I’ve been biking everywhere this summer, and it’s changed my life. No rush hour traffic to find myself agitated in, no stress over finding parking spots, and I have this meditative calm when I ride that’s been great for my mental state. I’ve biking well over 60 miles a week; I bike to Target, the bike shop itself, parks, photo shoots, even the grocery store. I’ve been fantasizing about selling our car, and daydreaming about long explorative journeys discovering the Canadian countryside with Tom and Penelope. For the first time I can remember I’m actually hesitant about the arrival of autumn, simply because winter will come and I’ll have to put her back in her palace in the garage. But carrying groceries is really hard on your handle bars, or in my front basket because it limits how many groceries I can carry home. So after searching for the perfect carrying device for Penelope, I set out to make my own bike crate for her. Which, as it turns out, is not that hard at all! You need: 1 wooden crate –I nabbed mine from Michael’s craft store for $12. My crate was 12″ x 16″. 4 bolts aka machine […]