June has passed, which means I'm now more than halfway through my internship in Kalamazoo. Where has the time gone? Taking a look back at my first blog post six months down the line, there are already photos I had liked then that I wish I had shot better now. On the plus side, seeing this also shows me growth, that I'm developing my eye with each new day of shooting. This month, I also covered a second national news story in Kalamazoo: a hit-and-run cycling crash that killed five cyclists and injured four more. I was first of the press to be on the scene and it was certainly a learning experience of how to handle such a massive spot news situation like that in the future. Though this has been another blow to the Kalamazoo community so soon after the mass shooting in February, it's been truly humbling watching the community come together. Anyway, here's a selection of images from the first month in Michigan it actually stayed warm. Also wrote and photographed a feature story on a hot air balloonist if you care to take a gander here. - CP A player warms up before the girls tennis state finals at Stowe Stadium in Kalamazoo, Mich. on Saturday, June 4, 2016. Kalamazoo Christian's Haley Balkema (12) celebrates with her team after winning a division 4 girls soccer district final against Hackett Catholic Prep in Kalamazoo, Mich. on Friday, June 3, 2016. Kalamazoo Christian won 1-0. Detroit Country Day junior Imaad Qureshi swings during the division 2 boys golf finals at Bedford Valley in Battle Creek, Mich. on Saturday, June 11, 2016. A firefighter takes a moment from cleaning up the scene to look at a van which was totaled in an accident on southbound 131 in Kalamazoo, Mich. on Saturday, June 4, 2016. Traffic was at a standstill as three people were taken to the hospital. Police and rescue workers were rushing to the 5500 block of North Westnedge Avenue at just after 6:30 p.m. Tuesday to help cyclists who were apparently struck and badly injured by a truck in a hit-and-run collision on Tuesday, June 7, 2016. Kurt Sherwood's shadow is seen among other cyclists before silent bike ride in Kalamazoo, Mich. on Wednesday, June 8, 2016 supporting the five cyclists who were killed and the four cyclists who were injured in a hit-and-run crash the day before. Bill Despins prays for the cyclists and Kalamazoo during the Peace-Pedal-Pray memorial bike ride in Kalamazoo, Mich. on Sunday, June 12, 2016. The ride honored the five cyclists killed and four injured in a hit-and-run crash on Tuesday, June 7, 2016. Hundreds participated in the 7.5 mile ride that rode part of the route the cyclists had taken that night. Cyclists during a memorial bike ride in which Lance Armstrong attended and called all cyclists to come together in solidarity and to heal in Kalamazoo, Mich. on Tuesday, June 14, 2016. The bike ride honored the five cyclists killed and four injured in a crash June 7. Deven Cook adds heat to his hot air balloon Even Higher so it will rise in the air in Battle Creek, Mich. on Friday, June 10, 2016. Cook has been hot air ballooning since the early 1970's and has crewed for many pilots across the country. He became a licensed hot air balloon pilot in 2009 with a commercial rating and is the owner and operator of Winds of Freedom Hot Air Ballooning in Battle Creek. Deven Cook surveys what else needs to be done to take down his hot air balloon Even Higher in Battle Creek, Mich. on Friday, June 10, 2016. Cook has been hot air ballooning since the early 1970's and has crewed for many pilots across the country. He became a licensed hot air balloon pilot in 2009 with a commercial rating and is the owner and operator of Winds of Freedom Hot Air Ballooning in Battle Creek. Economic graduate Kenneth Weiss writes his information on a commencement photo ticket before Kalamazoo College's graduation in Kalamazoo, Mich. on Sunday, June 12, 2016. Approximately 2,500 family members and friends, faculty, staff, trustees, alumni and community members were in attendance to see about 300 graduates receive Bachelor of Arts degrees. Biology graduate Shadi Larson and business graduate Claire Slaughter chat and wait in Stetson Chapel before Kalamazoo College's graduation in Kalamazoo, Mich. on Sunday, June 12, 2016. Approximately 2,500 family members and friends, faculty, staff, trustees, alumni and community members were in attendance to see about 300 graduates receive Bachelor of Arts degrees. Wrifton Graham, owner of Grant's Antiques, poses for a portrait in his store Thursday, June 23, 2016 in Galesburg, Mich. A fire broke out at Galesburg Meat Company next to Graham's antique shop earlier that morning around 3:30 a.m., destroying the meat company's building and some of the meat. Mark Christian, co-owner of Galesburg Meat Company, moves a piece of salvageable meat while cleaning up after a fire at his business Thursday, June 23, 2016 in Galesburg, Mich. A fire broke out at the meat company earlier that morning around 3:30 a.m., destroying most of the building and some of the meat. Christian has co-owned the family business for over 40 years and was devastated by the fire.