Today, I was thinking about an afternoon, last November, when Jim spotted a hot air balloon descending into the backyard of a house in our residential neighborhood. Here is a photo:
This is the apartment building across the street from us. The hot air balloon landed in the yard of a resident that lives on a hill behind the house.
There is something really special about hot air balloons. Don’t they just make your heart sing? They seem so daring, so romantic, so “Around the World in 80 Days!”
Every year, there is a Hot Air Balloon Festival in Pittsfield, NH. For a sum of money, one can go for a ride. It would be fun to even just take photographs of all of the skyward-bound, brightly-colored balloons.
Moments like that balloon sighting are to be savored. They transcend the ordinary, ho-hum, drone-ish routines that can be every day life.
Often, surprise is an element that enhances any regular event. I recall being in a doctor’s waiting room one day, when a doctor’s wife literally “rolled” into the clinic with a vehicle of conveyance that was carrying five babies. I didn’t realize that carriages are made that large!
Receiving unexpected gifts or flowers, or even the gift of someone’s time, are moments to enjoy, and to hang onto, in memory. In the end, time is all we really have, whether we waste it, utilize it, or share it. Enjoy your minutes. No matter how many more minutes are left for you, in the end, I can bet you’ll wish there were more.
Carpe Diem. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may…
Pat
