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[pensnest]

I have discovered a new treat for people who visit me here in Norwich: Langham Glass. The four of us - self, Beast, FIL and BIL - went over to Fakenham today to have a look, and were treated to a really interesting look at how glass objects are made. The two guys produced a teardrop shaped, uh, Thing, a little dog, a robin, a flower-like glass bowl, and started working on another teardrop before we left them to it and went to browse through the shop filled with beautiful glass objects.

Next time, I think I'm going to want to have a go myself. Which can be done, for a surprisingly small fee.

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You can play Mornington Crescent on xkcd. https://xkcd.com/1975/

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I am *so* knackered after today's Double Trouble. We did 15 seconds-worth of each exercise, but of course it was much more complicated than that. And there were so very many of them.

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Princess Fluffykins is now officially the Mighty Hunter of the Dreamies Packets.

The first time we found a shredded and emptied Dreamies packet, I remembered having left it on the TV table instead of returning it to the high shelf in the library. My bad.

The second time we found a shredded and emptied Dreamies packet, I assumed I must have left it on the TV table instead of returning it to the high shelf in the library.

But... when I heard strange noises from the library and then spotted Princess trotting behind the sofa with a very full Dreamies packet firmly clamped in her mouth, I *knew* it had been on the shelf. I managed to retrieve it before it was shredded. Princess Fluffykins was not pleased.

We are still trying to train her to use the cat flap. She has been through it a couple of times, but is Very Suspicious.

Meanwhile, Sable will let me stroke her tummy, but not her back.

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An airport therapy pig.

Comments

[turlough]

Isn't glass making fascinating?! Emmaboda is right in the middle of the Swedish glass making district so we spent parts of our first summers here touring all the glass works that are still active.

At least now you know she really likes them :-) Good luck with the cat flap training!

How unusual. I've only ever heard about people's cats being the other way around.

Awww, what a cute little piggy!

[pensnest]

Princess has used the cat flap a couple of times now - outward bound with encouragement, inward bound when she decided she could deal with it. Fair enough!

I know - the stroking of the tummy feels like a sign of trust, but Sable was obviously traumatised by Evil Treatment From Above before she got to us, and I only get to stroke her back when she and Fluffy are snuggled together on my legs.

[frausorge]

Glassblowing sounds great, both to watch and to try! I hope you get a chance yourself soon.

[pensnest]

It was very cool indeed. It's always cool watching craftsmen work, I think - someone doing something at which they are an expert is just really interesting.

[rikes]

Oooh, I hope you get to try glass blowing! That would be so cool.

[pensnest]

You will have to come for a visit and try it too!

[turps]

There's a glass centre near where I live and it's so cool watching them blow glass. I think doing it yourself would be amazing.

[pensnest]

Mostly it seems to be turning the glass on the end of the long pole, there's a little blowing but it doesn't seem to be much. But it is really interesting to watch! You must come for a visit, and have a go for yourself.

[ephemera]

ohh - glass making (glass blowing?) sounds so very nifty!