I'm going to a jigsaw/puzzle swap meet shortly
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (378372)
Rockingham, Australia
April 22, 2026 3:01am CST
Shortly I’ll be going up to the clubhouse as they’re having a jigsaw/puzzle swap day.
There are a lot of jigsaws in a drawer in the clubhouse so those will probably be up for grabs too so they can make room for some different ones. We are not supposed to take ones with pieces missing.
I’m taking the jigsaw in the photo. I’ve done it already but don’t really want to do it again. It’s very dark and I guess I’d rather doing something a bit easier. It’s all very casual and if I only take one, it doesn’t mean I can only take one home. I’ve been told there will be plenty of puzzles and jigsaws to choose from.
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@snowy22315 (206395)
• United States
22 Apr
That actually sounds like a lot of fun.
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@snowy22315 (206395)
• United States
22 Apr
@JudyEv Sure, just keep the exchange going. Sis and one of my nephews like to do jigsaws a lot.
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@JudyEv (378372)
• Rockingham, Australia
6h
@snowy22315 I was a bit surprised how many like to do these.
@toniganzon (76629)
• Philippines
22 Apr
Thiis is the first time I've hard of such event and I guess it's nice that you have it.
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@DaddyEvil (172538)
• United States
22 Apr
When Pretty was getting us ready to move from our last house into this house, she gathered up all the puzzles we owned and we took them to the Assisted Living Facility in our city and donated them. We don't have room to put puzzles together anymore so thought those people might enjoy them.
I hope you get some good ones at the puzzle swap.
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@DaddyEvil (172538)
• United States
5h
@JudyEv We gave away our dining table when we moved here. It was too big to fit in the kitchen. I do have a glass table top I could lay in the living room floor and work on puzzles but Pretty gets agitated when I do that. She says there isn't room to walk through the house with the glass in the floor.
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@JudyEv (378372)
• Rockingham, Australia
5h
@DaddyEvil I understand. If you're doing a jigsaw you can't finish it in a day usually so it has to stay out somewhere. Do you ever do jigsaws online or is that too hard on your eyes?
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@luisadannointed (10654)
• Philippines
3h
Wow that's so cool, I think it is also a way to bond and have lots of good friends.
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@JudyEv (378372)
• Rockingham, Australia
13m
That's true. We all chatted about which puzzles we thought were hard and which would be easy.
@JudyEv (378372)
• Rockingham, Australia
6h
My sister has three or four hanging in her house. 2,000 is the most I've ever tackled.
@Juliaacv (55590)
• Canada
4h
That is a really lovely jigsaw you've shown here.
I wish that they had swaps locally here, although I doubt that Ron would attend any.
He thoroughly enjoys completing a puzzle and then gluing it together to use as a mat for the coffee table. And they are rotated regularly so he can continue to enjoy his works of art.
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@JudyEv (378372)
• Rockingham, Australia
3h
One of the jigsaws offered yesterday had a sachet of glue with it. My sister has made some of her jigsaws into pictures for the walls.
@wolfgirl569 (133290)
• Marion, Ohio
14m
@JudyEv That would be great. I wanted to start one yesterday but it was raining. That meant I had a huge doberman laying at my feet in the way 
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@Traceyjayne (10203)
• United Kingdom
19h
That sounds like fun …..and you will get something that you haven’t done before ….it’s a great idea.
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@JudyEv (378372)
• Rockingham, Australia
6h
Some will stay in the clubhouse and we can borrow those whenever we want to.
@Ineeddentures (29011)
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17h
That sounds like great fun Judy.
I can understand why jigsaws with missing pieces are not required
But I wonder if someone did a jigsaw with missing pieces, could the missing pieces be made.
Then the jigsaws would be complete
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@JudyEv (378372)
• Rockingham, Australia
6h
That's a good idea. I'm sure it wouldn't be impossible to fashion the missing pieces.
@Marilynda1225 (90210)
• United States
23h
I'm sure someone will enjoy doing the horse puzzle you're going to bring.
Sounds like a fun day puzzle swapping. Hope you come back with some really nice ones,
I've been thinking of getting my daughter a nice puzzle for her birthday next month. She needs a hobby 
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@LooeyVille (68)
• United States
22 Apr
How interesting that people swap puzzles
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