Balloons Over Albuquerque

Well, actually it’s balloons over our house, since these photos were taken from our back yard.  Particularly on quiet weekend mornings (when people are off from work), you hear the whoosh sound of the hot air furnace being turned on under the balloon, and away to the window you fly, tear open the shutters and throw up the sash, and there to your wondering eyes should appear - a massive balloon, so very very near (apologies to Clement C. Moore).  What a rush!   Click on the pictures to enlarge.