Up, Up, and Away

Man ... can go up against gravitation in a balloon, and why should he not hope that ultimately he may be able to stop or accelerate his drift along the Time-Dimension, or even turn about and travel the other way.

H.G. Wells,  The Time Machine

A beautiful summer day dawned on this second day of Spring. Several colourful balloons rose on the northern horizon. One drifted overhead.

And when I turned around, the Time Traveller had vanished. It seems the breezes lifted him right off the balcony and into the azure blue sky. Farewell. Fare well.