The Winter Games
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- 01 Which book holds water? Played
- 02 How many in the jar? Played
- 03 Put the street back together. Played
- 04 Nine more minutes. Played
- 05 The red one. Played
- 06 Which house has the light on? Played
- 07 Ten tulips that stay. Played
- 08 Bows against baubles. Played
- 09 Who is home? Played
- 10 A week of snow. Played
- 11 Seven folds. Played
- 12 Name the house. Played
- 13 Lost and found. Played
- 14 Keep the jug full. Played
- 15 Under which box? Played
The Winter Games · Le Vase Livre
Which book holds water?
Le Vase Livre is a clear acrylic vase in the shape of a book. Among real books, it is easy to lose.
Watch the clear book. The jackets go on and the shelf shuffles. Tap the one that holds water.
On the counter
How many in the jar?
An old sweet jar, emptied of sweets and filled with velvet baubles. Make your guess, then count them out.
Take your time. Nobody is waiting.
Finished
The baubles in the jar are The Velvet Baubles: velvet, matte in the light, one colour to a set.
A puzzle for the evening
Put the street back together.
Eight squares and a gap. Somewhere in there is The Little Street with its lights on. Shuffle, then slide the squares home.
All in one piece, for now.
Finished
In the shop: The Little Street, one house and two trees in white ceramic, lit from inside.
Eight o'clock, a snow morning
Nine more minutes.
The alarm goes at eight. The window has been white since six. Press snooze and listen to the radio.
8:00Snow, heavy at times.
Press snooze. You know you will.
The park railing, after the snow
The red one.
Cardinals stay in the city all winter. Against the snow he is the only colour for a mile. Walk him along the rail to the velvet bow on the end post.
Three houses, one light
Which house has the light on?
Three houses from The Little Street, white ceramic and lit from inside. Only one has its light on. Watch it, put it out, and keep your eye on it while they change places.
The light is on in that one. Watch it.
Finished
In the shop: The Little Street, one house and two trees in white ceramic. In the afternoon they look like a sensible shelf; in the evening, somebody seems to have come home.
Real or faux?
Ten tulips that stay.
Forever Tulips are faux: real-touch petals on bendable stems. Six small truths follow. Sort each one: real tulips, or ours.
One line at a time. No trick questions.
Finished
In the shop: Forever Tulips, ten stems, about 14 in long, and Le Vase Livre, the clear vase shaped like a book.
On a linen napkin
Bows against baubles.
Noughts and crosses, played on a linen napkin. You are the velvet bows, the house plays baubles. Three in a row takes it.
Your move. Tap a square.
Finished
The pieces: The Velvet Bow and The Velvet Baubles. The board: one of The Linen Four.
The Winter Games · The Little Street
Who is home?
One house, two trees, all white ceramic, all lit from inside. In the evening the lights come on, one by one.
Watch which lights come on, and in what order. Then tap them back the same way. Four evenings; each one adds a light.
The Winter Games · The Paper Star
Seven folds.
The Paper Star arrives flat and opens out into a star, seventeen inches across.
Tap a point to open it. Paper remembers its folds, so the two points beside it move too. Open all seven.
On the shelf, as it gets dark
Name the house.
One white house on the shelf and two trees beside it. Turn the brass plate until a name sounds right, keep it, and watch the lights come on.
On the plate: Lantern Cottage
Turn the plate until a name sounds right.
On the park railing by the gate
Lost and found.
Drop a mitten in the park and someone will peg it to the railing for you to find on the way back. Six are hanging there. Turn two at a time and find each one its other half.
Turn two over.
The Winter Games · Forever Tulips
Keep the jug full.
Real tulips are lovely for about four days. Forever Tulips have soft real-touch petals, bendable stems, and no use for water.
Start the week. When a tulip droops, tap it and a Forever Tulip goes in its place. Get all ten to stay.
The Winter Games · The Heirloom Six
Under which box?
An old metal ornament on a red cord goes into one of three boxes. The lids close and the boxes move.
Watch the box with the ornament. When the boxes stop, tap the one you think it is in.