I have a brother who dreams of flying. Sometimes we call him the mad scientist, but, mad or not, I'm sure he will be a pilot, and a very good one. He recently bought a paraglider and has been trying to fly it ever since. The only trouble is, he has no way to get it in the air. He needs to fall off some handy cliff, or tumble out of the top of a convenient pine tree, or find some little drop of a hundred feet or so to get into the air with the thing, and then hopefully he will be able to fly it. But, for the time being, he is confined to "kiting" it in the neighbor's watermelon field whenever there is enough wind to fill it out. (He actually kites it on the border of the field, so he doesn't go tramping through all the young melon vines.)
Well, a great step was attempted in the way of getting him into the air last week, but unfortunately the wind changed and the experiment - which was towing him behind the truck to get up enough speed to lift off - was abandoned for the time being. So, although we did not get to witness a successful first flight, I did get some neat pictures of Cleone with the background of a brewing thunderstorm. Enjoy the pictures!
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AuthorMy name is Alayna Feldman. I have been greatly blessed and am thankful, first and foremost, to the Lord Jesus Christ, Who has saved me. I am also deeply thankful to my parents, who have raised me in a stable, safe, loving home and taught me about what is most important in life. Archives
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