I want to get away. Mr. Bowie, and the dogs in the neighbourhood, didn’t like the sound of the burner noise of this hot air balloon flying overhead. Mr. Bowie ran back into the house.
I wish that I could fly
Into the sky
So very high
Just like a dragonfly“Fly Away” – Lenny Kravitz
Hands on Bowie & Jimi 
Poor Mr Bowie .. I would have run indoors too. Ah, Lenny Kravitz .. super 😀
Loved your post and photographs today, Julie!
Lenny Kravitz is waiting in my iTunes playlist right now…
Mr Bowie they are very noisy…but up there with Lenny in the sky they are quiet and magical…..hugs Fozziemum
I have a fear of flying, Fozziemum…
I did too…mortal…and then it changed…do not know why…i felt safer in a hot air balloon than on the highway 🙂 …but you can fly in your head with Lenny..a most wonderful artist 🙂
Oh yes! He’s playing in iTunes right now as we speak…
Bravo!
Up, up and away in my beautiful balloon………….we own a small airplane so I “have” to love flying!
am
I bet you do, ‘am’.
Of course that should be “PAM” and not “AM” !! 😉
I AM PAM…!!
Pam I AM, along with SAM…… 😉
Of course…!!
HAHAHAHA……this was fun……today is July 28th and we just sent you an email about today’s Tuesday Teaser!!!! Check your mail and spam folders……WOO HOO!
Sam and Pam
Thank you, my friends! Mr. Bowie says “Meow!”
Nog eens kleurtjes op de Bowie blog, mooi!
Dit was te mooi om in B&W te maken…
Lovely photo Herman. I don’t blame Bowie for running…he’s used to loud music, not loud balloons.
Thank you, Mary J.
Thank goodness Mr. Bowie likes my (loud) music. I’m working right now in the studio while he’s asleep next door…
We have a huge balloon festival here in the summer. What a great picture! Poor Mr Bowie! Ellie
Thank you, Ellie! Maybe you can write a post about that balloon festival…
Unfortunately, I didn’t go this year! But you can see the information here: http://www.dcrcoc.org/balloonfestival.
Aha! Thanks for the link, Ellie!
They are loud and such a strange noise; no wonder he was scared. That was a pretty one, but Mr. Bowie didn’t care about that.
Well, he was watching it for a few minutes, but when he heard the loud noise his interest was over…
Ah. This gives me an idea. How to get from Arkansas to Belgium for my coffee ice cream. How do you make one of those things? –Bugs
And how long does it takes to get overhere…?? Just wondering, Bugs…
Our kitties are so used to the balloons that all they do is watch them fly over and away!
I guess this balloon was a bit to low so the sound of the burner was to loud for the animals in the neighbourhood. Mr. Bowie doesn’t have a problem with my loud music, though…
Mr. Bowie’s a rocker! It seems he prefers to drift off into the beat than go “up up in the air” in someone’s “beautiful balloon”!
Oh yes, we are both rockers. And we will rock you soon…
Yes, those burners do make noise. But when they are quiet, just floating it is so peaceful. I have flown twice in a hot air balloon….both times over the Masai Mara in Kenya. The animals don’t notice them till they turn the burner on.
The only problem with using one for travel is you are dependent on the wind and air currents….you never know where you are going or how long it will take to get there.
Wow, a balloon flight over Kenya! That must have been great…
It was. I was there during “The Great Migration”. When you land you get a fantastic buffet brunch in the bush. Then a “game drive”(read animal viewing) on the way back to the lodge. There are pictures in this blog post I did for the 30th anniversary of my first trip to Africa:
Sorry they aren’t better….they were scanned from prints.
Thanks! I enjoyed your post! What an experience…
It was indeed and I did it again in 2005. Here’s a link to one of the balloon pics….it will be part of a blog post in September:
https://picasaweb.google.com/108609841914264779487/IntoAfricaTanzaniaAndKenya2005?authkey=Gv1sRgCOSc8rGJ5IuPdw#5375830133811449474
I was waiting for the second vehicle to take me and one other person to the area for the brunch and it started to rain. The pilot took us inside the deflating balloon to keep us dry. Great photo opportunity. Mr. Bowie would have liked this part….no noise!
Thanks for the link, Michelle. Great photographs…
Grazie. I’ll be posting in September on the 10th anniversary of that trip. There will be cat pictures…both large and small cats.
My Cecil the lion rest in peace.
I was shocked concerning the dead of Cecil. I don’t understand how people can kill animals just for fun. They should bring that idiot dentist to justice…
It was on the news here this morning that he has had to close his dental practice. There needs to be some other way to punish him for what he did but unfortunately he didn’t break any laws in the US or Zimbabwe. Just a moral law….which to me is more important than the legal ones.
I’m so glad Kenya and Tanzania don’t allow even those hunting farms. Unfortunately Texas, USA does.
Poor Bowie!!!!!
Extra treats for Mr. Bowie…!!
What a scary sound that thing must make! Poor Mr.Bowie needs a bucket of Tuna now to help him recover!
Well, he got some extra treats when he ran inside the house…
Good human!😺
Thank you, Shrimp!
Why of course!😺
Mr Bowie is one smart cat. Sine he likes the music, it wasn’t the volume, I’d have to say he recognized the sound of burning, which it is. Something burning overhead would send me indoors, too. The balloons are pretty to watch but cats are practical.
And once we were inside we all had ice cream… vanilla!
Sorry Mr. Bowie was scared but that’s pretty cool that it was that close!
Yes, it was beautiful to watch, flying so low above the ground…
How dare that balloon startle Mr Bowie! ❤
I think we should file a complaint…
or sign a petition! 😀
Awww…poor Mr. Bowie! Glad he has you to protect him. 🙂
… and we had vanilla ice cream afterwards!
Yum!
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YOU MEAN….POOR OLD MR. BOWIE HAS TO FEND FOR HIMSELF A FEW DAYS? DID YOU LEAVE HIM A “HANDI-CATS” CAT FOOD CAN OPENER???
Ha ha ha… Thank you, Jonathan! Mr. Bowie says “Meow!”
I’m a little scared of being in one of these but I love to watch them go by. “I tot I taw a putty-tat”
He he… Beautiful! I bet they stay together up in the air… 🙂
The Sylvester and Tweetie balloons are something else! I’ve never been up in one, but have heard them go overhead. Yes, I bet Mr. Bowie wouldn’t like the noise. Mr. Nano would be under the covers, hiding!
Mr. Bowie ran straight to the cabinet where the cat treats are…