Snapshot Chronicles

Susan Getgood's personal blog

Up up and away

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Last weekend we went to the Quechee Balloon Festival. The Festival runs from Friday evening through Sunday, and the balloons are scheduled to go up at 6pm and 6am every day. We went Saturday but the ascension was rained out so we decided to stay in Vermont and go Sunday evening.

Meant getting up at oh dark:30 on Monday to get Douglas to school on time but it was so worth it. Dave and I had been about 12 years ago, but I had forgotten how amazing it was to see so many balloons going up at once.

Here are some favorite pictures from the weekend. More on Flickr.

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[tags] balloon festival, Quechee, Vermont, hot air balloon [/tags]

SciFi Sunday: Pre-empted for holiday weekend

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SciFi Sunday is pretty much pre-empted for the holiday weekend. We are up at our house in Vermont this weekend and have been doing a little site seeing. Douglas and I went to Billings Farm’s Sheepshearing Days yesterday and today all three of us went to Fort Ticonderoga.

I also attempted to get some pictures of the space station as it moved over us just past 9pm Eastern. The squiggles? That’s me moving the camera before the shutter closed. Yeah, I know, they suck. Oh well.

Next week, new episodes of Sarah Jane and Battlestar, plus we are planning to see Indy 4 on Tuesday night so there will be lots to talk about.

Request for help: I am putting together a panel on Social Media and the Writers Strike for a conference this fall. If you know anyone in either the WGA or the fan community who was actively engaged in creating videos for online distribution during the strike, please give me a shout. I’ve got some good panelists lined up, but I’d like one or two more.

[tags] Billings Farm, Fort Ticonderoga, space station [/tags]