Dragon in the sky
I just heard a very familiar loud whooshing sound (for those of you who know my family background in lighter-than-air, you'll know I grew up hearing it a lot) ... looked out my window, just in time to see a gondola go up over the peak of the house here at the second story.
Took off down to the deck, just in time to see a lovely hot-air balloon waft over our backyard and waved at the three people in the basket. Looked like they were trying to get some altitude because they missed our large backyard, and below us down all the way to the lake is all trees. Hope they land well, somewhere beyond that!
(Damn that they missed us! Would have had champagne for breakfast! [Traditionally, if you land on someone's property, you break out a bottle of champagne for them; balloonists carry a bottle or two for this reason])
And now I'm awake, having only dozed about 15 minutes so far.
Took off down to the deck, just in time to see a lovely hot-air balloon waft over our backyard and waved at the three people in the basket. Looked like they were trying to get some altitude because they missed our large backyard, and below us down all the way to the lake is all trees. Hope they land well, somewhere beyond that!
(Damn that they missed us! Would have had champagne for breakfast! [Traditionally, if you land on someone's property, you break out a bottle of champagne for them; balloonists carry a bottle or two for this reason])
And now I'm awake, having only dozed about 15 minutes so far.