The eyes have it ...
Have you ever been to a hot air balloon festival? Or have you been IN a hot air balloon? I've only been to one festival, back when we lived in California. It was the Temecula Wine Festival, I believe, and I went up in a tethered balloon for a short time. Very freaky for me! I've always wanted to go to the big festival in New Mexico. Maybe someday. We see hot air balloons from time to time in Montana, but I'm not sure if there are any festivals around here. The boys were really young when we went. As I was looking at some pictures today, I saw one of Neil looking up at the balloons. When I cropped it to see just his eyes, I came up with the picture above. I'm not sure how well you can see it, but there are reflections of the balloons in his eyes.
Have you ever been to a hot air balloon festival? Or have you been IN a hot air balloon? I've only been to one festival, back when we lived in California. It was the Temecula Wine Festival, I believe, and I went up in a tethered balloon for a short time. Very freaky for me! I've always wanted to go to the big festival in New Mexico. Maybe someday. We see hot air balloons from time to time in Montana, but I'm not sure if there are any festivals around here. The boys were really young when we went. As I was looking at some pictures today, I saw one of Neil looking up at the balloons. When I cropped it to see just his eyes, I came up with the picture above. I'm not sure how well you can see it, but there are reflections of the balloons in his eyes.
Oh, if you click on his eyes, you can see them a little better!
ReplyDeleteIn this case the eyes are mirrors to wonder and fantasy. Well done.
ReplyDeleteClever. The image of the balloon is so clear, too.
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Oh! I can see them. And the one in Alburquerque is amazing. Definitely worth seeing.
ReplyDeleteI love hot air balloons, they're even in my story on sub right now.
Great photos!
I love hot air balloons! And that photo is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThat's a neat image of the balloons in his eyes. I went up in a tethered balloon once. By the way, good luck on your root canal tomorrow.
ReplyDeletev cool picture - YES I could see it when i clicked for a larger photo!
ReplyDeleteI bet you had a wonderful time!
How neat! They have hot air balloons a mile up the road from us. We see them floating above ALL THE TIME. It's like Richard Scarry's busy world in nice weather.
ReplyDeleteThat's a cool pic of the reflection in Neil's eyes. I love hot air balloons, but I've never been up in one. My hubby and I were looking at some for our VA vacation. We may do them there.
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool. We've been promising ourselves to get on over to New Mexico for the balloon fest. Looks like a lot of fun for sure.
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His eyes look awesome! I love that the balloons are reflected.
ReplyDeleteI went up for a short ride in a hot air ballon as a little kid at a fair. It was very cool. It feels floaty-weird, just like you think it would. ;)
Eee!!! That picture just shouts childhood to me. I love the concept of balloons (i.e. adventure, magic, all that) reflected in a child's eyes. Great post!
ReplyDeleteWatching hot air balloons is so fun. We were lucky about 13 years ago, Darren won an expense paid trip to Albuquerque to the balloon festival with a VIP pass to get right down amongst the balloons. Darren and Haylee went up in one, I stayed down with Emily. They had a blast and the balloons were amazing! Beautiful scenery around there too. We had a good time.
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