Saturday, September 25, 2010

Up, Up and Away-ay in My Beautiful Bal-loon…

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The annual Prosser Balloon Round-Up is this weekend.  Like last year, we showed up bright and early.

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So did my family.  My sister, her husband, and their kids and my parents.  Cora and Emma went off in search of the sights.  Of course, when you hear those burners going, you have to run around and see the flames.

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…from a safe distance.

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Here is a shot of my dad.  He tends to shun being the center of a camera’s attention, however, I explained to him that this camera of mine WILL locate and focus in on him whether he likes it or not, so he had better just get used to it…

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There were ample balloons this year!

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And ample observers…

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They like to settle into the water and back out again.

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I’m not sure why…maybe their feet get hot.

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Lots of people were on the bridge…

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I can’t tell which one is cuter…

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All in all, a very nice morning. 

7 comments:

Diana of Diana Rambles said...

Beautiful colors! I love the reflective shots!!

Kim said...

Love the photos..
The reflection is BEAUTIFUL.
Have a great day..
can you think today..
about your daughters NAME..
Thanks..

Lorrene said...

Today was a perfect day for the baloons. Thank you for taking the pictures for us that couldn't be there. I love that camera.
The reflections were beautiful.

Anonymous said...

Wow, those are beautiful photos. Ive always wanted to ride in one of those! Its on my bucket list. :)

Charissa said...

Beautiful pictures! Hard to narrow down from the 400+ photos you took today eh? Again, great photos!!!

Jimh. said...

ummm, closer to OVER 600. My trigger finger gets happy!

Anonymous said...

I have not come down to earth yet either. I just hope that all my hot air hold me up for a long time. And only land when all is safe and sound and on the ground.