Rising above
Posted: August 11, 2009 Filed under: 365 Life in the Bogs Challenge, Adventures in art, Air, festivals, Fire, hot air balloons, Photography, Quotes, Spirit, Summer | Tags: Balloon Classic, Canton, Horace Walpole, Pro Football Hall of Fame Leave a comment(089: Rising above the pack.)
How posterity will laugh at us, one way or other! If half a dozen break their necks, and balloonism is exploded, we shall be called fools for having imagined it could be brought to use: if it should be turned to account, we shall be ridiculed for having doubted.
~ Horace Walpole, letter to Horace Mann, 24 June 1785
I’m trying out scheduled posts but the photo didn’t appear at first. I had to come in and edit the post to get it to show up. Anyone have any ideas or advice on how to get it work correctly the first time?