Brother Puzzling

My 11 year old brother was visiting a few weeks ago, and while the adults were talking he was bored out of his mind. He found my book of Pic-a-Pix puzzles on the coffee table and asked me to teach him how to do them.  It took a couple practice puzzles for him to get the idea, and then he went bonkers doing puzzles! He loved them!

For kids and adults alike, these puzzles are a blast. :)

New Book of Puzzles!

Diane Baher has a new book of Puzzles out for everyone to enjoy! 

Pick-a-Pix Puzzles Go West

Click on the link to take a look at this new puzzle book, buy one for yourself or friends, and enjoy puzzling away. :)

Pic-a-Pix in Labor

I has a baby!

I had a few days of Braxton-hicks labor (baby just pretending to want to be born...). Here is an excerpt from my birth story, the part where I did Pic-a-Pix puzzles galore:

After my midwife appointment, I spent the day at home cleaning, napping, and trying to coach my body into labor. This was a very strange idea, to try to coach my body into feeling pain… it was an interesting experience. I had some Braxton hicks contractions, but nothing that progressed. My husband came home from work, we ate dinner, and then I went with him back to work to try to finish his project. I sat on a blue yoga/birth ball and bounced (supposed to induce labor) while doing Pic-a-Pix puzzles to pass the time. I had mild contractions, -just a tightening up front, really, but it all died off around 11pm. I was having a great time doing Pic-a-Pix puzzles. I probably did 5 or 6, and was getting creative with the colors I was using. :) Midnight came and we went home.

Saturday, 16 February: 11 days overdue:

                Saturday morning we slept in. I had agreed to meet the midwife again at 1pm Saturday if I hadn't gone into labor. My husband and I ate breakfast and went back to his work to continue on his project. I left him there to go to my appointment. My midwife said that if I didn't go into labor today, she wanted to schedule a medical induction at the hospital tomorrow, Sunday. (I didn't want to be induced!!) Baby was still happy as a clam inside.  After leaving the Midwife’s office Saturday afternoon, I took lunch back to my honey and did some more bouncing and Pic-a-Pix puzzles while he finished up. Thank goodness for the Pic-a-Pix puzzles! I really needed something to pass the time, something that would use enough mental power that I wouldn't worry in and out of it. Pic-a-Pix did the trick.  We left around dinnertime. And that evening around 9pm I went into labor! 

Perhaps I should keep those puzzles I did during labor in my baby's birth book, haha.

Tutorial

Want to learn to Pic-a-Pix? Here's a great tutorial to watch!
After watching, you can go to learnpicapix.com and get some free puzzles to try.



Pic-a-Pix the Latest Puzzling Fix from Diane Baher on Vimeo.

Spring Evening Puzzles

Spring weather is here in Edmonton and yesterday it was so pleasant to be outdoors! (It was warm enough to be outside without a coat and bini, that's saying something :)

So last night I found myself wandering around the house with a bit of time. I was looking over a bookcase wondering if there was anything of interest, and wishing I had my Pic-a-Pix puzzles with me. I wandered out to the deck and found one of my sisters there, doing what? Pic-a-Pix puzzles!  I excitedly sat down and began one along with her, enjoying the beautiful evening out doors and the fun puzzling-turned-coloring game of Pic-a-Pix. It was a great evening!

WHO?

I picked up the puzzles again the other day and this one was fun because there was so much background filled in first, but I still had no idea what the picture was!

 The finished project: an owl. :D I like how the eyes and mouth are kind of snow-boarder-punk-ish.

This puzzle came out of a book of them: Pic-a-Pix, the Latest Puzzling Fix!

Puzzle Question: Global N.A.

We've got a fan who's stuck on a puzzle. :


"Global N.A. I've tried twice but can't get past this point. Is it solvable? Part of me says it must be, but the puzzle-doer in me is stumped here. If it is solvable, I'd love to know which row/column/square I need to look at next to move on."


Can anyone help them out?? Try to solve the puzzle and let me know how it goes!