big red balloon in dolores park

dolores park reminds me of a miniture central park. probably due to 2 associations: 1) it's in the center of the city; 2) people convene en masse in the park on gorgeous days, sunbathing, bday partying, and lounging amongst a thousand dogs sniffing the grass and each other.

winds were whipping the the palm trees like mad on an otherwise beautiful, sunny day in the bay.

a young darth vader was also in attendance, running amok with his helmet at his hip.

danna and i sunbathed. and dozed.

until these people showed up with a giant red balloon.

it was ginormous! the group brought it over to the playground and a minute later a mob of boisterous little kids were chasing the balloon through the park, hitting it up into the blue sky this way and that.

until one little girl popped it with a pinata stick from a birthday party nearby to a collective and acutely audible "awwwww" from literally everyone in the park.

balloons. guess we're all kids at heart at any age.

and mirrors are fun.