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Madame Georges Charpentier And Her Children

Today's puzzle is based on a painting by Auguste Renoir. It depicts madame Georges Charpentier and her children, Georgette-Berthe and Paul-Emile-Charles in the Japanese-style sitting room of her Parisian townhouse.

Freshly Baked Artisan Bread

Start today's puzzle and embark on a journey through the rich world of bread, where tradition meets craftsmanship and each loaf tells a unique story. This captivating image showcases not only a feast for the eyes but also highlights the fascinating art and science behind bread making. Artisanal breads, like the ones featured in this puzzle, are known for their meticulous preparation, often involving high-quality ingredients, slow fermentation processes, and skilled hands that shape and score the dough. The result is a loaf that transcends the ordinary, boasting a perfect balance of flavor, texture, and visual appeal. Bread-making is a fascinating process that transforms basic ingredients into a delicious and nourishing staple. It typically begins with combining flour, water, yeast, and salt to form a dough. Yeast initiates the fermentation process, converting sugars into carbon dioxide, causing the dough to rise. Kneading follows, a crucial step that develops gluten, providing structure to the bread. After proofing, the dough is shaped into the desired form, such as loaves or baguettes. A final rise allows the dough to expand further before the bread is baked, creating the golden-brown crust and enticing aroma that make freshly baked bread an irresistible delight.

Vintage Wooden Boxes

In today's puzzle we feature three vintage wooden boxes. A large one, a medium one and a small one. These kind of wooden boxes were used to store different objects. Because of their beautiful design and intricate patterns these king of boxes are now mainly used as decorative items by antique and vintage enthusiasts.

Old Bruton Church

Today we're going back to the 1890s and visiting the Bruton Church in the restored area of Colonial Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia. This puzzle is based on a oil on canvas painting by Alfred Wordsworth Thompson and it depicts the Bruton Parish Church. The church was constructed between 1711 and 1715. The building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970 as a well-preserved early example of colonial religious architecture.

Cute Brown, Black And White Goat

Another animal themed puzzle is here. In this new one we feature a cute brown, black and white goat checking out a tree for the best way it can reach it's top. Goats are naturally curious and well known for their ability to climb and balance in precarious places. They are the only ruminant to regularly climb trees. Goats are browsing animals, not grazers like cattle and sheep. They prefer to browse on the tips of woody shrubs and trees, as well as the occasional broad-leaved plants.

Grape Hyacinths

In today's new puzzle we feature some beautiful and fragrant grape hyacinths. If you didn't know, grape hyacinths ( also commonly referred to as bluebells) produce spikes of dense, most commonly blue, urn-shaped flowers resembling bunches of grapes in the spring. The flowers appear in the spring and their color varies from pale blue to a very dark blue, almost black in some cases.

Two Cute Alpacas

In this new puzzle feature two cute alpacas. The alpaca comes in two breeds, Suri and Huacaya. Huacaya alpacas are the most commonly found, constituting about 90% of the population. Alpacas are social herd animals that live in family groups, consisting of a territorial alpha male, females, and their young ones. They typically live in temperate conditions, in mountainous terrain and at high altitudes.

Wooded Landscape with Travelers

This new puzzle is based on Jan Brueghel the Elder 1610 oil on panel painting "Wooded Landscape with Travelers". Jan Brueghel the Elder was a Flemish painter and draughtsman. He worked in many genres including history paintings, landscapes and seascapes, hunting pieces, village scenes, allegorical and mythological scenes, battle scenes and more. Wooded Landscape with Travelers depicts a rustic scene in the Flemish countryside. Farmers and their animals are depicted traveling to and from a city in the distance.

Bald Cypress Autumn Leaves

Also known as swamp cypress, white cypress, tidewater red cypress, gulf cypress and red cypress, the bald cypress is a deciduous conifer. Although many conifers are evergreen, bald cypress trees shed their needlelike leaves in the fall. Their bark is grayish brown to reddish brown, thin, and fibrous with a stringy texture and have needle-like green leaves. In autumn, the leaves turn yellow or copper red. Each winter the trees drop their leaves and regrow a new set in the spring.

Sumatran Tiger

In today's puzzle we feature a Sumatran tiger. The Sumatran tiger is the only surviving tiger population in the Sunda Islands. These beautiful tigers prefer lowland and hill forests, they tend to use areas with higher elevation. The Sumatran tiger is one of the smallest tigers that are still living in the wild.

Pine Cone and Needles

The close-up featured in today's puzzle reveals a pine cone hanging among the green needles of a pine tree. Pine cones, like the one featured, are not just picturesque ornaments but vital players in the pine tree's life. These cones house seeds essential for the tree's reproduction. As the cone matures, it eventually releases seeds, contributing to the forest's regeneration.

Squire Jack Porter

Today's puzzle is based on Frank Blackwell Mayer's 1858 oil on paperboard painting called Independence (Squire Jack Porter). The painting depicts Jack Porter, a veteran of the War of 1812. "Squire Jack" was a self-sufficient landholder and businessman and embodied the independent spirit that had become an American ideal in the 1850s.