{"id":5016,"date":"2025-03-09T15:16:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T19:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/?p=5016"},"modified":"2025-08-31T16:27:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T20:27:21","slug":"sunrise-in-a-winter-forest-zen-puzzles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/2025\/03\/09\/sunrise-in-a-winter-forest-zen-puzzles\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunrise in a Winter Forest, Zen Puzzles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;Sunrise in a Winter Forest&#8221; is one of several <a href=\"https:\/\/zenpuzzles.com\/product\/sunrise-in-a-winter-forest-wooden-jigsaw-puzzle\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/zenpuzzles.com\/product\/sunrise-in-a-winter-forest-wooden-jigsaw-puzzle\/\">Zen Puzzles<\/a> that Ash and I are working our way through. This is a peaceful winter scene, but I do wonder at some of the shadows &#8212; why such large blobs that are not apparent on the trees themselves? Are these shadows like the shadows in water of semi-translucent beings whose presence you only detect from their shadows? The more I think about it the more sinister it feels. Also, if this were my backyard, there would be lots and lots of deer tracks. Oh my god. 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This is a peaceful winter scene, but I do wonder at some of the shadows &#8212; why such large blobs that are not apparent on the trees themselves? 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