Time for another collection of images from the 2025 National Balloon Classic I attended with Ernie and Teresa.
Still plenty more pictures from this event left to share!
The last several with the fire and the below-perspective are my favorite artistically.
The guy hiding behind the kaibo is my favorite ironically.
Thanks… but…
Kaibo? It is KYBO. Keep Your Bowels Open. And that is words I try to live by. That and:
Embarrassed. An emotion so useless, it should be embarrassed of itself. [chuckles] And yet, it can trap any of us. Keep us small, scared, till we bust out of it, you know. It’s like that quote. What is it? Um… “When embarrassed to remain in a tight bud…”
“A risk to remain tight in a bud.”
That’s it. Yeah, how-how does it go?
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
That’s the one. Thank you, Coach. “When the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” When the risk to feel embarrassed becomes more painful than the risk it takes to try. Well, I know which risk I’d rather take. I need to take. It’s the same one I want for y’all, you know, in here and out there.