Weather didn’t cooperate this past weekend but I did get to watch the sunrise launch of several beautiful balloons at a local festival. Fun Fact – the 1st manned flying machine was a hot air balloon made in 1783 by Jean-Baptiste Réveillon, a wallpaper manufacturer in Paris. BTW … hot air balloon wallpapers continue to be very popular especially for nurseries and children’s rooms.
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