Our virtual meeting began on flickr, as people posted photos of the puzzles they were going to do over the weekend. The overall theme was ‘Pets’. Here’s a beautiful example, from Steffi, of an Sr B puzzle which wasn’t shown during Show and Tell. There are many more examples on the BCD Just Jigsaws flickr group.
Unsurprisingly, the Show and Tell puzzles were mainly cats and dogs, but there were also sheep, a tortoise and a cheetah! Perhaps the most unusual puzzle was Deb’s of a convict dog, Pep, supposedly sentenced to life imprisonment for killing the cat of the warden of Eastern State Penitentiary Prison.
Maria began our informal Sunday chat with an enthralling illustrated talk about how she began her enormous collection of maps, how she defined her collecting area (pre World War Two maps) and the extent of the collection today. We then discussed the finer details of puzzle collections, from choosing a ‘niche’ area as Maria has done, to moving from collecting everything available at the beginning to going for 
quality as we gain more experience (and cash). Some of us have been more successful than others in slimming down collections…
Members will find the recordings of Maria’s talk and the Show and Tell on the BCD members’ website.