Did you guys hear about this?
That’s right. The good people of National Geographic actually got a house to float with balloons, just like from the movie UP. Well, a small (16’x16’) house carried by 300 (three houndred!) LARGE eight foot tall balloons. So incredible.
[all images courtesy of National Geographic]
Apparently the house flew to an altitude of 10,000 feet and stayed in the air for about an hour. And, as one commenter on the National Geo blog asked, How’d that thing land? I guess we’ll have to watch the episode of “How Hard Can it Be” which will air on the National Geographic Channel later this year. Or you guys can watch it and let me know, since we’ve had a little snafu with our tv-watching recently. Let’s just say you’ll see me writing about HGTV a lot less.
In other current events around here, I’ve been reading this
with great interest. You may remember it from my holiday gift guide post. Dr. Jay took the hint and gifted me the two books for my birthday. A review to come!
And a few weeks ago, this sweet thing arrived from the grandmother fairy:
We love it in Mark’s room, though it’s only temporarily in a frame I had on hand. I’m thinking it needs a thin black frame with a little sliver of blue mat.
What do you think?
