[OT from cottage renovations]
this space is not a repository for fiction, else I would have composed a caption describing the Hot Air Balloon Festival held here in the Grove.
well, O.K., you might have to squint at it some, and indulge in at least some willing suspension of disbelief.
but if you try hard enough it's there, or it could be.
(click through these thumbnails for higher resolution images)
3rd Avenue
and here's one that's partially inflated ...
Hosta
maybe I should hold out for an Elvis face, or a saintly apparition.
or maybe I should just get a little creative with Adobe Photoshop ...