Mastodawn

Made it back to my workplace of 10 years ago for their 10th annual NEON festival. NEON in this case stands for New Energy Of Norfolk (Virginia). Since I left there, the Chrysler Museum Glass Studio has expanded, tripling in size.

They still have their daily noon demos and my friends Heather Sutherland and @AbbeyfuckingDivens asked if I wanted to be a part of today's demo. I was able to test out their new manifold cart on wheels and with a microwave I picked up a the local thrift store, light up some blown glass work that Heather made all while hot.

Their new cart has a much nicer manifold than the one I put together over 10 years ago. The Amphitheater hotshop is also much nicer. The public and studio team were dazzled by my race agains the clock, "do it all while hot an clean" performance- all packaged up into an educational 1 hour demo. What fun!

#neon #norfolk #Virginia #glass #plasma #microwave #highvacuum #sculpture #glassblowing #teamwork #education #museum #flameworking

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Juggling With Eggs 1d ago

I say this as someone who has read far too many of the BTL comments in said local rightwing rag during the Covid period.

Many roads were pedestrianised to enable outside eating.

There was outrage.

But it’s not as if people were actually allowed to park their cars on most of these streets before. There were double yellows.

The divide between #Norwich and #Norfolk is probably with the exception of #Cambridge and #Cambridgeshire the most extreme I’ve seen.

Juggling With Eggs 1d ago

#Norwich is apparently the UK’s most stressful place to park according to headline in my local rightwing new rag.

Assume they polled mostly #Norfolk people.

- They rarely leave the county.
- They refuse to use park and ride - they’d rather create a traffic jam and sit in clouds of diesel fumes
- They’d hate the idea of their villages being clogged with visitors, yet they are quite happy to pollute the city
- They expect car parks to be within 100 yards of shops. They loathe pedestrianisation

Juggling With Eggs 3d ago

Coastal erosion is dramatic and real in #Norfolk, particularly in #Hemsby.

Should estate agents be more honest about it? Until there is a government requirement to state the risk, they won’t. They don’t on anything. They believe that’s why you pay a solicitor to do searches.

But are they the villains here? What about those trying get a last gasp buck?

Expect more cases.

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2025-10-13/homes-on-disappearing-coast-promoted-by-estate-agents-for-their-sea-views?

Peter Sketch 4d ago

Yesterday I went to #RSPB #Snettisham in #Norfolk to see a Short-toed Lark that's been feeding on the beach there. Here are the floral highlights of my day out - Autumn Hawkbit, Common Storksbill, Carline Thistle (very dead, but with the seed heads still intact) and Viper's Bugloss. #WildflowerHour #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

Kevin Wilbraham 6d ago

Some carved detail of a bird from the 15th century rood screen from St. James’ Church at Great Ellingham in Norfolk. 📸 My own. #ScreenSaturday #StJames #GreatEllingham #Norfolk

Stu Bacon Oct 10

Perched with a Perch.

A male Kingfisher perched with its catch, a Perch fish. RSPB Strumpshaw.

#Bird #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #Darktable #UK #UKWildlife #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdScrolling #Norfolk #RSPB #Strumpshaw #Kingfisher

2tout2rien Oct 9

🕸️🕷️ À Norfolk (UK), une porte en métal forgé en forme de toile d’araignée, avec sa gardienne au centre 😍
Un détail architectural unique, à mi-chemin entre l’art, la nature et un soupçon de terreur ✨👀

#Design #Architecture #Insolite #Norfolk #Artisanat #Détail

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NorfolkGreg Oct 8

@PKYo @mlanger @pthane @PublicWolf

"The Wash" is the square bite out of the east coast of #England that separates the East Cost of #Lincolnshire and the North coast of #Norfolk.

"The Broads" are the collection of rivers and their associated flooded medieval peat diggings that drain into the North Sea at #GreatYarmouth and #Lowestoft, the most easterly point of England.

Here's the bridge in question, over the #River #Thurne. Headroom at the top of the arch is around 6ft currently. It is downstream of #Hickling Broad, the the largest of the broads, some 1,500 acres. There's also the #Martham #Broad (approx 150 acres) and #Horsey #Mere (82 acres) above it and various other lesser stretches of water. There is some tidal effect below the bridge, sufficient after heavy rain and at high Spring tides to stop water flowing downstream through the bridge and hence keep water levels high above the bridge.

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