The Balloonist’s Prayer. “The winds have welcomed you with softness. The sun has blessed you with its warm hands.You have flown so high and so well that God has joined you in your laughter. And set you gently back again into the loving arms of mother earth.” – Author unknown. The balloon flight was with Above The Clouds, Inc., of Middletown, N.Y.

The Fishermen. Like father like son. Maybe the little boy dreams of catching the biggist fish in the Delaware River and the father's dream is gently remembering the first time he went out fishing with his own father. The scene is on the Delaware River somewhere between Callicoon and Hankins, N.Y.