Archive for April, 2008

John Cadbury’s Shop

April 25, 2008 - 10:44 pm No Comments

The original picture is apparently taken from a mural. This one had rather too many pastel shades and it did become a bit of a chore after a while. I think we’d have been better to have bought a bar of Fruit and Nut instead.

I love the country

April 17, 2008 - 10:48 pm No Comments

Put yourself in this picture and it’s hard to decide where might be the safest place. The sky is full of aircraft and balloonists so close that they’d put an air traffic controller in a panic. One thing’s certain: a Mike Jupp picture always has a lot going on. Great fun.

Passage to San Marco

April 15, 2008 - 10:54 pm No Comments

Bob Pejman’s original version of this picture sold for thousands of dollars. Our version was a mere three quid. Of course, ours does keep falling out of the frame and having to be pieced back together, but that’s all part of the joy of jigsaws, ain’t it?

The garden centre

April 7, 2008 - 9:04 am No Comments

Lee Fearnley’s garden centre is not the kind of place to go for a relaxing afternoon pottering around the plants, but it certainly gave us puzzlers a good few days’ entertainment.