Hello Fall

There is a definite chill to the air when each morning, and fall has swiftly arrived here in Colorado. We have had an incredibly busy few weeks so I wanted to pop them on here for your perusal!

The Patio has continued to demand a big chunk of our time, it is done now (phew) and I will post photos etc tomorrow.

In other news I have started as a working student at least one day a week with my fantastic dressage instructor. She trains out of two gorgeous barns so we will flit between the two.  The main barn purely dressage and have boarding horses and Sales Horses. There are some brilliant Amateur and Professional Riders here and horses that are upto GP level. Some of the sales (and boarders) horses are imported from Europe so its always interesting to watch them progress. The second barn is a gorgeous Hunter Jumper Facility and again, has some incredibly talented and gorgeous horses and riders.  Both barns are very friendly and run professionally and by some great people. The job is mostly, grooming, tacking, untacking and sometimes warming up/ cooling down the safer horses too. I learn a huge amount from my trainer and love working around these amazing horses. Im never going to be able to afford horses like these myself so its a great way of getting a fix!

Nic has also got a new car, much to my initial disagreement. We knew he would need one at some point but he kinda snuck this past me sooner rather than later. It is however gorgeous and Nic loves it.  We went to a few dealerships looking at options and the Corvette was the best deal and by far the nicest in our price range. He has, much to his discomfort, allowed me to drive it once. It is stupidly fast but easy to drive. It was odd driving a manual car in the US though, I kept looking for the gear shift on the wrong side!

We have had a visitor from the UK for the weekend and through this week (a work friend of Nics) and have done some incredible fall drives and hikes. This really is the most stunning time of year in Colorado and is cool enough to be able to take the dogs with us to most places. We hit Garden of the Gods and Guanella Pass over the weekend and got some amazing photos and had an absolute ball.

We have a few weeks that are pretty full of work/ school stuff etc so don't expect any exciting updates. Anyway, all is well with us and the woofs, off to volunteer at Ethans school in a mo!

Garden of the Gods

Hiking path Garden of the Gods

Love!

Guanella Pass

Guanella Pass/ Geneva Pass Rd