More fall scenes...

I took the dogs on our hike the other day and it was still super cold. The snow fall we had is hanging on, but today I think it will get up to 56 degrees again and it will be gone for sure.
I snapped a few pictures and thought I would share.
The dogs love this hike. I let them off lease and they (usually) don't get into too much trouble. I can let them run as fast as they can and we end up in a blue ski run, so the incline is great exercise for them.
I usually stop on this run and let them chase each other and I sit on my rock and look out over town.
I am still a bit sad that everyone has gone home. It was so nice to have everyone here for the wedding, I just wish it could have lasted longer. All the leaves are falling. The Aspen trees are turning that familiar shade of stone gray that lets us know that winter is on the way. Soon we will be blanketed in the silence of white and skiing down Ajax instead of hiking. I kind of want to hang on to fall for a little longer. It makes me want to bake and make soups. I guess we still have Halloween! What to be for Halloween? Hmmmm...

A few photos from the wedding....

A lot of you were just here visiting for our wedding ceremony October 3rd and I learned that there are a few who actually read this blog.... So, I will try my best to post more often.
We had a lovely weekend with old friends and made a few life long new ones as well. We were usually a group of 12 to 13 people roaming around town, creating havoc.
I had my best girls at my side and they were looking particularly hot, if I do say so myself...
And Jonathan, who has the best friends in the world, had his dudes all cleaned up and in tuxes no less. (Ian is missing from this picture, but he was his third groomsman.)
Everyone was quite well behaved and composed... that is until the champagne came out! We all had such a great time and it was hard for Jonathan and I to see everyone leave. We are planning a twice annual meeting of the minds (hehehe) with all who live out of town. The first might have to be in Mexico for David's 40th Birthday. I think we all might be recovered by then and ready for another party.
We followed up the Friday wedding with a trip up to the top of Ajax via the Gondola. We had a slight mid air delay and were hanging for a good 15 minutes which made some a little nervous. My sister and Aida had some white knuckles .... (Gabe was not really scared here, just making the girls feel better by making a funny face.)
On another note, it has snowed twice since! (These pictures are from Saturday night's snowfall, but last night we had even more! Maybe we will have an early ski season!) I am so glad we picked the very last weekend, my Birthday weekend, to have the wedding ceremony.
Just one day later it would have been raining on us and far too cold. It's funny how some things just work out. It was that kind of wedding, thank god.
I will post more pictures of the wedding events as they come in. Thanks to my sister and Gable for sharing theirs already! Love and kisses to everyone, and we can't wait for stretchy pants Mexico!

Lila and Wyatt....

Sleeping together.
Lila loves to sunbathe.
Dog pile.
I have been super busy with school, work and planning wedding stuff that I have once again neglected my blog. Here's a quick post. Lots of dogs in this one. This last one was taken at a friend's house whom we were dog sitting for. No, we did not get ANOTHER huge dog. Although Luka, the blond lab thinks he is tiny. He is the world's biggest lap dog. Very cool guy.

TOO MUCH CUTENESS!

Yes, call us crazy. We got a new puppy. This is Lila. She is Wyatt's new pal.
She is so small compared to Wyatt. He looks like a dinosaur compared to her little daintiness.
He kind of wants to eat her most of the time, but he is getting more gentle and used to the idea of her being around.
He still wasn't so sure in this shot, but had a feeling she might be cool.
Jonathan is totally digging it. He just gushes over her cuteness.
In other news here in the mountains....
We are super busy at work, better than being bored. We got rid of the guy who was not so great at his job, which is kind of important if you are the manager of a store... to be good at your job that is. Bob and I have been making so much money it is ridiculous.... or I should say we have been making so much money for the company.
I just started a new semester at school after a lovely 2 and a half weeks summer break. I have a sales and event promotion class ( not too sure about that one..??) and a textiles class. I kind of love my textile class already! Fiber nerds rule!
We are scrabbling to get everything arranged for the wedding in October. Anyone who can;t make it we totally understand it is a trek to Aspen, but so worth it! This summer is turning out to be spectacular and, hopefully, in October we will get some changing of the colors. We are praying that it doesn't snow because we want it to be an outdoor ceremony in the park. We promise to have more details set soon. Thanks to all who have RSVP'd already and are coming from so far away! I am so touched.
Ciao for now. Back to playing with the little herd of puppies! I am in heaven!

Another Quick Spring View

I have been checking out some photo blogs that are quite inspiring and are making me want to get beck into the photo game. I have been so busy with school that I haven't touched my film camera in over a year, and I would love to start making some prints for the apartment walls. I have a few shots from New Zealand that I will get blown up... someday, but for now I will share some more scenes from spring here in the Rockies.
Morning dew drops.
And the Aspens are finally green! I love it when the Aspens have green leaves and make a great sound as the wind blows through them. I can't get enough of spring... Although I guess it is Summer now! Spring is always too short.....

Busy Town Again

Time to bike again! And look at those trees blooming! My favorite.

So, the slow and easy spring off season is coming to a screeching halt this weekend with the big Food and Wine event. There are lots of busy volunteers working around the clock to set up everything. The Wagner park, which is usually a Rugby field or a meeting place for dog owners, now looks like a mini Denver Airport because of the white tents set up that have the peaked roof shape. (I will try later to snap a photo.)

1A Lift on Ajax next to our place. More construction!

Jonathan is still in New Zealand until next week, I am in my last few days of my school term and we are having a complete overhaul of the Zegna store, operations wise that is. The manager I was not getting along with finally quit, and actually beat me to the punch for I have been exploring other employment options lately. But now I find myself cleaning up all the messes he left for me and Bob. It is nice to have a chance to do it right now, but I am so sick of cleaning up other people's messes. And of, course the lovely girl corporate sent out to help us straighten things was only able to visit for 3 days and I am dizzy from all the information I have had to retain. From reports and procedures to filing systems and ordering the supplies that we needed from the beginning. There is part of me that wants to drop my store keys and run, but them there is another that is getting a little satisfaction from finally "doing it right." We shall see what comes in the next two weeks. I might have a new job or I might stay and have a new boss. Jonathan will be back next week and we might have a new house! (That's a little scary financially, but would be so nice to leave the constant construction that seems to surround our neighborhood this spring.) I couldn't believe that our first attempt at the employee housing lottery we can up number four! That's kind of great and, who knows, perhaps the first three couple ahead of us will back out. It happens a lot here I guess.

Just a little doggy torture. He loves this green scarf!

Well, I am off to dress for work and continue with my re-organization. Ah jeez. At least I guess I won't get bored today! Happen Thursday to everyone!

Brave New Spring

I took a quick trip to LA and saw my family! So great hang with my hermana Jessica R and see my Mom. It really has been too long. And to see our furry and scalely old friends!
Mingus : AKA Mingy Pingee!Jaco the insane Russell!

My old fish, Fifi and Jacques
Just wish I could have brought my furry little friend along as well. Just a little too crazy though. He looks so handsome in his new green handkerchief, huh?

Air travel these days is quite interesting. Why do I always find myself looking at the gross things (people) around me.... like this...
How can people let themselves get like this? I will never understand it. This man looked like he was 12 months pregnant. No joke.
This is the Western Colorado as seem through my plane window.... Kind of cool.
It is finally REALLY spring here in Aspen. We had so many early spring storms that some thought that they would re-open the mountain for skiing, but they haven't yet.
We still have hope because it keeps raining, which means that it is snowing on top! We'll see.
And even better news... Jonathan is staying in the states for the spring summer this year! It has been four years for him following the winter to New Zealand to teach skiing. However, with a last minute job interview came a great opportunity in the wine world for him. He has been hired to be a beverage director for a restaurant development group who is opening a number of restaurants & clubs here this fall/winter. He still had his ticket to NZ (non-refundable), so he opted to go down under for a couple of weeks to do his examiner training so he can at least stay current with his teaching credentials in that country. He will return June 2o and start his new position sometime in July. I am so stoked not to spend another season here by myself. Wyatt is great and all, but it still gets lonely.
And another brave new move, I am seeking alternative employment as well. I have been speaking with an old friend from my traveling days with Jeannine at Flair, Max. He has a boutique here and contacted me a while ago about working for him. We are still negotiating, but it looks promising. And if that doesn't work out, I have a couple of lines on other stores looking for help. I am so ready to work with women's clothes again. I just so not have the passion for men's clothing.
Jonathan and I, I believe I have mentioned before, have entered into the employee housing lottery here in Aspen. Hopefully this will mean we can own a place of our own soon. We are so cramped in our little run down basement apartment and it would be exciting to have our own property! I have never done that before. Cross your fingers for us. We know people that had to wait, no joke, 9 years to win the lottery. That is a little on the extreme side because single bedroom units are in high demand. We have a better chance looking at 2 plus bedrooms.
Off to do more homework! Happy happy joy joy!