Eeeeeeeeeee!

Oh Baby,

You are coming home to me. I can hardly believe it. I cannot wait to see you. ♡☺♡

My day was made brighter knowing that it was the day before you return to me. I spent the day at the house working on miscellaneous things. Zach came by again so he could grab his painting again. I guess the images he took did not turn out well, so he needed to re shoot it. We went to grab a bite to eat. Zach ate and I got a coke. We talked about this and that and I had a good time. He dropped me off and I took a joy ride on Louise. It was the first time I had rode her since you left and she ran like a champ.

After my joy ride, I took the dogs to Wash Park. We strolled around the edge of the park on the dirt track. There were a lot of people enjoying the end of the day. The dogs dipped their toes and drank out of the stream. There were a lot of baby ducks. At one point we were taking pictures at the edge of the pond on the south end, and some baby ducks were swimming in front of us. One of them didn't realize were so close. When it heard me talking to the dogs it zipped out toward its mother. It was so cute :D We finished our walk and came home.

I am soo happy you are coming home. There were times when it was unbearable to have you so far away from me. I felt like you were on the lightyears away. Going to bed was always the hardest part of the day. Lying in bed without you reminded me of all the previous nights we spent together. Not having you next to me, made me feel like I was sleeping on the moon while you slept on the Earth. Tonight will be my last night sleeping alone before return. 

Have safe travels my love. This time tomorrow you will be in my arms. I can hardly wait.

I love you my wife.

Your husband.

Last day of park work out team?

We will see the next sunset together ♡

Theme music for a dog dance party.

Auspice

Hey Baby,

Short note tonight. I am go to bed early because I have felt nauseous all day.

Thanks for all the interesting stuff to read today. I liked reading about the Auspice. I could see how someone could read into the flight of a bird, especially a bird of prey. I wish to see starlings before I die.

Hope you had a good night. Goodnight baby.

I love you my wife.

Your husband.

Ocean took my baby.

Hey Baby,

Another day done. You are eight hours closer to our return than I am. That is a strange thought.

:( 

I dunno. I am feeling low tonight. I don't how much I feel like writing. I will try anyway.

I slept in this morning after being up so late last night. I went out to the track at two. My mom had three horses in. She ran two third places and one second. This weekend she ran two thirds, two seconds and one win. That's pretty good. She was disappointed today. She thought she could win a couple of the races today. Horse racing is cruel that way. My mom is doing well it seems. 32 horses is a lot of responsibility, but I have always known she is capable of such a task. It is hard for me to be unbiased, but I have always thought of her as the best trainer. I can say without fear of impartial judgement that she really cares for all of her horses. After the races we sat at the barn for a while waiting for Perry. In that time I acquainted myself with my mom's cats. Emmy and Fat Cat. They are good cats. Fat Cat is a cool dude and Emmy is real sweet. I also played with the horses a bit. Horses are so smart. Their eyes are so telling of their character. When Perry showed up we went and ate dinner again.

I don't have to tell you it was another corporate restaurant. I am thankful for the meals, regardless. I had a veggie burger. My mom had a chicken pot pie and Perry had prime rib that looked raw. After dinner I dropped them off and came home. I fed the dogs and uploaded the pictures I had taken. When they finished we went for a walk. The sky would light the path with lightening. There was only the flash of light without thunder. The storm looked like it was over Aurora. After wandering around we came home.

:)

I love you my wife.

Your husband.

Classy Dude

Fat Cat

Twenty one thousand words.

Hey baby,

So again I am ending my day and you are beginning yours. 

I hope the end of your day went well yesterday. The rest of my day rambled nicely.

I spent my afternoon and evening away from the house. I went to Whole Foods to replenish the dog's dry food and had lunch. I came home and dropped off the perishables before I had the tires replaced. While I waited for the car, I wandered around the area with the camera. That part of Lakewood is strange. It is void of aesthetic care. I felt like I was walking around the cheapest ignored spaces. I stepped into Disguises, the costume store, and tooled around. There was a lot of funny things in there. It was the first time I had gone in. After I left the store, I aimlessly looked for something to show you. I walked into the residential area past the strip mall. I came upon some low rent apartments. The complex had a small pool and a playground. I walked onto the playground and sat on the swing for a minute. Then I crossed the basketball court to a tether ball. I decided I wanted to take sequential images of it. I tried to do it myself, but it proved to be too difficult. As a result, I went searching for some help. I ran into a young boy that went by the name of Ashton. He introduced himself to me then shook my hand. He told me about his bike and how he could do flips off of jumps. I had him throw the tether ball, while I captured its motion. After I had taken the pictures I left him try a few. He said he never taken a picture before. When I was leaving he asked me what my house looked like. I told him it is a white house, and he told me he had seen it. At this point 45 minutes had past and I went to pick up the car.

After picking up the car, I headed out to see my mom. I got to her barn around 5 and she was feeding the horses. Perry was there. I took more pictures while I waited for them to finish up. The sawdust piles on the track are like Karla Black pieces. Today while I was taking pictures of the sawdust I remembered I used to dig tunnels into the sawdust with my hands. The deeper you dug into the pile, the hotter it got. I remember I used to get my whole arm into the side of those sawdust piles. After they finished up we had dinner at P.F. Changs. Like I mentioned before, nothing but corporate restaurants out there. We had a pleasant enough dinner. After dinner I dropped them off at the track and came home. 

I watched some more WWII documentaries. So unreal. Times and attitudes are so different.  I can't imagine a conflict so massive. That just about brings us up to speed. I miss you sooooo much baby. We are getting so close, and another day is down for me. I felt real low on my way back from the track. While I was driving I really felt your absence. I feel like half of me is missing and I cannot wait to be whole again. No matter what I do I always feel your absence.

I love you my wife.

Your husband.

 

I really liked the How to Dress Well song.

Hey Baby,

The day is ending so I am writing you. 

I hope you had a pleasant end to your day, my love. I hope your new class is more interesting than the last. I am excited to hear about it. I am excited by every thought I have of you. Was dinner bland again? Do they use salt? Are you getting more busy as your time there starts to wind down? I miss you. I wish I was there with you. Being eight hours delayed from your experience makes me feel like I am being stretched across the planet. Soon enough I will be relieved of this uncomfortable posture, my love!

My day wasn't very eventful. I was at the house for most of the day. I worked on reorganizing my website, and caught up on some rest. I feel better about my website, but I still feel like it could use some finesse. The images look better and I can put more information about the work. I need an artist statement still and I have been thinking about it lately. I am still feel like I am floating on the edge of concepts that could describe my practice. I wish you were here to help me refine my thoughts. 

I went down to the tire shop around 4:00. I dropped the car off and decided to kick around the 16th st mall. I hadn't eaten yet, so I sat out for some lunch. There is nothing decent to eat on that mall. I ended up at a little Japanese "fast food" place. It wasn't very good. I imagine it losing to your dinners in a food contest. After that I continued to walk around the mall. I tried to take some pictures, but the mall isn't the most photogenic place. My suspicion that everyone is a photographer was reaffirmed while I strolled down the mall. Seeing all those dad's with cameras turned me off of taking pictures. I got the hunger for some ice cream, so I stopped and enjoyed a chocolate shake at a diner. It was delicious and I was really enjoying myself until the tire people called. They said there were two nails in the back tires :( Gotta get a whole new set. I will do it tomorrow. It is good and bad. Bad because I will be broke, but good because the car will have brand new tires :)

I came home feeling unlucky. I walked the dogs shortly after I got home. Today we went south. Instead of going the usual way we went the opposite and walked along the creek. It was nice, we got to go out a little earlier than usual because the sky was over cast. We almost walked to Alameda. It is quite cute a little further down from where we usually stop. We made our way back and I made dinner for the three of us. The dogs had their usually and I had pancakes. I worked a little more on my website and made a little video. Like I said, it was a pretty uneventful day. 

Our walk.

I look forward to tomorrow. I want to get some images from the track and hang out with my mom.

The days are winding down. After having spent almost three weeks with out you, I feel like you will be home soon! I am so excited. I told you before that I might explode when I see you and I feel that more so now. Being connected with you has made the second part of your trip more bearable, but it is forever a distant second to being in your presence. I wish we could of had our last conversation physically. I look forward to seeing you tomorrow. I hope you have an excellent day and learn lots.

I love you my wife.

Your husband.

p.s. sorry for lack of pictures, I was kind of underwhelmed by what I saw today. More tomorrow!  

Ilovvveeyoou

Spanish boots of Spanish leather.

Hey baby,

It feels like I spoke with you so long ago. By now you may be waking up and getting ready for your day. As for myself, I am winding down for bed, but I may take a bath first.

The last time we chatted I was in the middle of my day. I spent most of my time helping Laleh. Around 2, Sterling showed up to speak with Petra. We all had lunch after their meeting. We ate our lunch by the creek and watched a guy throw a stick in the river for his dog to fetch. I was a little alarmed because the creek is moving swiftly because of all the mountain runoff. A couple days before I read that floating the creek would not be allowed because the current was moving too quick. The whole time I watched I was dumbfounded that the guy was not aware of how fast the water was moving. The dog barked and fetched a large branch out of the creek, while I ate my sandwich. After I finished, we got up to leave and the dog was swept down the creek. His head was barely above the water and he looked afraid. The guy nervously ran down the edge of the creek looking for a place to snatch his dog out of the water. After the dog floated past where we were standing, he was pushed to the edge and his owner grabbed him. Happy ending :) The dog was having so much fun. He was fun to watch. Who doesn't want to play inthe water on a 90 degree day. I had a late lunch so Sterling hung out around Boulder and caught a ride back to Denver with me. We talked about New York. I dropped him off on south Broadway.

On my way home, I decided to call Josh because I hadn't talk to him in a while. We had dinner at the Water Course and caught up a bit. After dinner I saw his apartment. I came home after that.

When I got home, I feed the dogs. I turned on the water in the yard and waited for the dogs to finish their meal. After they ate we went for a walk. As we stepped out the wind was blowing pretty hard. The cottonwood trees on 5th st had lost some limbs. The sky was blustery and the clouds were being pushed across the sky. The park was pretty vacant. There were no swallows to see. Instead, I saw two guys in all white flying a white kite. The house on the corner was tagged in the alley. When I got home I uploaded my images and started writing you. That's the day.

I am off to read your <3 letter then turn in and dream of being next to you.  One more day down. I love you my wife.

Your husband.

Blowing wind.

Moo on the flop.

It is not aliens.

It's so artistic ;)

Road closed to lounge steaks.

Uola Littles

Funf Walter

Clarke Michelle

The moon tonight.

Really beautiful.

Please, please, please

You are back, kind of :)

It was good to see you my love. I feel asleep with you :) It was so comforting to open my eyes and see you. I cannot wait until you are next me.

I had a weird day. I started the day feeling like the air was thick and I had weights on my shoulders. Driving is really starting to get to me. I cannot wait until I am on that bus ;) I really wish I could walk to work. Walk to the studio everyday :D I got to the museum a little before Gustavo, so I checked to see if there was any message from you. I know that there wasn't going to be any email from you, but I still wanted to check just in case. When Gustavo got there we put the finishing touches on the track, cleaned it ,and prepared it for a preview tomorrow. Gustavo left around noon to go to Denver to see the museums and stuff, and I spent the rest of the day clearing out all of the installation stuff. I had to carry a bunch of rubber mats into the basement. While I was rolling the mats up, I thought they looked funny and took some pictures. I finished at 4:30 and clocked out. I didnt't want to wait in traffic so I wandered around Boulder and got a burrito for dinner. On my way to dinner I saw a man in a mirror suit. It was pretty cool for the first few moments I saw it. My imagination went wild. "Inter-dimensional being, " I thought and geeked out. As I watched more, it lost its grandeur and turned back into a street performer. Still pretty neat though. After taking a couple of pictures I walked into a toy store and thought about buying a horse mask, but I decided against. I came home at 6, but still hit traffic.

I got home at 7 and started to upload the images I took today. At 8, the dogs and I went for a walk.  As we past the historical marker, I notice someone wrote "AK-47" on the top of it. Woof. When we got to the hill the dogs flopped about on their backs. We walked to the soccer field and sat on the grass for a bit. I wanted to see the swallows again. They were there, but not as active across the field because a father and his son were playing baseball. I saw a couple make short runs then zip back up into the sky. I like following individual birds with my eyes. I think it is a good exercise and watching how they fly is astounding. I see birds above the highway and I am envious of how they transport themselves. While we were there, a g pulled up on the street and looked menacing so we left.

I worked on rearranging my website a bit. You should look at it and tell me if you think it is a good idea. Goblins I know it needs work, but I think it is a good direction to go. I have been watching WWII documentaries. It is unreal to think of such a time. I do like that their letters provide a narrative. It is like I am providing a narrative for you :)

Anyway, after that that I saw you :D You are so beautiful. When your computer died I finished my dinner and started writing. How funny you should show up when I am getting my mochi. Yum Yum! Let's get some when you get back.

I wish you were here. I was very sad this morning without you. Some days are rougher than others, nights are always the worst. You add so much warmth to our home. I will keep dreaming of you until you come home.

I love you my wife.

Your husband.

   

This kid was jumping off of everything.

Mirror man.

We can get sunglasses on our way to the Mecca Tavern.