tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post7350973625840469648..comments2024-03-10T04:15:59.846-04:00Comments on Violet Sky: hot air balloonsVioletSkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-72290851973785339402013-04-30T03:08:43.086-04:002013-04-30T03:08:43.086-04:00I always wanted to go in one - bought a flight for...I always wanted to go in one - bought a flight for our 15th wedding anniversarry 24 years ago - spent two years and six attempts but each time the flight was called off because the weather wasn't right - never went - never got our money back. Tried again in New Zealand in 2001 and again the weather wasn't right but at least we hadn't paid for it. Gerald (SK14)https://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-86528720401122908352013-04-29T12:14:57.819-04:002013-04-29T12:14:57.819-04:00Beautiful balloon stamps and illustrations! Loved ...Beautiful balloon stamps and illustrations! Loved reading about them as well. We went to the Albuquerque hot air balloon fiesta once many years ago and really loved seeing hundreds of them in the sky!A Colorful Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06890388727784255219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-29544555231391216822013-04-29T08:55:51.768-04:002013-04-29T08:55:51.768-04:00I like the floating feel of the Canada sheet, the ...I like the floating feel of the Canada sheet, the Cuban one on the left looks like a piece of porcelain. I remember reading an article about the siege of Paris when they floated mail in and out in balloons running the gauntlet of being shot down. I drooled over that piece of postal history. Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00253875352864018195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-85479421724090863992013-04-29T08:09:38.773-04:002013-04-29T08:09:38.773-04:00I always like seeing hot air balloons, but the I g...I always like seeing hot air balloons, but the I get the Fifth Dimension's song stuck in my head. As it is now.Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-73741869771552712652013-04-28T20:38:52.858-04:002013-04-28T20:38:52.858-04:00The Cuban blue and gold balloon looks really nice!...The Cuban blue and gold balloon looks really nice! But nope, I would be too scared to try.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00742777265021634232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-3022572090152145042013-04-28T18:31:29.544-04:002013-04-28T18:31:29.544-04:00The Canadian stamps have the bonus of being triang...The Canadian stamps have the bonus of being triangular! The balloons on the Cuban stamps are more individual.<br />Thank you for joining us this week.viridianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07938256248645774087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-15833446814418216042013-04-28T17:07:24.069-04:002013-04-28T17:07:24.069-04:00its my dream to fly in one of these! i also have a...its my dream to fly in one of these! i also have a fear of hights but not on a plane so maybe i can pull it off...great stamps, i love both sets :)agihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12078211644014624563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-36945001462023892562013-04-28T15:19:21.820-04:002013-04-28T15:19:21.820-04:00I love to see them against the sky but I'm afr...I love to see them against the sky but I'm afraid I'm way too much of a chicken to go up in one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-53687835688879473662013-04-28T12:59:17.980-04:002013-04-28T12:59:17.980-04:00yes, our balloons seem more generic than interesti...yes, our balloons seem more generic than interesting. the Cuban ones have more flash.VioletSkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-11074746838920360142013-04-28T12:40:16.301-04:002013-04-28T12:40:16.301-04:00Great stamps, the designs on the Cuban ones are pa...Great stamps, the designs on the Cuban ones are particularly eye-catching. Lisa Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562101358640638937noreply@blogger.com