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This is the 56th Cobble Hill puzzle I have had the pleasure of putting together. It is titled Flower Truck by Greg & Company.
I really enjoy his puzzles; I have put 10 other puzzles of his together. Those other puzzles are Blue Truck Farm, Deerfield, Summer Afternoon on the Farm, Cozy Fireplace, Welcome to the Lake House, Hooked on Fishing, Sheep Field, The Happy Hen House, Summer Truck and Lakeshore.
I must have a connection with a puzzle before I spend the time putting it together. My connection to this puzzle is the beautiful old truck sitting out in a field next to the pasture filled with flowers the owner plans to sell.
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| Flower Truck 1000 piece assembled by Elmer Prather |
The truck appears to be a 1949 Chevrolet 3100 pickup truck. This was one of Chevrolet’s heavy-duty pick-up trucks. The color on the truck is a Chevrolet matte blue green. The patina on the truck is an indication that it has aged well.
I love pick-up trucks; over the years I have owned 5 of them. My first was a 1936 Chevrolet that I saw parked beside an old barn on a farm near my home. I was 17 years old at the time. I stopped and knocked on the farmhouse door and an elderly gentleman came to the door. I asked if he was the owner of the truck and was advised that he was. I then asked if he would be interested in selling it. He replied that he would sell it and told me the price. We shook hands on our deal as I explained to him that I would be back that evening with the money and pick it up, which I did. I had to replace the engine and tires on it but I drove it proudly for years.
The tranquil scene in the puzzle is pleasing to the viewer’s eyes. The truck owner appears to be using the old truck to call attention to his flower selling business by using the truck to display his products. As I looked closer at the finished puzzle, I thought about the greenhouse that these flowers were grown in, where is it located? Does the owner come to this same location daily or just on the weekends? Does the seller have a stand he uses to manage the sales transactions?
The owner is evidently proud of his company’s name because the name is posted on the door of the truck as well as on the little red wagon the Golden Retriever puppy is standing in while watching its mother laying on the ground beside some of the potted flowers. The puzzle displays a working farm with cattle grazing in the fenced pasture behind the truck and two huge red barns in the background. The scene depicted in this puzzle is a pleasing one. The different colors of the objects shown along with the different flowers draws the viewers eyes as the viewer tries to determine the names of the flowers displayed.
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| Flower Truck 1000 piece by Greg Giordano |
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