.

OUR MAJOR CONCERN WAS THE WIND. WILL THE PIECES BLOW OFF THE TABLE?  NOPE, BUT IT HAS RAINED ONCE SINCE THE PORCH WENT UP, AND THINGS DO GET WET INSIDE WHEN IT RAINS, BUT  HOW OFTEN DOES IT RAIN ON THE LOWER DESERT?

THE PROBLEM MARY DID NOT FORSEE IS SUSIE, THE CAT, HELPING HER OUT WITH THE PUZZLE DURING THE NIGHT. SOMETIMES YOU WILL FIND PIECES ON THE FLOOR AFTER HER HELP.  I REALLY DON’T THINK SUSIE-Q HAS THE PATIENCE FOR PUZZLES AND AFTER A FEW NIGHTS, I THINK SHE WILL GIVE UP, AND GO BACK TO BUG HUNTING.

SO THE PUZZLE SEASON HAS OFFICALLY OPENED.  THERE ARE A FEW GALS AT WORK THAT ALSO ENJOY PUZZLES DURING THE SUMMER, SO THEY OFTEN EXCHANGE AND SHARE THEIR PUZZLES.  THE EXTREME HEAT KEEPS YOU INDOORS DURING THE SUMMER JUST LIKE BELOW ZERO WEATHER IN THE WINTER.