That Breanne...so full of surprises

Last week, I had a fun treat of a visit from my friend, Breanne. She's recently back from living the expat life and was making the rounds around Tennessee. We met about 3 years ago with a CRAZY backstory that you almost wouldn't believe and have been friends ever since. If you remember from my Ukrainian years, she was the friend I was supposed to visit Salzburg, Austria with...and then a volcano erupted. I hate volcanoes...

Anyway, she had a wonderful blog of her life and adventures across the pond. One of my favorites was this one about Wentworth puzzles. I really like puzzles, so I found this one to be very interesting. I also decided that I needed one. I started researching them and picking out ones I would buy if I could. You really should check out her blog; you'll get an incredible virtual tour of Europe.

Breanne and I talked fairly non-stop for hours (she spent the night with us), catching up on all kinds of things that we'd missed. It was buckets o' fun! She also gave me the most beautiful and delicate teapot as our wedding gift. It's absolutely lovely and authentically British. It sort of makes me wish I were British. Ever so slightly.

While we were discussing the teapot, I also mentioned how much I loved her post about the Wentworth puzzles. I told her about how I'd also researched them and drooled over them. What do you think she did next? She hands me a gift bag containing my "thanks-for-letting-me-spend-the-night" gift, which was...drum roll...THREE WENTWORTH PUZZLES! I was so excited! I'm now the proud owner of 3 40-piece puzzles, and I love them. So much. If you come to my house, I'll probably pull them out and let you work one. :)

Here's my favorite (it's a picture of Lyme Park, which is used as Pemberley in Pride and Prejudice...she knows me well!):

Here are the pieces cut as shapes from real life. The one on the far left is a carriage, then a flag, a shield, a cannon, and what I think is the London Bridge.

Done!

Thank you, Breanne! I absolutely love them and have actually done this one twice already.