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!
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Thursday, January 24, 2008
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
January Is Puzzle Month At The Library
During the last month of 2007, we banged our heads around and decided to create some excitement at the library during 2008. Boy, did we come up with some goodies for all year! To begin the New Year, we made January our Puzzle Month at the Moultrie-Colquitt County Library.
Today we started putting together a 1,000-piece puzzle on a round table in the reading area. It is a dynamic landscape of mountains, a stream, pine trees, snow, Indians, horses and tepees; a painting by Hermon Adams called "Coming Home." The colors are dark in the foreground and bright across the mountain range. We are working on the outer edge of it right now to pull it together. So, remember to check it out and add a few pieces when you come into the library. We're going to see how long it takes the public to finish the puzzle. (Of course, every time one of our staff members walk by, they have to drop in a couple of pieces, too.) And the Doerun Branch will have a puzzle for its patrons to work, also.
We'll continue the puzzle theme on Tuesday, January 22nd, when we're going to have a genealogy puzzle. As part of our Technology Lunch Bunch program, Irene Godwin, who has been with the Odom Genealogy Library for almost 18 years, will walk us through researching an individual using the Library Edition of Ancestry.com. It will be like putting together the pieces of an individual's life to solve that person's puzzle. Irene will cover such topics as: surname searching of multiple databases in one location, searching by Soundex or exact surname spellings, finding digital images available for some original documents, and using a newly added U.S. map collection. The event will be held in the Willcoxon Auditorium at noon and no reservations are required. However, it would be nice if you'd let us know you're going to attend, so we can have a chair for you. You can do that by calling 985-6540.
The big puzzle event will be held Tuesday, January 29th, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Willcoxon Auditorium. There will be a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle titled "Dragon Storm," 19 inches by 27 inches, that we will need help in completing. There will also be 200-piece puzzles for ages 10 through adult, as well as word searches and crossword puzzles. Puzzles for the little tikes will be available too, including a floor puzzle that is 2 feet by 3 feet, called "The Policeman is on the Job." And we'll have dominoes (regular and Dora, the Explorer), checkers, and Scrabble for non-puzzle enthusiasts.
As if that weren't enough, we'll have books about puzzles for you to read. Here's just a few:
Today we started putting together a 1,000-piece puzzle on a round table in the reading area. It is a dynamic landscape of mountains, a stream, pine trees, snow, Indians, horses and tepees; a painting by Hermon Adams called "Coming Home." The colors are dark in the foreground and bright across the mountain range. We are working on the outer edge of it right now to pull it together. So, remember to check it out and add a few pieces when you come into the library. We're going to see how long it takes the public to finish the puzzle. (Of course, every time one of our staff members walk by, they have to drop in a couple of pieces, too.) And the Doerun Branch will have a puzzle for its patrons to work, also.
We'll continue the puzzle theme on Tuesday, January 22nd, when we're going to have a genealogy puzzle. As part of our Technology Lunch Bunch program, Irene Godwin, who has been with the Odom Genealogy Library for almost 18 years, will walk us through researching an individual using the Library Edition of Ancestry.com. It will be like putting together the pieces of an individual's life to solve that person's puzzle. Irene will cover such topics as: surname searching of multiple databases in one location, searching by Soundex or exact surname spellings, finding digital images available for some original documents, and using a newly added U.S. map collection. The event will be held in the Willcoxon Auditorium at noon and no reservations are required. However, it would be nice if you'd let us know you're going to attend, so we can have a chair for you. You can do that by calling 985-6540.
The big puzzle event will be held Tuesday, January 29th, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Willcoxon Auditorium. There will be a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle titled "Dragon Storm," 19 inches by 27 inches, that we will need help in completing. There will also be 200-piece puzzles for ages 10 through adult, as well as word searches and crossword puzzles. Puzzles for the little tikes will be available too, including a floor puzzle that is 2 feet by 3 feet, called "The Policeman is on the Job." And we'll have dominoes (regular and Dora, the Explorer), checkers, and Scrabble for non-puzzle enthusiasts.
As if that weren't enough, we'll have books about puzzles for you to read. Here's just a few:
- A Clue for the Puzzle Lady by Parnell Hall
- Mathamusements by Raymond Blum
- Too Hot to Hoot: The Palindrome Puzzle Book by Raymond Stuart
- Perplexing Puzzles and Tantalizing Teasers by Martin Gardner
- Super Strategies for Puzzles and Games by Saul X. Levmore and Elizabeth Early Cook
- The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, and
- I Spy Extreme Challenger! A Book of Picture Riddles (a Scholastic book).
We hope you'll join us during the month for all our puzzle shenanigans. These events are for singles as well as families. We're going to have fun. And it will be a lot more fun if you show up.
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