The 48th Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta started today. Unfortunately, we had heavy rains on Friday, so there was a rare fog covering the valley on Saturday morning. Only a few test balloons got off before they cancelled the launch due to a persistence of fog and low hanging clouds. I went out to the river and came across a group of paddlers waiting for the balloons to launch. There were other groups of paddlers on the river. The clouds cleared by 10:00 am, and the bumble bees were flying around in the cosmos. I decided the bumble bees were a nice stand-in for the balloons.
Off Center & Not Even 
I enjoyed seeing the paddlers on the river as well as the bees. Maybe tomorrow you’ll get balloons in the river. 🙂 Visitors may not have been especially happy about all the rain yesterday and fog today, but my plants loved the rain. On Monday I’m meeting for lunch a distant relative who came specifically for the Balloon Fiesta. 🙂
Hi Susan. Our plants and weeds love the rain. It was not much fun to drive in it.
That’s exciting that you are lunching with a distant relative. That should be interesting.
It’s been a very long time since I’ve watched a balloon glow or launch. Your photos are beautiful. 🙂
Thanks, Robin.
Buona domenica 🙂
Grazia, Simona!
That would have been me in one of the kayaks!
Hope better Weather comes your way so the festival can begin. 😊
It’s supposed to be nice all week. Thanks, Nancy.
beautiful bees on cosmos! Hope the fog clears and you all have a good balloon festival!
Hi Lavinia. They flew this morning, but no wind so they hovered over the field.
I’m reading posts backwards, so I know there was a glorious ballon day ahead. You’re right! The bumble bees are wonderful stand ins!
Thanks, Resa!