Another piece of many pieces hanging in the house. Wayne’s memory tells him Zoe picked this one up at a Grateful Dead concert. If you zoom in far enough, you’ll find the author’s name in the top right corner – Bob Hock.
The world of art
I ended up in the sun room with it’s large collection of art books.
The world of art by Pierre Belves and Francois Mathey.
Restoring a toy corner
Here is a picture of the inside of the door to the space under the stairs. Olathe believes this is Sam’s writing. When Olathe was a kid, the space in front of this door was her toy corner. Now, Clark uses the same toy corner 30 years later.
Mother nature
For the nature feature this week, here is a picture of the Big House during Saturday afternoon. Today, we had some of the strongest winds this season. Pretty exciting weather for the winter storm enthusiast.
NB: Sorry for delays in DQ this week. But this delay, allowed for me to post about the storm. 🙂
First DQ people moment
Fun in the snow. Despite the appearance, the temperature was relatively warm.
lava lamp
Here’s what you’ve all been waiting for…
NB: Sorry for the delays with DQ this past week.
Water heater
This is a beautiful piece of tech – a wood stove and a pot. It is simple and easy to use. Not quite as easy as hot water straight from your taps, but still fairly easy to use. Gonna miss the ready-to-go hot water in the summer. 🙁
Pond at Sunrise
Here is the mural directly on the drywall in the living room. Wayne tells me that, as far as he knows, no one remembers the person’s name. Apparently, the same artist that did the rainbow on the stairs. The signature is A.W.S and the year is 1985.
Heroes
Welcome to the first book post for Daily Quotient. The method for choosing a book is hapharzard. First, a coin is flipped to decide whether to pick the book from the upstairs library, or the front porch (sun room). Then, I grab one from a location without looking at which one I am choosing. The idea here is to end up with titles that I may not normally be drawn to, and hopefully a representative sample of the eclectic nature of the library is presented.
The book is The Home of the Heroes: The Aegean before the Greeks by Sinclair Hood. I have no back story for this one. I’m guessing a textbook from an early member. 
Mouser and Grasshopper
Woo hoo, the cats are doing there job!
Allow me to formally introduce the newest Big house residents, Mouser and Grasshopper. Lesley offered us these male kittens. We wanted to control the mice population here, so it was a perfect fit. It is also great for the kids, and most company seem to enjoy them as well. They are keeping us busy as they enter the clumsly adolescent stage. Ah well, it should get easier when the spring comes along, and they become outdoor cats.
Earlier this week, all was worth the effort, when Wayne seen Grasshopper (black and white) catch a vole, which he shared with his brother Mouser (grey and white). This was an exciting moment in the house because since we got them (two months ago) we had wondered whether these cats were going to keep rodents down or not. We had not seen them in action until now!