Well, I didn’t miss all the fun being on call for the holiday weekend.

I also got some stuff done around the house that I probably wouldn’t have otherwise.

The balloons land nearby and I got a couple of fun photo opportunities. The first was what I named a balloon eclipse. I ran out to the shadow I saw it casting to get this one. The second balloon shot was fun because I saw the alignment of the two balloons and the moon (that’s it to the right of the smaller one).

I had some down time while the family was at the parade so I got out the Vivitar TC and combined it with the DA40 for some close-ups of flowers.

Then We were lucky enough to get some of Mary’s fantastic Mexican wedding cake cookies, Oh so delicious…

Then we had a fire and watched the fireworks from the yard with friends.