Archive for the ‘folk art’ Category

Market days on Fulton Street

Posted on December 20th, 2008 by puzzler

The French have a saying: plus ça change. It’s short for plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. It means, ‘the more things change, the more they seem to stay the same’. Translated into jigsaw-speak, it means that, no matter what puzzle you’re doing, if it has a lot of sky it’s going to [...]

Annapolis street festival

Posted on September 11th, 2008 by puzzler

Original picture by Carol Dyer. The sky almost defeated us on this puzzle. Almost, but not quite: it’s amazing what you can accomplish when you put your mind — and a mallet — to something.

Thicketberry Cove

Posted on August 9th, 2008 by puzzler

You will probably not find a finer example of Americana than this Charles Wysocki picture of Thicketberry Cove. Harks back to a Golden Age, doesn’t it? That Golden Age that cynics insist never existed, but we know different.

Singing Creek

Posted on June 20th, 2008 by puzzler

A charming piece of folk art by Ann Stookey.