I have Amber to thank for a fine evening underneath the stars in Kokomo — cooking hotdogs over a fire, cold beer and a couple rounds of Euchre for good measure. (Mental note: learn how to photograph the night sky better)

This has been the summer of mild temperatures and a solid amount of rain, sometimes torrential, as evidenced by our broken patio gutter that could use an endcap and… heck, it just needs replaced.

This is where I lay down a big sheet of white paper on the garage floor and shoot new stuff for our store. We’ve been selling this tee at festivals this summer with great response. Finally I got ‘em all online.

The biking is still fun and we keep finding new places to explore. Dayton is connected to an excellent network of biking trails. On this day we attempted to bike along the river by the Carillon Park, but bridge construction kept messing with the flow. So we packed up and looped around the RiverScape park [...]

Perfect weather to enjoy the parade. I posted a good handful of photos over in this special Lake Festival Album.

The evening sky, looking through the electric wires that power Dayton buses. This ice cream stand cast an eerie glow. I was enamored. Though I tried to get a clean shot, the amount of people was a good thing. At this point in the evening, everyone boarded the space ship, fueled by black and tans [...]

So far? The biking thing is awesome. We have lots of bike trails in the area and tons more in reasonable radius. I’m learning that riding a bike is not a good mouth breathing exercise. Bugs. Totally worth it though.