A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

Once I published that post on Saturday, I realised that I’d left my camera cable in my car. As I was far too lazy to go out and get it, I present to you now a few photographs. Since I arrived late Saturday night I’ve been so busy painting/cooking/etc. that I’ve barely made it out of my pajamas. Hence, the lack of posts; not even the internet could convince me to slap on some makeup and clothes these past couple of days. But the movers just arrived this morning, so I took myself far from the chaos and found a Starbucks with free wi-fi. I promise real book blogging will resume shortly, but I wanted to share a few photographs from my last week in Colorado and drive out here (click to enlarge).

My hotel room windows had the best view! Here’s Pikes Peak on my last full day (note the lack of snow: crazy for October!):

I have mixed feelings about zoos, but the Colorado Springs one is the least heart-wrenching of the ones I’ve visited (except the elephant enclosure, which they’re planning to rebuild), and my niece loves it. So we squeezed in one last visit, this time with my grandmother! Lots of funny pictures were taken, but I’m not going to post other people on my blog without their permission, so I’ll just include one of me and a couple of animals.

I wish the giraffe post was in better focus, but my camera was dying (I know! I forgot to charge it the night before again! but it lasted until the end of the day this time), so I was just pushing the shutter before it shut down. Giraffes are so silly looking close up! :D

While the drive out here isn’t the prettiest one (super-rural New Mexico and west Texas anyone?), I had gorgeous weather both days, and it felt like total Americana the whole way. I took the train picture out my window without looking (since I was driving): I was shocked at how well it turned out! There’s this bit of west Texas full of windmills that I always just love; since this was my last time driving the route, I pulled over in a rest area to take some pictures. The sun was a bit too high for them to be perfect (as in, I couldn’t even see the screen of my camera for the glare), but I’m glad I tried. Then I wanted to take a photograph of myself, and the only thing to prop the camera up on was a trash can…the height and my awkward standing gives me a hilarious super-hero-esque pose that cracks me up every time I see it.

Well, I really ought to get back to taping out the stripes on my reading room walls! I’ll definitely be posting photographs of both my rooms when I get them into shape, and I promise my next post will be about books. I haven’t read a ton, but I have lots to say about the ones I did get to. But then again, do I ever not have lots to say? ;)

P.S.: I adore our new house and neighbourhood! The last time we lived here, we were up in north in some rather sterile, recent suburbs. Now, we’re in a charming, tree-filled, cosy neighbourhood that’s also within walking distance of a few plazas; so far, everywhere I’ve needed to visit is within three miles. Bliss!

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