The puzzle has finally arrived and we are about ready to start…
The jigsaw puzzle of our favorite bridge arrived on our doorstep in a Priority Mail Envelope. It took nine days to get here from New Hampshire because of the massive delays caused by pandemic absentees (18,000+ per day) and over a 350% increase in Post Office volume in December. But this appears to have been well worth the wait. So let’s get to work “building the bridge.”
But first, a look at what’s here…
The Puzzle box is large and solid and has an accurate picture of the original photograph on the cover. Here it is compared with a 36″x24″ canvas hanging on our wall.
The box, itself is 12″ wide, 9 1/2″ high and 2″ deep. It is sturdy cardboard, in black, with the actual puzzle image on the cover – it should last a long time. The Puzzle pieces are accurately cut, are solid, well laminated and have a quality image imprinted on them. There were only a few stuck-together pieces. Here we see no more than a few that are stuck together as two pieces.
Yes, they are all different shapes. They are printed on premium 0.2″ thick paper/cardboard and have a semi-gloss coating on the printed surface to make the image “pop.” I don’t know how they do it – but they do.
Now where is that first “edge” piece so we can get started puzzling?
The next article will (should?) be coming soon. Then you will see images of the Charles W. Cullen Bridge over the Indian River Inlet coming together as a 500 piece, 18″x24″ Jigsaw Puzzle. Yes, it’s near time to build the bridge. Click here for a building the bridge image.
Meanwhile, here’s where you can buy your own: https://bill.pixels.com/featured/indian-river-inlet-bridge-twilight-bill-swartwout.htmlhttps://bill.pixels.com/featured/indian-river-inlet-bridge-twilight-bill-swartwout.html
I bought one in November. It’s been in transit since December 24th. No word on when or if I will get it
Ours took 10 days to get to Delaware from the manufacturer in New Hampshire. It arrived the afternoon of New Year’s Eve. I had subscribed to USPS text updates. One of those alerts had it arriving on December 25th (yes, Christmas day) and I received that alert at 6:45 Christmas night. EVERY update was wrong – except the one stating it had been delivered to our porch. Deliveries this year were the “perfect storm” of a four-fold increase in parcels and record-breaking employee absenteeism because of COVID. The UPSS reported over 18,000 employees per day out during most of December. It was worth the wait – I hope yours is as nice as the one we received.