{"id":236,"date":"2008-10-15T09:27:47","date_gmt":"2008-10-15T09:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/?p=236"},"modified":"2008-10-15T09:27:47","modified_gmt":"2008-10-15T09:27:47","slug":"mystery-object-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/?p=236","title":{"rendered":"Mystery object revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is time to reveal the truth about the mystery blueness in the last post.<\/p>\n

You see Mark’s niece left some little mice here, last time she stayed with us. I found them all nesting under a pillow on our cornerseat:<\/p>\n

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I quickly discovered that – being an adventurous bunch – they had ambitions to get home to Weymouth using unconventional transport methods.<\/p>\n

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They set up a hot-air balloon research centre in my studio and carefully planned their journey.<\/p>\n

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Then they set about making it from old newspapers. The decorated it with blue scraps left over from mine and Sam’s collage-making endeavours, crocheted some string to attach the gondala to the balloon, and climbed aboard to see how they all fit in.<\/p>\n

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It is important, even when life is insanely busy, to make time for such play.<\/p>\n

I hope that Mark’s niece doesn’t read my blog; I suspect not. In any case, I hope she gets a giant surprise when the mice arrive back with her in full style, via their ingenious contraption.<\/p>\n

And now I must drive back to Oxford to continue with letterpressing.<\/p>\n

If you are listening to Radio Oxford at 9pm this Sunday, you may hear my latest bit of radio-joy; if you don’t get a chance to check it out, you can download it from the bottom of this post.<\/p>\n

This link will take you directly to The Hub webpage<\/a>, where my last bit of radiotronic (Magic Hour) joy resides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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