by: Playing Grounded
Father may be Wise but Mother Knows Best
They all hooted with delight, exuberantly holding out their plates as Mrs. Owl lovingly cut a wedge for each of them.
“Oh, boy!!” Hermes Chirped.
“Positively scrumptious, my dear!” exclaimed Archimedes as he shoveled a forkful into his beak.
“This is sooo…good mother!” Olivia canted.
That afternoon, the owl family, satiated by their supper, sang the praises of their magnificent mother and her culinary creation. Now that their bellies were warm and full of good food, they forgot all about their prior inconveniences and the mysterious placement of puzzle pieces by pernicious pad foots.
The moral of this long-winded, winged-tale is, aside from the quality of the puzzle and cut of the pieces themselves; a good puzzle is one that has just the right dose of difficulty and can hold your interest.
At Playing Grounded we believe:
A puzzle that is too simple—low piece count, big pieces, lacks challenge—and is easily completed, may leave one wanting and unfulfilled in the process.
A puzzle that is extremely difficult—high piece count, small pieces, fuzzy image, lack of detail or repulsively repetitive—may leave one uninspired and unwilling to go any further with it. This will also lead to an undesirable outcome.
But when piecing a puzzle together that has a moderate piece count (i.e. 500-1500 pieces), an imaginative, inspired work of art that is well drawn, painted, or photographed, and that is brimming with bright colors and crisp, clean details, the experience is much more inviting. This kind of puzzle will leave one with a simple satisfaction that would seem to be the perfect fit for an overall enjoyable puzzling experience.
And lastly, a mother’s love is the heart of the hearth and usually knows what’s best for her nest.
~ The End ~
