What do you do when the weather gets hot? Here, you go to the river and float, kayak, paddle board - anything to get relief from the heat. We are in a red flag warning for hot weather, thunderstorms, and fire danger. We've been lucky so far this year with cooler temperatures and more moisture, …
Fireworks
This isn't part of my daily blog, but I wanted to post some photos I was experimenting with the Fourth of July Fireworks. I get weekly photo tips from Picture Perfect School of Photography and they had one for fireworks that I thought was interesting. You can read more about it here. But it's basically …
Day 186 – Pet Parade
There are three things (probably more) that people who live in Bend love . . . their outdoor sports, their micro-brews . . . and their pets. Every Fourth of July, Bend puts on a pet parade through downtown. I had never been to one of the parades before and thought this would be a …
Day 183 – iPhone Photo
This has been a difficult weekend for me to get out and take photos. I spent a portion of the weekend at the hospital with my husband who has a condition call A-Fib (atrial fibrillation). It's not life threatening but it is still scary. This was his third episode in 5 years - so it …
Day 176 – Bite of Bend
Another reason I love living in Bend, Oregon is that there is always something going on - especially during the summer. This weekend was the annual "Bite of Bend," a charity event for the Boys and Girls Club. More than 30 local food vendors set up shop on the streets of downtown Bend and sell …
Through My Lens 