Sky Watch Saturday

Lenticular cloud.

I love that word, lenticular.

I usually see them form above mountains, so this was different for me.

Go Tigers!

I love the homecoming mums! 

Blocker Spring

I thought this little spring house was cute.  You see them still in the mountains here and there...

I would have never noticed this with out my camera.

These old homes always call out to me.  I wonder why they were abandoned, what the stories of the place were, what they were like when they were new and had families.

I leave you with a shot of autumn flowers.

Balloons and Mountains

These had drifted north of town...

I love the flags hanging off of this one.  If I had a balloon I would want it to look more like this, or a Jules Verne balloon, lots of swags and flags!

Slainte, means Health in Gaelic.  It is used as a toast in Ireland.

We were south of town here, just incase someone recognizes the mountains and calls me on it!

Here you can see them in the distance, floating above town.

Balloons close-up

I see most of these balloons each year and have pet names for them now...

This one I call the Purina Balloon.  Balloonist chow, champagne and propane.

Close-ups and under-shots...

 This one reminds me of the old NBC (I am corrected)  logo of the peacock that used to fan its feathers.

If you haven't been up in one, the baskets are sturdier than they look.

Slipping the surly bonds of gravity

I can never get enough of these beautiful sky creatures... 

 They remind me of butterflies, their life in flight is never long enough...

Sky Watch Saturday

I didn't think quickly enough and by the time I thought about a photo,

I was down the road...

This is one of the things I love about it here, you can see.  Yes, it IS raining somewhere in the basin, just not where you are.