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Stuck up in a tree....

Allegheny — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 01:12:42 GMT

OK figured I'd give everybody a laugh. I got my favorite kite stuck up in a tree. It was quite breezy today and weather was still pretty pleasant so I decided to take my 60 something self outside to try to fly a kite.

I didn't have much success getting it to stay up. Right before giving up it darted up and got lodged in a tree. Way to high up to retrieve, so I now have a tree ornament. I'm still giggling at myself, though I really did like that kite. I'm glad I have my only close neighbor who is my brother; who already knows I travel off the beaten path.

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JustJazzmom — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 01:12:40 GMT

Is this you?

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Allegheny — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 01:17:11 GMT

@JustJazzmom wrote:
Is this you?

Yes, that's me sort of. Wish the my tree wasn't a skyscraper, or I probably would have attemted to climb it. I like to live dangerously and act before I things out.

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MacDUFF — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 01:18:54 GMT

@Allegheny

Good for you, Allegheny! Such fun! I got a good chuckle out of your story.

I used to love flying kites...you may have inspired me!

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Allegheny — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 01:23:29 GMT

Yee gads, I just noticed all my mistakes. Like I said I tend to act before I think things out. I'm terrible at proof reading my own stuff before I hit post. Hard to believe I worked in a job where I typed alot. I was blessed to have a wonderful boss.

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Allegheny — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 01:36:39 GMT

@MacDUFF wrote:
@Allegheny

Good for you, Allegheny! Such fun! I got a good chuckle out of your story.

I used to love flying kites...you may have inspired me!

@MacDUFF

Hey MacDuff, if you really want to see a kite that tilts heads skyward, check out the UFO-Sam spinner kite. I have one of them in the holographic pattern. The only place I can get it lofted is at a beach. When I noticed a helicopter headed my direction, I brought it down.

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MacDUFF — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 01:43:35 GMT

@Allegheny

I binged it...is this it? Kites have come a long way, baby!

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151949 — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 01:48:09 GMT

Many years ago I went to South Hills High School - it was on Mt Washington. Once a bunch of us decided to go up to Grandview Ave and fly kites. So we make these kites and trot up to the top of the Mount and start running up and down Grandview Ave in the traffic to get these kites up. What a joke ! Most of them ended up on the side of Mt Washington in the weeds or trees , the ones that did fly ended up either in the trees in front of people's houses or on their roofs. For those of you not familiar with Pitts. - this is a very touristy area with overlooks into the city, and lots of traffic all the time. The city absolutely doesn't want a bunch of teenagers littering the entire area with kites they can't retrieve, right where the most expensive real estate in the city is.

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151949 — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 01:50:20 GMT

Allegheny - have you ever gone to Erie and seen people flying the kites at the kite beach on Presque Isle. They are just beautiful.

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MacDUFF — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 01:51:56 GMT

Check out this beauty...ancient Chinese kite...

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MacDUFF — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 01:53:31 GMT

@151949

The city should count their blessings...better kites than toilet paper LOL!

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Allegheny — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 02:05:49 GMT

@151949 wrote:
Allegheny - have you ever gone to Erie and seen people flying the kites at the kite beach on Presque Isle. They are just beautiful.

@151949

No I haven't been up there. Thanks for the suggestion it would make a nice trip for DH and I. We haven't traveled down to the Outer Banks for a couple of years because all the steps in my BILs beach house and my husband's knee don't get along well. So I miss flying my kite on the beach.

And Mt. Washington, I had work friends that lived up there, not Grandview, a few strees back. In my younger days I was there quite a bit. Absolutely the prettiest view of the city at night.

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151949 — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 02:08:37 GMT

@Allegheny wrote:
@151949 wrote:
Allegheny - have you ever gone to Erie and seen people flying the kites at the kite beach on Presque Isle. They are just beautiful.
@151949
No I haven't been up there. Thanks for the suggestion it would make a nice trip for DH and I. We haven't traveled down to the Outer Banks for a couple of years because all the steps in my BILs beach house and my husband's knee don't get along well. So I miss flying my kite on the beach.

And Mt. Washington, I had work friends that lived up there, not Grandview, a few strees back. In my younger days I was there quite a bit. Absolutely the prettiest view of the city at night.

Actually another very pretty view of the city is from the park in Elliott. You look down the OHIO River toward the point - the water is wide and it is just gorgeous.I actually prefer to take visitors there instead of Mt Washington.

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Allegheny — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 02:11:36 GMT

@MacDUFF wrote:
@Allegheny

I binged it...is this it? Kites have come a long way, baby!

@MacDUFF

Yes, that's it. Mine is silver holographic and when the sun reflects off it, it just sparkles. The only place I was able to get it up was at Myrtle Beach. They say it doesn't take much wind to get them up, but that's a myth. You got to have sustained wind, not just passing gusts. It is quite an attention getter.

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Drythe — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 14:38:29 GMT

@Allegheny wrote:
OK figured I'd give everybody a laugh. I got my favorite kite stuck up in a tree. It was quite breezy today and weather was still pretty pleasant so I decided to take my 60 something self outside to try to fly a kite.

I didn't have much success getting it to stay up. Right before giving up it darted up and got lodged in a tree. Way to high up to retrieve, so I now have a tree ornament. I'm still giggling at myself, though I really did like that kite. I'm glad I have my only close neighbor who is my brother; who already knows I travel off the beaten path.

@Allegheny

Good for you! And thank you for the beautiful memory. When I was a teen we used to launch them off of Jockey's Ridge.

No doubt we'll meet off that beaten path sooner or later - it's the one I know best!

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Toppers — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 08:45:01 GMT

@Allegheny wrote:
OK figured I'd give everybody a laugh. I got my favorite kite stuck up in a tree. It was quite breezy today and weather was still pretty pleasant so I decided to take my 60 something self outside to try to fly a kite.

I didn't have much success getting it to stay up. Right before giving up it darted up and got lodged in a tree. Way to high up to retrieve, so I now have a tree ornament. I'm still giggling at myself, though I really did like that kite. I'm glad I have my only close neighbor who is my brother; who already knows I travel off the beaten path.

Good for you!

I used to loved kite flying. You reminded me of how much fun it was. My Dad used to take my sister and I out to do it when we were kids. There was a large open field not far from us, that didn't have any electric or phone poles near us that was perfect for kite flying. We had so much fun on windy days, when we could get a kite going pretty high up.

When my DH and I were first married, we would go to a local park that had open spaces, and would take a kite there, too.

We have some good parks here that are good for kite flying, too.

People like to do it along Lake Michigan, too, along some of the lake front parks.