Black Clouds and Sunflowers

Finally dumped a bunch of photos from the past few weeks, so here are a few visual clues into my current life! You can see the Flatirons right from my back porch! Well... behind the telephone pole... Our canine housemate, Finn. Seriously the cutest dog ever, even though he regularly jumps the fence and scampers through the neighborhood! The daily thunderstorm! But these clouds from the front of my house were particularly fabulous! Hiking around Eldora Ski Resort in Nederland, CO. Double rainbow! We got caught in a brief thunderstorm while hiking, and with all the electricity in the air, our hair stood on end! Both rainbows went completely across the sky, but my tiny camera was overwhelmed and could not capture it. After the storm, we looked at the sunset upside-down. Everyone should probably try this at least once. Anna and Chris smelling the wildflowers: favorites are "the white ones" and Indian paintbrush, respecitvely. I personally like the bl...

In lieu of freaking out to find a new apartment in August, a couple of friends have offered to put me up for a couple weeks in August so I can save money to see if I can make it work out here. Best. People. Ever. As much as I love the fact that I'll be dancing hardcore for two weeks this month (we're talking 8am to 5pm every day), I will be disgruntled about not being able to earn money. Such is life. Basically, if I can save up enough during August, then I will be staying out here in the fall. If I can't make it work, then I will have to come home at the end of August. So we shall see what the future holds! A very swollen South Boulder Creek - Walker Ranch. In any case, I've been doing a lot of reading while here: Memoirs of a Geisha is my newest endeavor, lent to me by one of my fabulous roommates. My reading time has been largely reduced to the occasional 20-minute block where I've done everything that needed to be done at my job, but this is good becau...