Day 220: Flying a Kite

Today is my last day of summer. I finished up all my summer reading work 1 day ahead of time so I could have today free. This morning I realized I didn't know what to do. I asked mom if she wanted to go bike riding and she agreed. As I was in the garage washing off dusty bikes, filling tires, and fixing bells with WD-40 I noticed the old kite that my late uncle used to fly all the time when I was really young. Some of my fondest memories are of being down in the empty lot on our road and flying kites with him. Anyway, events with the bikes got a little complicated, things weren't working out, so instead I decided to take the kite out and see if I could get it to fly. The thing about this particular kite is that it was purchased at a kite convention back in the 90's and it flies REALLY well, so pretty much any wind whatsoever will get it up in the air. A fast-paced walk is enough to keep it floating most of the time. It's really cool. Unfortunately it broke a few times during the day due to the old rotten-ish wood in it, but nothing a little resourcefulness and some duct-tape couldn't fix. I spend about 80% of my day out flying the kite, and had a blast. I got it to stay up for over 1 hour at least once... and that was when I got this picture. Unfortunately, the day ended when in my effort to keep it in the air while walking up the driveway, it got caught in a neighbor's tree. That was destined to happen. Oh well, at least I had the picture perfect last day of summer :D