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Evening at Changins
One of the upsides of being at the NRC is having access to some of the social activities. I’ve joined the oenology club. Last week, we had a tasting of South African wines. This week, we went to Changins, the Swiss national center of excellence for training in viticulture, oenology and arboriculture.
They have over 50 types of vines growing on a plot the size of our old garden in Hinxton, and each year, the students must do a winemaking project that can use any sort of process, technique and instrumentation that they have available. Many of the local growers will donate parts of their harvest to the school to aid the students (because, you know, it’s not always easy to find 6 tons of grapes at the drop of a hat).
Bigger NRC team
Picnic lunch for the expanded group at the NRC. Unfortunately, a few members of DNH are missing :(
Steampunk Transformers
From the mind of Brian Kesinger
When your building architect channels Tim BurtonÂ
Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlej…
Sprawl time
Came back to bed for a lazy morning when I saw this. Then he did a full body stretch with all toes splayed out. Obscene level of cuteness.
Another pair of cousins
Another pair of Grace and Clarkson’s Swiss cousins flew up to say hello. On another note, I’ve been naming ducks since 2006.
Don’t know who said it firstÂ
… but I agree with it.
How to achieve a happy life
Priceless artwork
As part of my post-moving workspace setup, I got a bit worried because I couldn’t find this anymore, but happily I did and it now resides on the divider next to my desktop.