The Puzzle Table Project and a Growing Grandson

As you may have noticed in previous posts, we are a family of puzzlers - jigsaw type.  Here are the two we finished most recently.

#11

#12

There are more puzzles in the queue - a fact which inspired Erick to make a special table top for jigsaw puzzles with drawers for sorting and storing the pieces.

The top section

Erick putting finish on a drawer

The drawers stacked before finishing

Erika added some color to the drawers.

Color coding in progress

Just finished the job

Yesterday we transferred an almost finished puzzle (a bit larger than the standard 27" size that the table was designed for) to the new jigsaw puzzle table top.

Two of the 8 drawers are visible here

The puzzle we are finishing is a detail of a fresco that the Mexican muralist
Diego Rivera created in 1933.  It represents the production and
manufacture of engine and transmission and is part of the
Detroit Industry series painted on the walls of the Detroit Institute of Arts.
It's also special because it's a "traveling puzzle" passed along
to us by my cousin Gail who now lives in Florida.

Update: Finished the traveling puzzle:

Puzzle #13 - the Diego Rivera

Our grandson has now passed the 5 month mark and is a charming as ever.

Hey, that's my mom who just walked in!

First cereal feeding

Gimme spoon 

Getting big 

Sitting up

Gotta taste it

Scenes from around home and the neighborhood:

"Easter" cactuses 

Hillside in bloom

Turkeys in the neighborhood 

At the community rose garden in early May 

My favorite yard on the way to the local libraryRhododendron early May (above)
and one in mid-May (below)

My favorite yard on the way to the local library

Full zoom view of San Francisco buildings
from our front balcony through the trees 

Clouds over the bay near sunset

Daytime clouds - canyon side

Glowing clouds in the late afternoon - canyon side

Aloes in bloom (orange) in the front yard