Holiday "Two-Fur": Pet Pic Puzzle of the Day

Happy Holidays everyone, from Tom (S&S-blogger-behind-the-curtain) Collins!

One family tradition I've always loved sharing with my kids around the holidays is putting together jigsaw puzzles. The harder the better and with daughter Elizabeth's love of her Golden Retriever "Kali" and horses, many of the puzzles over the years have been dog, cat, or horse themed.

With son Brendan living in Tokyo and Yvonne and me moving across the country to Colorado, I wasn't expecting to keep that tradition going. So I was thrilled when Yvonne and I walked into daughter Chloe's house last week to find her hunched over hundreds of tiny pieces on the dining room table. And the picture on the box? A series of winter scenes with a big horse-drawn sleigh in the middle!

Then, yesterday we found her working a new one with six or seven puppies lined up in Christmas stockings. BTW, both of Chloe's puzzles were devilishly difficult, with CURVED edges and NO CORNERS!!!

Ahhh, tradition alive and well.

So my holiday gift to all of you is one I can share with all our kids spread around the world, Elizabeth and Don back in Rochester, NY, Maggie and Chris in Buffalo, and Brendan and Natsuko in Tokyo: A pair of Pet Pic Puzzles, using the photo shared over on our Facebook page by Reba Messina.

The first one is another numbered sliding puzzle, classified as "easy."

Pet Pic Puzzle - Reba Messina, Jr. sliding puzzle game » create sliding puzzle

The second is a "hard" jigsaw puzzle version of the same photo. I completed it, but scored zero points! Don't you love holiday traditions? Enjoy:

Pet Pic Puzzle - Reba Messina, Jr. jigsaw puzzle game » free online jigsaw puzzles

Comments

[Randolph]

Thank you for these puzzles. Perhaps next time a Labrador may be jigsawed? My score was a mere "2" but this might be a function of having only my snout to maneuver the pieces into place. Have a wonderful New Year.
Sincerely,
Randolph

[Karin]

We were reminiscing about the holiday jigsaw puzzles this year too. It was something we always did with my Grandmother who hasn't been with us for some time. "Gee doesn't this look like it should go here", was a constant refrain. I wonder now if it was the traditional whiskey sours that made it so difficult for the adults.

[Elizabeth Collins]

Zero points?? Dad, your skills are waning....I scored 1514! Well, at least your legacy of jigsaw puzzle mastery will live on.... ;-)