Then the Whole House Exploded

So the main task for the last few days has been shoveling out Heather's room, which was filled to the brim with stuff removed from Claire's house at the last moment before the house sale, boxes and suitcases of stuff Heather sent home from school, and random extra furniture. Except for the game table, all is removed from Heather's room enough that Grandma will be able to use that space now. HOWEVER, we now can't use much of the rest of the house.Note where Sophie is... *sigh* She's SOOO predictable!

So now I have a Jeep full of stuff to take to Value Village on the way to the airport to pick up Grandma.

Oh, btw, while I was going through Claire stuff I did a little research on two oil paintings she had. On the back they have a date (October 16, 1930) and some other writing in a foreign language.

Found out they are paintings of a couple of landmarks in the town of Hoorn in the Netherlands. There doesn't seem to be an author's signature anywhere, but it says (I think)"Baart's Kaashandel" where Baart seems to be a surname and kaashandel means a cheese merchant! So the mystery is still not completely solved...

The Hoofdtoren (a tower from the 1500's)

Oosterpoort, the last remaining city gate, also from the 1500's