Treasure Chest found. Ysengrin, the Wolf and Butterflies has a new home!

Thank you Philippe Boutry for creating the riddles for this treasure hunt. The riddles from France were first published in July. Then the remaining riddles were published in August. Many tried to solve those riddles and were stumped. Personally, I found them a bit puzzling myself. But then there are those who excel at puzzle solving. Just like there are others who excel at art or writing.... When we all use our talents, the world is a better place.

The treasure chest has been found by Jason and Sarah Winder. Congratulations! The prize is an original oil painting, 12 x 12 inches, titled, ‘Ysengrin, the Wolf and Butterflies’. They had a partner in France named Eric. Eric will receive a print of the painting.
 

You should click HERE to view the actual digging of the treasure when they found the treasure chest! It is a great little video.  Jason reports that he is a Geocacher, so finding hidden things was one of his specialties. He said, "scavenger hunts and puzzles are things I love! I usually do all my hunting with GPS coords but really enjoy the hunts with less accuracy for more of a challenge". He reports that once he got to the area he found the treasure within 20 minutes. Several other treasure hunters were looking for the buried treasure chest before Jason but were unable to locate the exact position of the treasure chest.

Congratulations Jason and Sarah!

Treasure Hunt!

Click this link to go to the  chasse au trésor

http://the-riddle-store.doum2.fr/index.php?op=edito

http://the-riddle-store.doum2.fr/viewforum.php?forum=39

Philippe Boutry, a gentleman in France, has designed a wonderful Treasure Hunt with riddles in French. He is using my painting, "7 Geese in the Library Garden" for his poster. If you speak french, this will be a fun game for you. Sign up now. He encourages folks to work in teams. After you solve all 60 riddles in order, you will have the clues to find where in France he has buried the white ceramic goose.

 7 Geese in the Library Garden

artist, Susan Spohn

oil on wood panel

Riddles have been added to the Treasury Hunt, now is the time to click that link and solve these mysteries!

http://the-riddle-store.doum2.fr/viewforum.php?forum=39

 Visit my website to view more of my paintings: susanmspohn.com  

and my blog: susanmspohn.blogspot.com 

Here is the riddle answer to #37:

DE SON BUREAU REGARDEZ TOMBER LA PLUIE means FROM HIS DESK LOOK AT RAIN FALLING

The portrait shows Barack Obama several years before he became president.

In his White House office, near his desk he hung a Childe Hassam's painting : "The Avenue in the rain".

First cryptogram, 2 triangles method , keys BARACKHUSSEINOBAMA & THEAVENUEINTHERAIN => FIND THE ONE HE REPLACED.

So we must find which painting was hung at this place when G.W.Bush was president and which was replaced by Obama.

It was a painting of an impressionist texan painter : "Near San Antonio" by Julian Onderdonk.

http://www.whitehousemuseum.org/west-wing/oval-office.htm

(you see the 2 different paintings on the left of the desk on the 2 last photos : Obama with G.W.Bush an Obama with Hillary Clinton)

Second cryptogram, Vigenère method, keys NEARSANANTONIO & JULIANONDERDONK => HE OFFERED HIM HIS PORTRAIT FOR HIS BIRTHDAY.

On his 30th birthday Onderdonk was offered his portrait by his art teacher WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE.

Painterly Riddles

Philippe, from France, excels at creating riddles which in turn lead to treasure hunts, etc...He often uses references to paintings and painters.  He lives in a quaint town in France that was often visited by famous artists. He sent me this riddle in English to solve, but I was unable to solve this riddle. Can you solve it?  I will post the answer next week.

He will be using one of my paintings (7 Geese in the Library Garden) as the image for a large riddle and treasure hunt that will start in France in late September. If you speak French, this would be a fun activity to try and solve here in America. He said most folks work in teams to solve these games.  Any puzzle solvers out there? One of the prizes will be a Giclee print of my painting, "7 Geese in the Library Garden".