Solar Tour and Artwork

Below are photos of a piece of artwork by local artist, Nicholas Yust that was installed at the house (very early) this morning before the Solar Tour (Thanks Nicholas!) He trained at the University of Cincinnati and does some fabulous metal work. This looks absolutely awesome in our house - the photos do not do it justice - especially daytime photos. I can't wait to take some at night when the house is dark and the only lighting is on the piece itself.

The solar tour today was very sucessful - it was a guided tour on a planned route this year, so we really were only alotted time from 9:55 to 10:30. We tried to keep to that schedule as much as possible, but we still had some stragglers afterward until about noon, and then a few more came around 2:00. All in all, I think there were between 75 and 100 people who toured the house today - not too bad considering last year we had between 150 and 200, but were open all day from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. Feedback on the house was all very positive, and we were also featured on the front page of the Home Style: Life & Leisure section of the Cincinnati Enquirer today. We attended the solar tour kick-off Gala at Governor Strickland's residence in Columbus last night, and were up bright and early getting the house ready for the tour this morning. Overall it was a great day and I think everyone had a lot of fun! Thanks to all who attended!