Monday, June 30, 2008

Red gorget

Male hummingbird at feeder.Male hummingbird, front porch, June 2008. Photo courtesy of Donna.

Friday, June 27, 2008

Not with a bang (surely a good thing), but with a whimper

Balloon being deflated.And so our excellent adventure comes to an end, in a backyard of suburbia.

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Up, up, and away...

Cars parked below as seen from balloon.Dude, there's my car!

High tension towers seen from above.High. Tension.

Baled hay in the fields below.
Hey! Hay!

Balloon shadow crossing farm buildings.
Group shot.

Cows from a thousand feet up.Cows.

Looking across Chester county from the balloon.Chester County.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Say goodnight (even though it's morning)

Gracie the dog in front of Gracie the Balloon.Gracie on Gracie: That's Gracie the dog, foreground; her namesake, Gracie the balloon, background.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Inside the belly of the beast

Inside of a hot air balloon.Inside Gracie, balloon festival, Chester County, Saturday.

Monday, June 23, 2008

Hard to believe...

Hard to believe that this...

Balloon in bag.coupled with this...

Basket being unloaded from Van.
would equal one of these...

Hot Air balloons in flight.and convey us over the magnificent farmland of Chester county, affording views such as this, ...

View of Chester County farm country from balloon.
but it did.

Friday, June 20, 2008

Back the creek (as the old timers used to say)

Wissahickon creek, near Glen Fern.The Wissahickon, near Glen Fern, Sunday afternoon, June 15.
Sorry -- couldn't resist a second photo.

Have a great weekend! See you Monday.