So I’ve got this puzzle piece on my desk.
The normal trouble is to find, when you’ve almost completely assembled a puzzle, to find a single piece missing.
However, sometimes during the disassembly process here at Nogglestead, a single puzzle piece will hit the floor, especially if the cats are helping with the disassembly, only to be found some time later.
At which time, I apparently put it on my desk.
I cannot throw it out, of course, since we might assemble the puzzle later and need it. So I will put it with the other stray puzzle pieces; and, if we think of it, we can look for this piece if we ever come one short.
Although, given the distinct markings on this piece, perhaps I can just look for the box.
But, no: why deprive myself of a future item for a Five Things on My Desk post?
Also note, gentle reader, that I still have a couple incomplete young children’s puzzles wrapped up in storage, each missing one or two large wooden pieces. I cannot give them away incomplete, so I have set them aside in case those pieces turn up. They’ve been in storage for probably six or seven years now, and Nogglestead does not shake out as many stray kids toy bits as it used to. But that’s something for my estate sale planners to decide.
