One Yellow Balloon’s Lofty Long Life

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The idea for this post came from Anna, who recently put up a pic of an escapee green balloon in a Moscow Metro station. It reminded me of the yellow balloon, which has been stuck to the ceiling of the chapel of San Juan de los Reyes Monastery here in Toledo for well over two years. (I’ve been living here for two years, and it’s been up there ever since.) I went down there today to take a couple of shots.

You see it, that tiny speck of yellow right up there to the left of the chandelier cable?

I'd always thought it was Tweetie, but now I think it's a Pikachu Pokemón...

I’d always thought it was Tweetie Pie, but now I think it’s a Pikachu Pokemón… (I had to look this up, lol)

It does seem to be slowly deflating… those Pokemón may be magical creatures, but what goes up must come down. Eventually 😉

38 thoughts on “One Yellow Balloon’s Lofty Long Life”

Anna September 21, 2013 at 2:01 pm

Lol, yours looks pretty dead 😛

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1. ladyofthecakes Post authorSeptember 21, 2013 at 2:03 pm
  
  If you’d been up there for a couple of years….!
  
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Anna September 21, 2013 at 2:10 pm

I think it’s its corpse simply got hooked/stuck on that spiky ornament 😛 Microfoil balloons start to lose helium after a week. (I’m so mean today…I am procrastinating on a translation job)

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1. ladyofthecakes Post authorSeptember 21, 2013 at 2:12 pm
  
  Maybe that’s the awful truth… hung up there like a jamón!
  I should also do some work, I’m a week behind in terms of output. Sigh.
  
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  1. Every Day Adventures in Asia September 21, 2013 at 2:31 pm
    
    Having too much time taking amusing pic and blogging for our benefit, huh?
    
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  2. ladyofthecakes Post authorSeptember 21, 2013 at 2:33 pm
    
    Got my priorities all wrong… story of my life 😉
    
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Anonymous September 21, 2013 at 2:20 pm

I dont remember this! It’s quite sweet really.

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Expat Eye September 21, 2013 at 3:27 pm

I think you’ve got your priorities just right! And now you know that it’s not Tweetie, it’s a Pokemon – what could be more fulfilling than that!

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1. Anna September 21, 2013 at 4:06 pm
  
  I managed to write that blog post and take like 100 pictures of Moscow in the rain, and read 20 articles on Jezebel, and yes I am not even 10% into the text I have to finish by tomorrow night.
  
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  1. Expat Eye September 21, 2013 at 4:22 pm
    
    Pressure is good motivation 😉
    
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  2. ladyofthecakes Post authorSeptember 21, 2013 at 4:24 pm
    
    ….and I’ve not even started, so you’re ahead of me 😉
    Pictures!!!!! Can’t wait.
    
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2. ladyofthecakes Post authorSeptember 21, 2013 at 4:24 pm
  
  And now I also know he’s trapped there for all eternity… Anna is right 😦
  
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  1. Expat Eye September 21, 2013 at 4:25 pm
    
    Maybe he can become a tourist attraction in his own right!
    
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  2. ladyofthecakes Post authorSeptember 21, 2013 at 4:25 pm
    
    I’m rooting for him!
    
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  3. Expat Eye September 21, 2013 at 4:27 pm
    
    Not rooting him. That would be just wrong 😉
    
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  4. ladyofthecakes Post authorSeptember 21, 2013 at 4:31 pm
    
    I think he’s pretty safe up there from the wrong kind of attention…
    
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  5. Expat Eye September 21, 2013 at 4:49 pm
    
    Maybe you should try to free him?
    
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  6. ladyofthecakes Post authorSeptember 21, 2013 at 4:53 pm
    
    How did you do today on your rambling expedition? Kicked any trees?
    
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  7. Expat Eye September 21, 2013 at 5:09 pm
    
    The whole thing was just pure comedy really! From them showing up an our and a half late to getting to the forest and realising that the camera wasn’t charged. 😉 Three women and a camera – fun times 😉
    
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  8. ladyofthecakes Post authorSeptember 21, 2013 at 5:21 pm
    
    Aw, what a waste of a day!!!
    Will there be a post…?
    
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  9. Expat Eye September 21, 2013 at 5:24 pm
    
    No – it’s a professional thing so I try to keep it separate! Don’t want to piss off the cash flow 😉 Blog passed 40,000 views today – hurrah! 🙂
    
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  10. ladyofthecakes Post authorSeptember 21, 2013 at 5:26 pm
    
    Ah, that makes sense. Although… ‘professionalism’ doesn’t seem a very apt description of them 😉
    Congrats!!!! I’m still miles away from that
    
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  11. Anna September 21, 2013 at 5:38 pm
    
    Holy crap, congrats! I am inching up to 1/10th of that!
    
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  12. ladyofthecakes Post authorSeptember 21, 2013 at 5:45 pm
    
    And she only started six months ago…
    
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  13. Anna September 21, 2013 at 6:13 pm
    
    Thanks for making me feel like a loser!
    
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  14. ladyofthecakes Post authorSeptember 21, 2013 at 6:14 pm
    
    Welcome to the club 🙂 We should start a self-help group!
    
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  15. Anna September 21, 2013 at 6:20 pm
    
    This is how we make ourselves feel better: You’re in sunny Spain, I am in power-charged Moscow, but this poor gal is stuck in LATVIA! Let’s let her have SOMETHING, right?
    
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  16. ladyofthecakes Post authorSeptember 21, 2013 at 6:23 pm
    
    Good point!
    And she gets hits from people employing the search term “penis”.
    
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  17. Anna September 21, 2013 at 6:25 pm
    
    Actually I might be jealous of that. That’s why I started writing about BJs to attract this demographic 🙂 How’s the writing coming along? I just finished page 1 of 11 🙂
    
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  18. ladyofthecakes Post authorSeptember 21, 2013 at 6:30 pm
    
    LOL! I’m not even writing… just reading through a backlog of food industry news…
    Why do you think I put up a post entitled “Cake Porn”??
    
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  19. Anna September 21, 2013 at 4:35 pm
    
    Neither Pikachu nor a balloon is a living thing, thus you’re ok to like it and and root for it 😉
    
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pollyheath September 21, 2013 at 4:25 pm

I think you’re right on with the Pikachu guess. RIP, dear friend!

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1. ladyofthecakes Post authorSeptember 21, 2013 at 4:27 pm
  
  It is a very dignified resting place.
  
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  1. pollyheath September 21, 2013 at 4:32 pm
    
    Truly! What better final resting spot for a Japanese anime character?
    
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Bastet September 22, 2013 at 9:32 am

Great take on the challenge! Lovely.

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1. Bastet September 22, 2013 at 9:34 am
  
  But poor Pikachu!
  
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  1. ladyofthecakes Post authorSeptember 22, 2013 at 9:37 am
    
    I know… he’s doomed! Or he’s found something close to eternal life, depending on how you look at it 😉
    
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  2. Bastet September 22, 2013 at 10:12 am
    
    Yeah…let’s look at the up side 😉
    
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