Belated Saturday Sky with Bonus Balloon

Last Saturday I managed to keep my blog in mind & catch a few nice cloud shots early in the day



Then life got busy, so they still had not been posted by late afternoon.



The universe was really playing tricks on me last Saturday, because I was suddenly confronted with a bunch of much, Much better Saturday Sky pictures, but then didn't end up having any time to post any of them at all.



This past weekend was the Forest Park Balloon Race in St. Louis. It's no where near as big as the Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, but it's still quite a big deal around here.



We've been lucky in that even the years where we don't manage to get to Forest Park, we still get a balloon or two out our way. This year was no exception.





This last two pictures in particular almost looks as if we are in Albuquerque instead of Missouri. There's a site near us which is being turned into a new shopping center. (Hence the mound of dirt.) However, it isn't nearly as open as it appeared to the balloonists from the sky, so it took a while before they could figure out how to get their chase vehicle close enough to put the balloon away.