Not surprisingly, this weird little 18 piece puzzle punches way up for its piece count - probably 5/10 for difficulty, 9/10 for wackiness

Nice midday bike ride on the old BNSF tracks a little east of my house! Still t-shirt weather!

You know you’re getting serious about pompom color curation when you start naming your blends. In the bowl is “Daytime Mardi Gras” and conveniently, the leftover colors on the right form the “1987 Columbia Ski Jacket” gamut.

Stencil painting puzzle pieces takes a lot more time than my usual spatter n’ mottle technique, but I do enjoy the random process and how the results are often more interesting than something meticulously planned. Here’s a few WIP pics of the latest nonsense

Liking these monochromatic multi-levels...

Baffler Monday returns! Eleven delightful new handmade wooden puzzles are now available! chrisyates.net/puzzles

Along the Missouri River, a little south of Great Falls, MT

Working on some gene editing in the lab today

Some of today’s puzzle pieces, fresh out of the painting zone

Keeping the poms organized! There’s gotta be a “cozy game” concept in here, developers please send unmarked bills

Working on the building blocks of life ;)

Midday bike ride in beautiful Butte! :)

More fun with quilting designs! Lots of nice stuff in the next puzzle release - Monday Oct. 30th

Hello! I just released eight new handmade wooden Bafflers! Check 'em out here: chrisyates.net/puzzles

Marshmallows (not for eating)

Kaycee, Wyoming. A quick snap through a scuzzy windshield and a little hue shift. Epic clouds today on the road!

Reunited and it feels so good! (For those of you who haven't followed me for a couple decades, this is Vinyl Ball, which is a 3-foot wide, 350 lb. mass of scrap vinyl I made when I made signs as a day job & then lived in my yard until I moved from Boulder)

More “fun” with stencil painting haha…

Baffler #4987 "Paisley Valley" - 153pcs., 5 levels! Difficulty: 7.5/10 Just added to chrisyates.net/puzzles

Hoo boy, I’m quite pleased how this puzzle trio came out and they are… not easy. (One might say baffling?) Available now, along with dozens of other Bafflers in a variety of styles and difficulties in my store! chrisyates.net/puzzles