Outdoor Wednesday - Balloon Glow

Once again I am participating in A Souuthern Daydreamer's Outdoor Wednesday. I love this blog day - all of the posts are so beautiful. My Outdoor adventure today is about man-made beauty. While PC and I were in Ohio, we went to Coney Island Amusement Park with Momma on July 3rd. The park hosted a "Balloon Glow" and then fireworks. It was a visually spectacular day. I had so much fun running from balloon to balloon as they were inflating each one. I laid on the ground, stood on tip-toes and even used PC's panoramic stitching feature! We have been to a few balloon launches when the children were tiny, but by the time the balloons were inflated and launched, it was daylight. Don't get me wrong, seeing all the balloons take flight is magical, but this was just as magical. However, the balloons do not take flight after a "glow", the pilots simply have the "glow" for the beauty. We loved it! Let me share: First they started inflating what we thought "might" be 4 or 5 balloons. Then they just appeared from behind the trees and multiplied into 15 balloons! It was so fun to watch these giants grow from the ground in a matter of an hour. Watching all the hard work by so many people who knew that they weren't taking flight was humbling. To take pleasure in simply lighting a fire.... And then they got their "Glow" on. There was a marching band playing music most of the day and now they were orchestrating the movement of lights from balloon to balloon. Spectacular! On our way of walking out of the park, the carousel was glowing too, isn't it darling?

Then on to the fireworks - one of my favorite things!

You could "feel" these fireworks, as Momma said "from your toes to your nose." It was such a fun day. I am so happy that we went, because it rained all day on the 4th, so we only watched the neighborhood fireworks from my aunt's (use to be gramma's) front porch. That was just as nice too, as I sat and remembered my childhood and twirled a flag with my cousin. I was so thankful for being free to enjoy the day and my family, my only wish was for more time.

Thank you for stopping by, now I'm off to visit all the other bloggers OW adventures. TaTa for now!