The Early Bird Gets the Hot Air Balloon
August 17th, 2008 by admin
Since Kory was in Louisville this weekend with his dad, I was left in charge of Riley the Wonder Pup. As in, I wonder if she naps all day just so she can experience the joy of waking me up in the middle of the night to pee/poop/play or just look at me funny. Chip and I have been staying up to watch bits of the Olympics, so come Saturday night we were both beat.
Normally I will sleep until 10 or so on a Sunday, just because I can, but such a luxury was not what Riley had in mind. She started making noise around 7:30, and I lay there hoping that Chip would suddenly become a morning person and volunteer to take her out. This was not meant to be either. So I blearily got dressed and stumbled downstairs to let the dogs romp in the yard. After a few minutes of reading and enjoying the cool morning weather, I glanced up to see this rising above the trees in my yard:
Which makes me wonder – do hot air balloons frequently pass over my house in the morning, and I’m just never awake to see them, or was I just really lucky this morning? I can’t have been too lucky, because I stubbed my toe while running inside to grab my camera.
And of course, since I already had the camera out I had to snap a few puppy portraits. Riley is growing crazy fast, and Lilly is, of course, as beautiful as ever.
Chip snapped this one a bit later in the morning – she looks like I felt, but I never got a nap.
Lucky dog.
Jennifer wrote on 08/18/08 at 8:18 am :
How cool! Hot air balloons are just so beautiful! I feel you on Chip not being a morning person–Bryan is NOT one either, even if he slept 12 hours the night before. If you figure out the secret on how to change that, please let me know!
angela wrote on 08/18/08 at 8:32 am :
If I knew how to change that I’d be a rich woman. Chip inherently needs more sleep than I do and it boggles the mind.