Spring Visitation - Hot Air Balloon Drops In At Heck Of A House
Another Seasonal Augury
Hot Air Balloon Lands On Heck of a House Lawn - McHenry County, Illinois
Heck Of A Landing Zone
Hot air balloons are relatively frequent, cheer-inducing visitors in this part of McHenry County, Illinois. While they are typically a tad aloof, this one arrived early one Spring morning a few years ago, preceded by an exceedingly polite ground crew asking permission to use the Heck Of A House front lawn as a landing site.
Hot Air Balloon Lands On Heck of a House Lawn - McHenry County, Illinois
A hot air balloon landing, admittedly, falls short of a momentous occasion. One can, after all, safely assume that for every balloon launch there is one balloon landing.
Nonetheless, this visit generated an enjoyable break in that morning’s routine, and its memory still triggers a smile and evokes my recall of that year’s particularly luscious Spring.
Hot Air Balloon Lands On Heck of a House Lawn - McHenry County, Illinois
And that promise of impending Spring is the point of this post.
Here wild dwarf iris are blooming, and the daffodils will soon open. So when I walk outside and the day’s cold and gloomy, I’m going to think of your resplendent spring, just around the corner.
Comment by MindSpin — March 16, 2007 @ 6:18 am