Sunday Selections #371

Sunday Selections was originally brought to us by Kim, of Frogpondsrock, as an ongoing meme where participants could post previously unused photos languishing in their files.
 
The meme is now continued by River at Drifting through life.  The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent.  Post some photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to River.  Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen. 
 
Like River I usually run with a theme.   And this week those of you who know me will not be shocked and surprised to learn that it is balloons.  We did go to the Balloon Spectacular last week, and were fortunate enough to see them inflate and (mostly) take to the air.  

Himself is a decidedly 'spring out of bed at the crack of noon' person so he wasn't happy to learn that I wanted to be out of the house before six.  After seeing the balloons he admitted (grudgingly) that it was worth it. 

And it was.  There are many, many photos so some today, and some later in the week.

 It was still dark when we arrived, but it was obvious that the balloons would at least be inflated, though a decision about whether they would fly hadn't been made.

When you see someone standing up inside a balloon you get some idea of just how big they can be.

Up, up and away.  And the crowd cheered each time another balloon took to the sky.

If you look closely at the balloon above you will notice there is no basket.  The pilot operated it from a seated position.  It didn't look comfortable.  

 And the balloons weren't the only flyers of the morning.

There were feature balloons (as usual) and they will appear in the next post.