I WAS BARELY

out of bed yesterday, when I heard a loud "whoosh".
Now, rather than inflate this story with a lot of unnecessary hot air, Viewer Dear...

I'm just going to show you the photos I took from an upstairs bedroom window.

And then, here are the pictures I took after scrambling into my clothes, and joining a few neighbors by the road.  They were as pleased as I was by this unexpected bright spot in our (very) local morning.

so

It was a bright and lofty but brief event. 
Before I knew it, a road crew had packed up and whisked that whoosh-less balloon away.
Life came to rest on hum-drum solid earth again.
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