Sea-scapism

So when my turn came round at Liberty, I was all set to order Ocean Life, which is huge (half the size of the Map of Florence) and magnificently intricate. But then I looked at this Van Gogh Seascape near Les Saintes Maries de la Mer, and thought: air, wind, water, away...

...greenblue, blue, bluegreen,..

I need a getaway.

And the whimsies are gorgeous.

Above all, I adore the unicorn hippocampus (is there a word for that?), the Nine-colored ship, and the mermaid, but the anchor is exceedingly fine. Also, two nautiluses, a dugong, and a tiny Great A'Tuin. Sweet.

Besides, this one metamorphoses! There are two smaller hidden puzzles, made up of scattered pieces, some of them turned back to front, so that a random piece could fit perfectly three different ways.

All highly satisfactory.

As if that weren't riches enough, my first parcel from the Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle Club is set to arrive on Monday, a few days later than promised. The pairing is not my first choice (that was The Garden of Earthly Delights), but some pleasant fantasy art by Sergey Tyukanov:

Hey, more bluegreen, at any rate.

Also promised for Monday is a small trial puzzle from yet another company. Does Nautilus have puzzles still in stock because they're mediocre? Other puzzlers quite like them, though I haven't found impassioned fans. The whimsies look pretty nice, if not quite Liberty.