My subscription jigsaws have been going for well over a year.

Judging by all the e-mails I receive and the fact that nearly everyone re-subscribes, they are enormously popular. Many folk count the days to "Puzzle Day" each week! It seems there's something very special about a new jigsaw arriving every week.

But I don't want you to take my word for it!

So this is what I've come up with:

A free one month's subscription to anyone who wants it!

Just click on the link to take a peek:

http://mulawa.net/pj/free_sub.html

But ... be warned ... it's not all good ... I know one husband who lies awake on Puzzle Night listening to his wife snap the latest puzzle pieces together.

But in amongst all this puzzle mania I'm still finding time to work on my next game. I was rather certain that there would be no more after Magnetic but time heals all and last January saw me off on a creative binge once again. I estimate the new game is about one third finished so it will probably be more than a year before release.

Visitors to the Mulawa Dreaming forum are just now starting to see screenshots - all very exciting!

Best wishes ... Peter
www.mulawa.net

Fantastic news!

Where are the screenshots???

Hi Becky,

Many thanks for pinning my topic.

The screenshots (currently only one) are at the Mulawa Dreaming private forum - I can't afford to have my ideas on public display when the release date is so far in the future. Anyone with one of my games will already know how to get to the forum.

Peter

I'm a subscriber and LOVE receiving my new jigsaws on "jigsaw day". My hubby too, has had to lie alone in bed listening to snapping jiggy pieces

What I like best about Peter's Jigsaws is that they are full screen images, not those small, cramped kind where you have to scroll left or right. The pictures are all original and unique...lots of fun!

Hooray! Another game is wonderful news.

While I'm waiting for that is there any chance you have plans for more Moving Jigsaws? I have finished all 3 sets and am now reworking those. A new set would be terrific!

Cheryl

Burpee said "pictures are all original and unique...lots of fun!"

They surely are, some are well known places, but with a special viewpoint, others are great nature/landscape shots, some are creations from his own designs, some are local folk art, the list is endless.

Tuesday and Friday are the high points of my week.

Peter, I don't know how I happened to miss subscribing to your jigsaw puzzles, but you have just made my day with this offer!! Many thanks, and I'll be seeing you every week from this time on...

I have the twice a week puzzles, and I love them. Lots of fun, especially as time constraints have put a damper on my advenure gaming. Peter's Jigsaws are just the thing to while away a spare 1/2 hour.

I love my puzzles also. It's always fun to work on one of them. Especially when time is restricted & it's not convenient to play a big game or I just want to relax with something graphical & fun.

Jenny, you will be happy you signed up.

Melanie

Oh my...major warning here! I'm addicted! I've had a subscription for quite some time and as silly as it sounds, I still drool on friday morning..."where is my puzzle?"

Very nice intro offer Peter!

It's kinda like those potato chips...ya can't do just one

How exciting. Just sent off this week's jigsaw with heaps of extra names on the list! If you put your hand up for a Trial Subscription and it hasn't arrived yet, please e-mail me straightaway (you can always contact me via my website).

And well done to all those wise people who heeded the addiction warnings and didn't put their hand up ... but we'll still understand if you weaken later ... the offer is ongoing.

Namma ... the bad news is that the New Game makes a new series of PMJ unlikely for a long time ... the good news is that there's a neat variation of PMJ included in the New Game.

Dreary calling it "The New Game" all the time ... it of course has a title ... but, sadly, I can't risk someone else using it before me

Peter
www.mulawa.net

I just clicked to take a peek & you got me! What a strange & wonderful thing to see "Craig, the wandering minstrel" (a good friend of mine) as one of your picts!!! Small world!

Love, Jen

Even smaller than you realize Jen cos that picture was taken by burpee

Makes perfect sense, Burpee's my "neighbor"! I didn't think the Renaissance Faire traveled THAT far.

Love, Jen

I was sold as soon as you said there was a new game in the works Peter. Now knowing that there is a variation of my favorite jigsaw in the new game, all I can say is "Can I preorder now?"

Those moving jigsaws are just so fiendish!

Cheryl

Peter, I edited the title of this thread so that the great offer you are making would be obvious.

I hope you get tons of new subscribers...

Thank you Jenny ... much appreciated.

JenInChgo...I'm willing to come over and snap some shots of that "wench" dress, lol Even the kids (they are SO cute) carving pumpkins Not that I'm begging, you understand, lol.

Cool Peter very cool.

Hurray! I thought you'd eventually recover and do another game. After all, I'm pretty sure at one point you thought Xiama was going to be it too.

Lynn Programmer in Black

Hooray!!!! I am so ready for a new game from you, Peter. I was just wishing for one a couple of weeks ago. I guess I'll have to be patient until it's done, but I know it'll be worth the wait! Thanks!

I can't say much about the new game
But I can say that its not Xiama and its not Magnetic but it is going to be up to Peter's usual standard of game. Each one is better than the one before and I think you will all enjoy this one
The jigsaws, well, as anyone who has them knows they are really great (and this is from a person who would not go out and buy a jigsaw) but there is something really satisfying about doing a jigsaw on the computer and Peter has come up with some really fantastic ideas.
I think the nice thing is that each one is different - not all the same type of picture and like Burpee I am really honoured that Peter has used some of my images as jigsaws - makes me really proud when he thinks one is good enough. My latest one he likes will be number 300 and something
If you decide to weaken and try the one month free offer then pop over to the Mulawa forum and let us know - after all - that's where Peter drops hints on anything he is involved with

O.K., just subscribed and downloaded. Haven't peeked yet but will get on it soon.

My e-mail's been busy all day! So pleased that so many of you are prepared to give the sub idea a try.

Subscribers in the last 24 hours should realise that the next mailout isn't till next Friday (well Friday my time but I think it's Friday for most folk also). But you've got plenty to go on with - 2 jigsaws from the demo plus "Roses Are Red" ... not to mention the NINE moving jigsaws! Almost too much isn't it?!

I should also mention that folk who decide to continue with their subscription are invited to the Mulawa Dreaming private forum - where I'm starting to post screenshots of "The New Game".

Best wishes ... Peter
www.mulawa.net

I still haven't been able to finish Magnetic. Several puzzles I can't seem to get even with the hints.

Bets

I think I'm doing something wrong. I've downloaded the 'Roses are Red', and Installed it. However, the Mulawa file is not showing up in the start menu (the Mulawa file is in the C:\programs) and when I click on it, all I get are individual picts of the pieces. How do I make it work?

Love, Jen

When I downloaded the rose puzzle, Jen, a shortcut was automatically placed on my desktop. Did you get that shortcut--it takes me straight to the puzzle?

I'll send Peter a note--hopefully he will be able to get things working right for you...

I saved the uninstalled downloaded file to my desktop, but I'm not getting the puzzle. When I click on the icon, it just wants to install again. No play icon.

Love, jen

Hi Jen,

This is how it works:

1. When you install the demo, you end up with a PJ icon on your desktop.
2. When you install each week's jigsaw, it is added to PJ ... there is no new icon.
3. To get to the new jigsaw, start PJ and press the "N" (for "New") key.

Let me know if this helps.

Peter

Bets,

Have you tried Tallyho's walkthrough?

Also the folk at the Mulawa Dreaming private forum just love helping Magnetic players. In fact that was how the forum started in the first place ... it was part of the release of Magnetic.

Peter

Hmmm....well I've installed it several times now & I'm not getting a PJ icon anywhere, that's the problem. Shouldn't there be a 'mulawa dreaming' folder in my start menu under programs? It's in the C:\programs. All it contains is puzzle pieces. But as I said, I'm not getting the PJ icon on my desktop, or anywhere else for that matter. What am I doing wrong here? Can you please tell me the path I'm supposed to download/install to. I downloaded it to desktop instead of programs & I think that might be why.

Love, Jen

Hi Jen,

It sounds to me like you haven't downloaded the demo yet. Here's the url:

http://mulawa.net/download/peters_jigsaws.exe

Dowload this and run to install - this is what gives you the PJ icon. You will not need to re-install the new puzzle again.

Hope this helps.

Peter

"9990roses1ebfd627tf" is the name of the file that I have on my desktop. When I double click it, it goes through some sort of installation. I'll try re-downloading it & see if that doesn't do the trick. Thanks, Peter!

Love, Jen

Jen,

What you need on your desktop now is peters_jigsaws.exe from the url I just gave you. Double click IT and it will go through "some sort of installation" THEN you will have a PJ icon on your desktop ready to go.

Please keep at me till you've got it working ... Peter

Hi Jen, take a look in your C drive for "program_files/mulawa_dreaming/jigsaws.exe".

Should be there

Bets, I'd be happy to try and help you with Magnetic...just say so

It's actually

C:\Program Files\Mulawa Dreaming\Jigsaws\jigsaws.exe

but it will only be there after you do what I suggested in my last post.

Peter

Have done so Ana ... thanks for the heads up.

And this must be some sort of a record ... one person subscribed for the free trial and 55 minutes later ordered a full subscription!

And ... before you ask ... folk doing that still get the extra free month!

Best wishes ... Peter
www.mulawa.net

Re-downloading it did the trick! I got the roses file, I just didn't have the Peters Jigsaws part. I guess that's sorta needed, eh?

Thanks, Peter!!!

Love, Jen

Gee, it's nice to know that I set a record for something...

Thanks for letting me know Jen ... it's always a worry for me when things don't work the way they're meant to.

Happy Puzzling!

Only 5 days till the next one!

Peter

Of course - if you become truly addicted you can also organise getting two jigsaws a week

What day does the second puzzle come on, Bea...

Midweek Jenny Wednesday Can you tell some of us are real addicts of Peter's jigsaws

Jenny, I get my 2nd one each Tuesday.

I'm looking forward to the THIRD weekly puzzle..

Just a note to say that I got the puzzles working. Re-downloaded as "Administrator" and got two puzzles and the desktop icon. Even put a few pieces together to see how it works. Reminescent of the 830 piece 3D Puzz Bavarian Castle that I did a long time ago. Had forgotten how entertaining these puzzles can be.

Also reminded me of when I was a kid and we kept a puzzle in progress on the dining room table and we would each put in a piece (or a few) as we passed by during the day.....untill it was finished. That was a long time ago!

Where can I find Tallyho's walkthrough?

Bets

It's here Bets...

BillyBob,

That's great news - you had us all worried for a moment there.

And so glad that you found the puzzles reminscent of the old days cos that's exactly what I had in mind! Obviously I love jigsaws too and have a cupboard full of old favourites.

Peter

Yes, never lost my interest in jigsaw puzzles. Have one minor problem now. Cannot get pieces into any box other than BOX 1. What am I missing?

The arrow keys will move you from box to box.

Remember at any time you can press H for Help to see all the keys that are available to you.

Hope this helps ... Peter

Peter,

Are there any secret keys for turning off the sound. I quit a moving puzzle cause the noise was driving me mad (der)

Lynn

Delete C:\Program Files\Mulawa Dreaming\Jigsaws\wav\music.ogg - that should do the trick!

Of course you could always switch your sound off or the volume down

Ahh ... but then you'd miss those satisfying little clicks as the pieces snap into place

I'm just having a go at the free demo puzzle to see how things work. I see that you can have the edge pieces visible or invisible, but can you have it so that ONLY the edge pieces are visible? I like to do the edge pieces first, but it's hard to see them with all the other pieces in the way

Clare,

Press Z to clear all the pieces then E for just the edge pieces.

Peter

Peter,

I'm enjoying the puzzles very much, but I don't understand the moving jigsaw. Can you get me going in the right direction?

Thanks for any help,

Hi Kim,

The moving jigsaws are exactly the same as the others except that the picture moves all the time. It may help if you slow it right down by pressing the V key to Vary the speed.

Peter
www.mulawa.net

I also find that it you press O all the inside pieces will disappear just leaving the edges

I love the puzzles! I get them 2 times a week. Keep them coming, Peter, and thanks!

I just got today's puzzle--beautiful!!! Thanks so much for these Peter...

Before everyone says ... "Where's mine?" ... Jenny has joined up for two-a-week ... this one is her mid-week jigsaw. I'll post here when I send out the next normal weekly jigsaw.

Peter

I've downloaded the demo and am having a terrific time with my puzzle, BUT...I put some pieces of the puzzle in "Box 1", but now don't know how to get them out! Can someone please help?

Back on the main page just press "1" to show the pieces that you put in box #1. Press "1" again to hide them.

Hey Peter! Thank you for your gift of the jigsaw puzzles. Its been a while since I played them much, but I did enjoy them as a kid. And I find I'm still a kid, just in an older body.

I've played with it some a few days, which I know makes me ignorant of a lot of aspects, but I offer these constructive criticisms. I hope they are taken in the spirit they are given, not as complaints but as thoughts on making the world a better place.

The Help Menu could use a few enhancements. Press the "H" key for those that haven't found this yet. I found it by the old tried and true PRK "Press Random Keys" method.

1. "C", background colour swatch on/off. It wasn't obvious that clicking on the swatch changes the background color. A lot of the darker edges of pieces were difficult to see against the default dark blue background. Of course, this woud be true of a light background and lighter edged pieces. The option is there if you know how to use it. Something like "Change background colo(u)r" would be more informative.

2. Piece management needs enhancement. Think about how you solve a real world jigsaw puzzle. Do you just open the box and try to solve it in place, or dump it try to sort things? The five boxes in box mode aren't enough. Trying to sort things before going into box mode doesn't help, they seem unconnected. When in box mode, you can't sort, just select something for a box, and things are piled up. You've got piles of stuff to sort through. You just can't see everything at once, and it can get very cluttered. I was dragging pieces all over the place to be able to see other stuff in puzzle mode. With pieces stacked all over each other, you just can't see all the edges to sort. There were times when I wished could just click and drag an area away to make room to work instead of clicking and dragging hundreds of pieces to see what I was working with. Since the puzzle is full screen, maybe having different windows to work in with would help.

That said, I think this could be way more fun than solataire or hearts. Its something most folks could win everytime without a walkthrough or other help, and with the reward of a beautiful photo. The Roses are beautiful.

Albert

Peter,
I can get to the different boxes to see what I've got, but how do I get the pieces back on the main screen so I can put them in place? Right now I've placed all the pieces that were on the main screen, but I've got a bunch that are sitting in "Box 1" that I can't get on to the puzzle screen. What am I missing?

Hi Albert

Thank you for taking the time to make such lengthy comments. Have you had a look at the FAQ section where I outline how I go about solving the puzzles? I obviously love jigsaws myself - my main aim was to recreate the dining room table experience - hence the full screen and the lack of pop up windows.

It is a fine line between not enough info and info overload - I probably err toward the former.

Basically I hope that people's knowledge will grow as they play each week. I also find that people tend to share new things they've discovered via the Mulawa Dreaming forum.

Best wishes ... Peter
www.mulawa.net

Mary,

Just press 1 on the main screen to show the pieces from box 1.

Peter

I just "accidentally" found the pieces. They ended up BEHIND the completed parts of the puzzle. Only by moving the partially-completed puzzle around on the desktop was I able to find all my missing puzzles by looking through the open spaces. Except for my blundering upon them, I NEVER would have found them.

What I do Mary is press 1, move the mouse to the center of the screen and then press T for "Tidy"

Whereas toward the end of the puzzle, I find myself hitting 'E' (hide edge also hides all connected to edge) grab one of those pieces sitting under the almost completed puzzle then press 'E' again to reveal the edge.

Of course, towards the end of the game, what I really really want is a virtual box-lid that I can put the remaining pieces into and move around above the puzzle. That's what I tend to do with pieces in physical puzzles.

I think I know what you mean Pib - towards the end I hit "A" for All, drag the finished lot half way off the page (down for example), move the cursor (to the top for example) and press "T" for Tidy - sheer magic!

whereever you click on the screen with the cursor before you click T is where the loose pices will ed up so I sometimes have them in the centre or at the top the bottom or the side depending on what part of the jigsaw I am working on.
I am really a beginner at jigsaws, so I have to admit I always turn all the pieces the correct way, do the outside first and then I normally just use one box because I search to find only a few pieces that I want to work with at a time.
You will notice that each time you press on the B to go to the screen with the boxes and the pieces the view of the pieces has changes so I can normally track down the elusive one of one colour that I didn't see the first time

Despite all the conveniences that Peter has provided, I make use of just a few. I love a challenge!
When I start a new puzzle, that is the only time I look at the picture. I pull out all the edge pieces, and sort the other pieces into piles by color. I haven't needed to use the boxes at all.
The button I use the most is the background color one. I change it depending on what color I'm working on. Other than that, I just dive in!

There was only one exception to this - Tierazon Revisited - had a lot of plain black background. I did use the tidy up and unrotate for that one .

Thank you Peter and Bea - I have it worked out now and have nearly finished my first puzzle. I've been doing it with the pieces all the right way up - it would be very hard indeed with them rotated, I think. I hope to find out cos I've enjoyed doing the first one and will sign up for the free trial. Yippee!

The free trial is nice - I've enjoyed the puzzles and figuring out how everything works. The pictures are interesting to work on! I just ordered a years subscription and look forward to more puzzles:))

Just be warned some of them are more difficult than others But you will all have quite a way to go until you get to the most difficult one - which was designed by a non jigsaw player
But they are fun aren't they
Clare, I hope you enjoy the free month trial and hope you try out the subscription

Thanks Bea, Jenny and Mulawa1 for the heads up on TallyHo's walkthrough on Magnetic. Because of it I was able to master the bowling ball puzzle. Have some more to do yet. Thanks again.

Bets

That's OK Bets - if you need any more help do pop into Mulawa and one of us will be along as quickly as possible

Wow! Just sent out this week's jigsaws with heaps of new ones going out! If you put your hand up for the trial and your e-mail hasn't arrived yet please e-mail me directly via my website. I've had one bounce so far with @earathlink.net in the address which I suspect is meant to be "earthlink.net"

Best wishes to all the new subscribers ... Peter
www.mulawa.net

Just got my puzzle- and I gotta tell you- I may not get anything else done at this rate- I love these puzzles!

Bonnie I am sure we have warned you these are addictive

Peter, I have the PJ icon on the desktop. To download Roses are Red puzzle, do I just download it to the desktop or select the PJ file?

Bets

Hi Bets,

Download Roses to the desktop, double click it to install it. When it is finished you can delete the file from the desktop.

Now ... run PJ ... press "N" ... and Roses will be there.

Hope this helps ... Peter

I'm really enjoying them - thank you Peter! But I agree with the person who said they wanted a box lid. Towards the end it gets really difficult to see the remaining pieces and the whole jigsaw at the same time. I'm doing the Roses puzzle at the moment, and there are lots of holes all around the puzzle with similar pieces. So if I use Peter's suggested method of moving the jigsaw to the side to reveal some pieces, I can't see some of the places where the pieces need to go. Tricky! But fun!

Here's a trick I use.
Try and clear out a quadrant, then move the puzzle to it. since you'll only see 1/4 of it at a time, rotate the whole puzzle to get various sections into the cleared quadrant.

Clare, if you don't want to see all the pieces at one time hit O which moves them all to the page where you can select them and place them into boxes and only bring that box back to the main picture screen. I hope that makes sense. To get to the screen where you can select the pieces and put them into boxes you hit B. Of course I do the jigsaws the simplest way LOL I know there are some who refuse to even look at the picture until they have completed the puzzle and also don't want to rotate the jigsaw pieces so that they are all the correct way up. but they are experts and I am not.

I'm having a wonderful time with these puzzles--the doll one was a bear to get finished, but today's seems to be easier. I have a hunch this will be the way it will always be, some easier than others.

About the only shortcut I use is to isolate the edge pieces. I always start a jigsaw puzzle by picking out all the edges, but with the whole puzzle in such a small place, it's very difficult to see which ones are edges, so I reluctantly take a shortcut.

Peter, are we all getting the same puzzle each week, and if so, is there any way we can access the old ones that other subscribers have already received...

I like mine with no shortcuts also & with the pieces in random order, Jenny. I have used that edge feature a few times, but prefer to do it all myself. I love jigsaws, especially the photos of people and places, pretty landscapes.

I work on them whenever I feel like a break.

I think you might be getting them from the beginning, Jenny, the same order that we all did when we started so you are accessing the old ones. At least it seems so from some of your descriptions of the images?

Melanie

Melanie

Oh, so everyone doesn't get the same puzzle each week, depending on when they subscribed? So far, besides the roses and dolls, I've gotten a horse race picture, one of a booth with all sorts of things for sale, and the one on Tuesday was too hard to describe. Are those the beginning puzzles?

I'm having a ball--if anyone enjoys jigsaws and hasn't tried Peter's program, I strongly encourage you to check it out...

Jenny, normally each person starts at the beginning of the list - Peter has produced over 300 jigsaws now so you have lots to go. You will notice that each time you get the jigsaw you get a link to your own personal gallery showing which jigsaws you have had and in most cases a small amount of information about them. And yes - some of the jigsaws are nice and easy and some of them are really really difficult. There are also a few of them that have different style edges as well I think the nice thing about these is that they are all so different that you don't easily get bored with them. When Peter first started the jigsaws the templates for the jigsaws were the same so the really skilled jigsaw players could tell where pieces had to go where but Peter quickly changed that as well

I absolutely loved the Doll puzzle.. it was the easiest for me (and I like that!).
I want more, More, MORE!!!

Yes, Jenny, those are the first puzzles. enjoy!

Melanie

Bea, you had to remind me of the "ball" puzzle. I'm having flashbacks right now, lol. This is one that the diehard jigger will adore; just wait and see!

I like my puzzles EASY! I always start by hitting "O" to leave the edge pieces exposed. Sometimes there's a missing piece at the end and you can't find it...just hit "A" and it will appear.

You can hit "T" to tidy up and depending on where you place your cursor, they will go to the top, bottom, either side or the middle. This will make placing them when the puzzle is almost done, much easier.

Colpet, that's ingenious, thank you.

I was wondering about who gets which puzzles too. Interesting!

Clare, ROTFL! I don't know where "fall" came from unless it means "the leaves fall" but autumn is actually correct. If I use the word "fall" it's said "the fall".

All new subscriptions start from the very beginning. There used to be a gallery showing all the jigsaws but I think it was done away with because it spoiled the surprise

Clare, yes it is coincidental - and Peter as I said has these jigsaws worked out months in advance - it was really spooky because one of them was a picture of the Vatican City and we got that one the week the Pope died.
Burpee - yes I was thinking of the "ball" puzzle - which is so hard and yet was designed by a non jigsaw player and looks incredibly easy.

Thanks for the information, everyone. The one I got yesterday looks very much on the "challenging" side!!

One thing I've been wondering--is there a puzzle using the picture of the castle in Gabriel Knight 2? That would be beautiful...

Jenny, I don't think so - Peter does use quite a few from his games. But he is always happy to have suggestions for jigsaws - particularly for example if you have any photographs that you think would be ideal

Uh oh, Bea. That's just asking to be swamped by everyone's favorite cute pictures.

I love the different shaped pieces. They make the puzzles so much fun and much more challenging. I always play with the pieces randomized and in no order. I love to discover the edge pieces hidden away somewhere.


I think my favorite might be the puppets. They are so interesting!

Melanie

Doesn't mean he would use them Melanie

I'm going to buy a subscription. How do you order the two a week puzzles? The demo has me hooked. Thanks

True, but he'd probably be deluged!

Melanie

Hi Connie,

The link to order is here: mulawa.net . If the option for 2x is not there, you could email Peter from the link on the same page.

Melanie

Thanks, I just ordered the regular subscription and the upgrade to twice a week.

Connie I am delighted you enjoyed the demo

I have a few questions:
Now I have another question. Just finished the doll puzzle. Got the finished music and final automatic positioning of the puzzle. But, I do not have the center piece of the face for the doll on the left. Moved the puzzle all over, no missing piece. Has this happened to anyone else?

Joanie, I'm new on this myself (in fact I just managed to tear the doll puzzle back apart in an attempt to save another one ). But if you push "H" on your keyboard, you will get a menu, and there are a couple of things on that which sound as though they would reveal a missing piece. For instance, you could slide the almost finished puzzle down, put your cursor up to the top and press "T"...

Joanie, sometimes a piece does not show. If you hit A it will show in its correct position.
I don't think the number of jigsaws would slow down the operation of the computer but of course it is difficult to say without knowing how large your computer is and what operating system you are using.
There are only a few jigsaws that I would call really really difficult and they are well spaced out. I think the moving jigsaws are more difficult than most of the ordinary ones. I hate to say this - but I think you can become addicted to these. I think it is probably just as well that Peter only produces a maximum of 2 a week

Well, this is really weird.

Hi everyone,

Just returned from a little holiday - hence my lack of response to all your questions. I must say it's a real treat to read that so many of you are enjoying the puzzles. And thank you to all the "old-timers" who helped out with answers in my absence.

Jenny mentioned a Castle pic from a game - I rarely use unoriginal material because I'm uncertain on the copyright situation.

And ... no .... I haven't been deluged ... and ... yes ... I do love to receive contributions from as many people as possible ... this assists greatly in creating a variety.

Here's an example of how a piece goes "missing" - you have one piece in box 1 - you press 1 and the piece becomes visible - BUT if you press 1 again it becomes invisible. Pressing A will Always make All pieces visible.

As to the question of space - the PJs take very little space - but if this is a problem, e-mail me and I'll tell you how to delete them as you go. They certainly won't slow down your PC in any way.

As to the question of unfinished housework ... PJs are guaranteed to exacerbate this problem. Maybe I should introduce a one-a-year subscription for folk with this dilemma.

Peter

Well, Peter, the PJs definitely exacerbated my "unfinished housework and unfinished yard work" issues too! I signed up for the trial subscription, but never got any more puzzles after the first one. I thought this was probably for the best, but in a weak moment sent you an e-mail which I'm sure you will get to eventually. Don't hurry! I have work to do!!

Hi Peter, My mother loves these puzzles and I had sent her a subscription for her Birthday. She is 87 yrs.young and going to purchase a new computer. Is there some how I can copy the program onto a disk for her so I can put it on her new computer? Thanks Diane

Hi Diane,

What usually happens is that you e-mail me and request all the PJ links that I've sent to date. Then you re-install the demo and all the PJs on the new PC.

Hope this helps ... Peter

Draclvr, the twice-a-week puzzles that some of us have been talking about are only available by subscription. The free trial should bring you a new puzzle every Saturday. If you've missed a Saturday, I'm sure Peter will take care of it when he gets caught up with his e-mail.

Peter, I can't tell you how delighted I am that you are getting a good response to your offer...

Thank you I will e-mail you after she gets her new pc set up. Diane

Hi Jenny,

The response has been overwhelming and folk are still taking up my offer.

Draclvr is now ok - an exchange of e-mails sorted out the problem - a mistyped e-mail address.

Again ... I encourage anyone who has "signed up" and who hasn't received a new e-mail jigsaw by this Saturday to e-mail me directly.

Peter

Hiya Peter

Hugs, Cheryl

Thanks, Peter--I knew that you would get it sorted out quickly. And I see what you mean about the castle picture and copyrights--I hadn't thought of that. Too bad, it would have made a gorgeous puzzle...