Holiday

Our favorite neighbors, afraid the children would have nothing to keep them occupied during their two-week school holiday, and who don't realize boredom is a wonderful catalyst for creativity, probably because they have no children of their own, stepped in by generously donating their Yahtzee and Trivial Pursuit games, taught us all to knit, and delivered a large supply of twelve-foot, freshly cut bamboo poles from their farm so the kids could build themselves a cubbyhouse.



In between those activities, we've done a fair bit of sightseeing.

First we visited High Falls Farms for brunch...



...and learned from the proprietors that there was a nearby glass studio so we went to take a look. Talk about hot -- and no, I'm not referring to the Swedish glassblower, though he was admittedly in nice shape -- there we were, in the middle of a rainforest clearing baking in the burning sun with three huge furnaces blasting while we watched the artist create a glass bird sculpture and then a ruffle-edged bowl.