Something New

As the mercury has continued to rise here in southwest Idaho, I’ve begun to realize that I am in for a very long, very hot summer. Last week the temperature reached a staggering 90 degrees, causing me to sweat it out in my south-facing, second story apartment. With the dramatic change in weather I have also been suffering from tremendous seasonal allergies which have made my days and nights much more miserable.

On a more light-hearted note; one transition that comes with the changing of seasons are all of the prep and collegiate activities which conspire. It’s funny, in the past week as well as in the weeks to come, I will have witnessed some of the more memorable moments that young adults experience before the age of 23. For example, next week I will shoot somewhere around ten high school, charter school and home school graduations, and in the past week I have covered a variety of Prep State Championships in events like track, softball, baseball, and tennis (almost all in one day), and the pinnacle of all of these events of course being college graduations, which took place last week. I’ve been exposed to some really wonderful stories that have really made me feel fortunate to be in the business I am in.

On Saturday afternoon I covered the Class 4A Boy’s Baseball Championship game, which featured a team from Nampa who made the title game this year in its first year as a school. They faced off against a team which from the opening inning was clearly more athletic as they put up five runs in the first inning and showed no signs of slowing down. It quickly became apparent that the Nampa team was in for a long game, however, they continued to pick away at the lead and in the final inning staged a dramatic comeback, scoring five runs with two outs and going on to win by a final score of 10-9. I’m still waiting for Disney to purchase the rights on that story. Feel-good kind of stuff you know.


So one final story… I was returning home from the grocery this morning and as I approached my apartment I noticed a thick plum of dark smoke rising from what appeared to by the general area of my building. As I got closer I realized that it was not my apartment that was on fire, but rather the old abandoned house behind my apartment. Turns out the fire department was letting this old place burn to the ground and there was really no inherent danger, so I pulled out my camera and made a couple photos. Pretty nice when spot news pops up in your back yard.


So I guess that’s really all I’ve got for this post. I apologize for the length and for the future I’ll try and keep it short.

Thanks for stopping by!