That does look like a fun one! lgmd_gaz in Kitchen Table puts together a lot of puzzles, and sometimes I ask about the source. She shared this bird one with me: https://www.bitsandpieces.com/product/fantastic-birds-500-piece-jigsaw-puzzle but I still haven't gotten around to ordering one. Where do you find your puzzles catherniet? The puzzle in your photo has a lot of fun elements, so maybe I could order it too whenever I go into puzzle-mode again. We used to put together many puzzles, but I haven't done a major one in many years. But I'm gearing up... ;)

Wow.....that's a lively puzzle! At least it's only 500 pieces........but even those can be hard. I've done about 40-50 in the last 2 years. You might say I've become an addict. I'm not sure why I started liking them, all of a sudden. Well actually, what started it was I found out that one of my favorite wildlife artists let some of his paintings be made into puzzles. (Robert Bateman). I did 5 of his. Check out his "Ghost of the North". Man, that was hard, and it really did drive me crazy....but I got it done. It's all grays and whites. After those, I just couldn't stop. I pretty much just do rural/rustic/nature scenes. Unfortunately, I love them all so much, I glue and frame them (cheap frames), but I just don't have enough wall space for them all! No way could I break them down and put them back in the boxes!

About the companies.....I've done puzzles from various companies. I purchase a lot from Amazon, and if I can't find an older one, I might find it on ebay.

I tend to buy a lot of them from SunsOut because they seem to have the most nature scenes. The problem with them is that I've run into various problems with the quality of the puzzles at times. And there's nothing worse than not getting all the pieces, after spending weeks/months on a puzzle. But some of theirs can be of great quality too. I think one of my favorite companies is Cobble Hill, in Canada. The finish on their pieces is very rich.

I just finished one from MasterPieces of 2 young great horned owls, by another wildlife artist Carl Brenders. The quality was great! I also did his "Family tree".....a tree full of saw whet owls. I'd like to order more from them, but they don't have many wildlife/nature ones. I love and prefer puzzles that have all different piece shapes. It helps a lot in putting them together.

I've also done a couple wooden puzzles, which are very interesting.

I don't understand what draws me to them. I always like to figure things out. It's a great way to relax too (or go crazy.....haha). It has shown me that I'm a pretty persevering person........although that never happens in my approach to housework. haha

Here's a couple pics of some I've done: I hope I don't get into trouble posting all of these.......but at least, except for the Moose, they're birds! :)

Those are very nice puzzles. I see what you meant by the ghost one--it would be a serious challenge! thanks for the heads-up on the companies. I've heard from others about a decline in quality and quality control for some of them.

The one I linked to also has a 1500 piece version for you pros. ;)

Oh....I forgot to mention Puzzle Warehouse. They sell a lot of the Cobble Hill ones, since Cobble Hill is in Canada and shipping would be more. And supposedly White Mountain Puzzles and also Ravensburger puzzles are supposed to be good, but I haven't done any of those yet.

Oh gosh.......please don't make me do another 1,500 piece! I only did one and it just about killed me. haha What made it much harder was that it was a lot of fall trees and only about 4 different puzzle piece shapes. Here's a picture of that puzzle, and then I promise I won't bore you with any more puzzles. :) This one was called "Autumn Bridge". I love it. I can hear the stream and the clip-clop of the horses hooves on the stone bridge. Good luck when you get started on puzzles again.