We visited my sister and her family because they won't be making their usual trip back to see us during the Christmas holidays. It was a smashing break!
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| Amster-home-of-Blender-Dam! | 
Had I not come with the family, I'd have made the pilgrimage to North Amsterdam to visit the entrance of the Blender Foundation. Only a thirty-minute walk from the ferry. I'll do it on a future visit.
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| Leo and Clara, paddling in the North Sea. | 
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| Sand-a-blowing | 
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| Den Helder lighthouse | 
What next?
Complete the pre-vis elements of the service road. In the next day or two, I'll go through some required tweaks with the director.
5's almost Alive!
Wednesday sees the release of the Blender 5.0 release candidate. I'll start using it then. I'll create a piece of work to celebrate the release... More on that tomorrow.