FESTIVAL OF BALLOONING 2013 Part 1

This is our sixth time going to the Hot Air Balloon Festival in Readington, NJ, and the anticipation and excitement of watching the hot air balloons being inflated and taking off doesn't wear off. There are always new balloons to look for, and this year there were some really cool ones. 
We wake up around 4 am in order to get there by 6, I love watching the sunrise, it's so beautiful!

It's a very popular event, a lot of people attend.

I thought I'd have some photo fun, and asked my husband to take a few pictures of me and the balloons:

We had some great laughs!


The leader balloon takes off,

And soon after the others are inflated, take flight, and hopefully replicate the flight of the leader

The following hot air balloons were some of our favorites:

It must be a wonderful experience to be in one of those baskets, I took some close ups:

I would love to fly in one of those!

Just missing our daughter, she was visiting my mom

If you have the opportunity to go to one of these, I recommend it highly. You'll be glad you did.

This particular balloon festival takes place every year. It's a Friday to Sunday event, on the last weekend in July.
Next post I'll show pictures of other things we did.

Thanks for stopping by.

ROSA

JUST BEAUTIFUL...Part 2

A YELLOW ROSE:

Small hands holding freshly picked STRAWBERRIES:

A little boy willing to learn to do the dishes:

RASPBERRIES from our garden:

HYDRANGEAS:

DAISIES:

Big Crepe Myrtle's blooms:

A natural bouquet in the garden:

A heavy rain day:

A cloudy, stormy sky:

And one of nature's precious gifts... a RAINBOW!

So look around, and you'll see how beautiful life is!

Rosa

JUST BEAUTIFUL...

Sometimes, if we pause for a moment, we can see true beauty all around us:

A pink hue in the clouds at Sunset...

A beautiful butterfly on a purple cone flower...

A full moon on a cloudy night...

Let's see what else I can capture with my camera?!. To be continued...

Rosa

THE FOURTH OF JULY

Happy Birthday America!

This year we kept our 4th of July party small and simple. We got together with a few of our neighbors, and we had a wonderful time.

The pool was the perfect spot to be in, it was really hot and humid, at least for most of the day.

We ate, we talked, we laughed. This is what it's all about!

We lit up sparklers, and I tried to get the kids spell out different things, it didn't happen. They tried...

Even I got into the action:

Hey look, I made some letters!. I just need to practice a little bit more...

We ended the day pretty late, it was worth it!

Rosa

OUR SUMMER LIST

Oh how I love Summer, it's one of my favorite seasons. I love the idea of creating a wish list of things to do during Summer. I took some colored chalk, and created a list on our chalkboard wall for our family to look at. It's not engraved in stone, so we can add things as we wish. I love how it turned out!.

Take care,

Rosa