We're Working Puzzles Together!

We've been having so much fun with the community puzzle!
At the first of the month, Miss Aileen put a large puzzle on a round table in the reading area. The 1,000-piece puzzle was a landscape of mountains, trees, Indians, horses and tepees. People visiting the library were encouraged to work on it. We all worked hard on it; staff members, mothers and their children, single people with a few minutes to help.
But it was really hard!!! So, we abandoned it in exchange for an easier one. And we had great fun with the second one! It was a picture of a small town fair with popcorn and food vendors, children running and playing, adults walking or sitting on benches along a winding path. There were buildings decked out with red, white and blue bunting, and a uniformed band playing in the gazebo.
For several days my coworker and I would take our breaks and work on the puzzle. I saw other staff members wander around the table, putting a piece in here or there. One Saturday, as I waited for my meeting to begin in the Willcoxon Auditorium, I worked the puzzle with a mother and her two daughters, ages 8 and 11. On another day, I saw my neighbor sitting at the table and joined her to work on the puzzle for a while.
And the puzzle went fast! In fact, so fast that this past Tuesday, Miss Aileen put a new puzzle on the table and sent the town-fair-one to the Doerun Branch for their enjoyment. They'd already finished one puzzle and were ready for the next. They're fast puzzlers over
there!
Now we have another new puzzle on our round table in the reading area. It has a birdhouse, four bright-colored birds and beautiful flowers. And people are already working on it.
This morning I saw my neighbor again. She says working the puzzles are addictive and she's really enjoying her time at the library. Anna and I talked for a while, then I left her to continue her fun.
You can be part of this puzzle fun also. Our big puzzle event will be held next Tuesday, January 29th, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Willcoxon Auditorium right here in the library. We're going to begin another 1,000-piece puzzle titled "Dragon Storm," and we will definitely need your help. Hopefully, it will be easier than the other one.
There will also be 200-piece puzzles for ages 10 through adult, as well as word searches and crossword puzzles. And puzzles for the little tykes will be available, too, including a floor puzzle that is 2 feet by 3 feet, called "The Policeman is on the Job." We'll have dominoes (regular and Dora, the Explorer), checkers and Scrabble for non-puzzle enthusiasts.
And we have more. . .we have books about puzzles that you can check out. You can see a sample of them when you come up the front steps of the main foyer. They're lined up on the top of the collection cases.
We hope you'll join us in our library endeavor of hosting an evening of community fun. Bring your family or come on your own. We're going to look for you!