Hot Air Balloons

Hot air balloons have always fascinated me. My dream is to take a ride in one someday. I am impressed by their innovation, beauty and grace. Watching them gives me a peaceful feeling inside. Here are some photos that I took at a balloon festival that I enjoy attending each year out in Howell, Michigan. I have hundreds of photos of hot air balloons because they all have such unique qualities. They are works of art! Each one is an expression of it's owner/pilot and you can see that they take great pride in these awesome vehicles. It must be an unbelievable view from up there.

Photographs: Preserving Moments in Time

Photographs are something that bring great joy and wonder to my life.  I love the art of photography for how it captures a moment in time that could otherwise be lost.  I love taking photographs as well as looking through old photos that I have collected over the years and enjoy looking at the photographs that others have taken.  It is quite an amazing art form.  Beyond that, photography has the unique ability to gift us with visions of the past, of a time before we existed.  I have been graced with a love of genealogy and through the experiences that I have had in researching my ancestry, I have been fortunate enough to know the faces of some of my ancestors.  There are many ways that photographs touch my life and the lives of others.  I want to share a few photographs that I have taken of things that bring wonder to my life.  Nature working hard to sustain life by growing toward the light and source of moisture, sunsets, weeping willow trees, nature as art, people enjoying nature, autumn colors and bridges because they take you somewhere.  I hope you enjoy these photographs and take some of your own or take the time to sit down and look through some of your old photographs, it is a rewarding experience.