I have become more active on jigsaw puzzles and other short form posting, because I am now also in Pinterest, and as I make designs there, some of them seem to lend themselves for jigsaw puzzles, which I post here and on Pinterest.
White magnolia flower modified from a photo in jul10 folder (63 pieces, click the image to play)
Other photomodifications may make print-on-demand designs, whereas others might go to commercial jigsaw puzzle site.
A palm top and a plant growing from the trunk, an interpretation (108 pieces, click the image to play)
This is a mosaic bubbles version of a photomodification of a palm top and an epiphyte growing on it, also from jul10 folder, photographed in Berkeley.
To apologize for the vanished free jigsaw puzzles, here are two until I design more. These are photographs from around Berkeley, CA, which I gave more color and adjusted brightness and contrast. As before, click the picture to open a jigsaw puzzle and, please, have fun!
Weed
Unbothered. Moisturized. On my lane. Happy. Focused. Flourishing.
One project I was proud of was the series of five collages, Spring Flowers in Berkeley.
Spring Flowers in Berkeley 1 – Urban Beauty
All these flowers were photographed in Berkeley, CA from March to May 2025.
Spring Flowers in Berkeley 2 – So Many Varieties
The only modifications were cropping and adjusting color saturation, warmth, brightness and / or contrast. Except for one of the background images that may have more manipulations to make the background prettier.
Spring Flowers in Berkeley 3 – Beautiful California
Yes, palms have flowers, too. By the way, palms are not trees but monocots like lilies and grass.
Bay Area climate supports an impressive variety of ornamental plants from all the inhabited continents (Antarctica does not count), and the residential streets of Berkeley are an ideal place to spot them blooming.
Spring Flowers in Berkeley 4 – Relax and Enjoy
Spring Flowers in Berkeley 5 – Moments of Calm
These five collages have been uploaded to CreateJigsawPuzzles site and can be bought from there (click a picture and the link will take you to the shopping page), though I should warn the US readers that the current tariff situation with the elimination of de minimis rule from China may make them surprisingly expensive and / or complicated to buy.
One advantage CreateJigsawPuzzles has is that their bulk discount applies to products of similar type even if they individual puzzles have different designs, so one Spring Flowers in Berkeley tube puzzle is 20,40 euros + shipping, whereas all five tube puzzles of the series are 83,00 euros + shipping or over 18% cheaper per puzzle (for some reason CreateJigsawPuzzles is not showing USD prices for me any more.) Two puzzles instead of one already have the same discount, i.e., price of 16,60 euros per puzzle.
I am planning to create Summer Flowers in Berkeley series once the summer photos have been collected. Right now, I am processing lichens from Finland.
Finland, a gray day (108 piece jigsaw puzzle, click on photo to play)
Finland is a beautiful country rain or shine, there will be more photos, hopefully videos and designs, too, in weeks to come once I have arranged my folders. I have also recorded hours of bird song (assuming the traffic and other noises did not overpower the morning chorus), just in case I need some soundtrack on videos I may compile in future.
Finland, sunset (80 piece jigsaw puzzle, click on photo to play)
Pollening (I suspect the pine) is strong right now – spend a couple of hours outdoors and your devise touch screen will show the dust. I have added here a photo of front porch tiles with accumulated pollen.
Pollen(?) on porch (40 piece jigsaw puzzle, click on photo to play)
I am thinking about joining TikTok and Pinterest, but those can wait until I am back in USA with my contact information back to normal.
I noticed there were too few pictures in my recent posts, so here are three free jigsaw puzzles, thanks to https://www.jigsawexplorer.com.
Speed
Taken from my uncle’s car in Finland, February 2025. (The default 108 pieces can be changed from the jigsaw puzzle settings.)
Bark
Older trees have interesting textures. Photo taken in Berkeley. (The default 48 pieces can be changed from the jigsaw puzzle settings.)
California poppies
California poppies in bloom (March 2025, probably cultivated). The poppies’ flowers are open during sunny days, but close for night or bad weather. (The default 80 pieces can be changed from the jigsaw puzzle settings.)
Unfortunately, I have decided to delete the puzzles in this post – jut to be on the safe side. There will be more jigsaw puzzles.
Some more digital jigsaw puzzles for your enjoyment.
Three ferns
Tree ferns can be seen in Berkeley yards. Here are three tree ferns. And a tree.
Little Fruits
These little ones are likely to be unripe and still growing.
San Francisco
Unfortunately, the San Francisco skyline seen from the East Bay (Berkeley Marina), even on a sunny day, is not allowed in commercial purposes, so I deleted this jigsaw puzzle in preparation of starting my business.
I enjoy jigsaw puzzles, so I have begun to submit my pictures for new puzzles.
My plan is to have two types of jigsaw puzzles: a sample of free online puzzles on jigsawexplorer.com (made with their software), and (hopefully soon) for sale, a selection of solid jigsaw puzzles, which can be ordered from a print-on-demand shop. Both online and hard copy puzzles can be accessed by clicking their images, which will take you to their respective websites. The first puzzles here are based on photos, but I may also experiment with drawings, AI, collages and other sources of imagery.
Digital jigsaw puzzles have the convenience for being portable, never losing a piece, and pets or clumsy stumbles never messing with the nearly assembled game. You can adjust the number of pieces depending on mood and available time.
However, traditionalists and people without reliable Internet, especially those in a remote cabin in the woods (even before an EMP strike or Carrington Event 2.0 wipes out the Internet) may prefer a solid, real-world jigsaw puzzle. There is the enjoyment brought by handling puzzle pieces without the help of electronic shortcuts, and the resulting concrete object can be framed into a piece of art. Or tossed back in pieces into its container, never to be touched again.
But imagine this picture: ten years After the Event, a lonely hermit is getting ready to finish his 10 000-piece, bright blue sky -puzzle. A reminder of the sky, like it was before the Event, even before the Chemtrails, when he realizes that he is missing one of the pieces. That would not be a good day.
Lemons
It is unclear if this picture contains free-range lemons foraged from the streets of Bay City Northeast, or commercially factory-farmed lemons bought from a grocery.
Eucalyptuses
Unfortunately, the eucalyptus photo was taken from a place that does not allow commercial photography, so I have deleted this jigsaw puzzle in preparation of becoming commercial.
Eucalyptuses are the tallest weeds of California. They are covered in sheets of multihued peeling bark, which accumulates onto ground.
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