Sometimes I forget how lucky I am, living in Nottingham.

I’ve often taken my home town for granted somewhat. It doesn’t have the glamour of London, nor the ambition of Birmingham, nor the street-cred of Liverpool or Manchester.

But it does have Architects of Air.

Based in Nottingham, they are creators of amazing inflatable sculptures called Luminaria.

From the outside they rather resemble a gigantic bouncy castle. But instead of bouncing upon them, you instead walk within.

The structures tour all over the globe. There is one drawing huge crowds in Boston, USA as I type.

But those of us living in Nottingham get the chance to experience them first…

This was our third Luminarium, lad and I.

Our first visit was when lad was just a toddler, and we went again when he was a bit older.

It was lovely to see that they haven’t lost any of their appeal.

To be honest, we were all a bit blown away, despite knowing more or less what to expect.

The intention of their creator is to “stimulate visitors to a sense of wonder to the beauty of light and colour”.

Which sums our experience up just about perfectly.

If you ever get the chance to visit one of Architects of Air’s amazing creations, do go.

In my opinion, everyone should seize as much wonder as they possibly can, whenever the chance presents itself.♥