The past two mornings, whilst driving to work, I have been treated to the sight of cheerful, corpulent, multi-coloured balloons high above the valley floor. Gondolas brimming with visitors, envelopes swollen with hot air, they glide silently along until the ride is over and they alight at a predetermined destination or, in some unfortunate cases, in a vineyard on top of vines where they are really not welcome. I took this photograph on an early morning flight in a friend's Luscombe in June. We were careful not to get too close to the balloons. I love them, others do not, but what would the postcard manufacturers and fridge magnet makers do without them?
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Up, up and away.
The past two mornings, whilst driving to work, I have been treated to the sight of cheerful, corpulent, multi-coloured balloons high above the valley floor. Gondolas brimming with visitors, envelopes swollen with hot air, they glide silently along until the ride is over and they alight at a predetermined destination or, in some unfortunate cases, in a vineyard on top of vines where they are really not welcome. I took this photograph on an early morning flight in a friend's Luscombe in June. We were careful not to get too close to the balloons. I love them, others do not, but what would the postcard manufacturers and fridge magnet makers do without them?
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I see plenty of multi coloured corpulent balloons myself on the way to work...bloody scallies.
Y'know...I haven't seen a Burberry, Adidas or argyle patterned hot air balloon thus far. Can I conclude that there are NO scallies in Napa?
Looks wonderful !
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