My dear neighbor had wooden puzzles from her English childhood. They had shapes mixed in with the puzzle-shaped shapes– fish, animals, an umbrella.
I still remember the joy of slotting those 1/4-inch thick morsels of wood into their proper places, the momentary vibration in my fingertips as each subsided into the plane of the puzzle
My dear neighbor had wooden puzzles from her English childhood. They had shapes mixed in with the puzzle-shaped shapes– fish, animals, an umbrella.
I still remember the joy of slotting those 1/4-inch thick morsels of wood into their proper places, the momentary vibration in my fingertips as each subsided into the plane of the puzzle