For someone, this Valentine's Day was left up in the air. A couple of days ago on one of my walks, I saw a mylar heart-shaped balloon stuck near the top of a hundred foot tree. It occurred to me that here was an example of good intentions foiled by lousy execution. If the recipient of the present wanted to see their goods, I guess all they could do was look up.
I wanted to take a picture of the scene, but I wasn't carrying my camera. A storm was on its way, so I am certain the balloon would be gone by now. Instead, I re-created the image in Photoshop. Despite that I already have many pictures of trees in my hard drive, I elected to use this photo by Simon Sen as the background. The balloons are ones I picked out from a catalogue and pasted into the image. I figure two balloons are more romantic than one, although two balloons also create more mylar litter. Virtual balloons are a little greener.
Later on, I discovered that heart-shaped balloons stuck in trees is a fairly common image on the Internet. People will take pictures of anything, as long as it relates to a holiday.
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