Ga Heart, Colorado Soul

Musings and pictures from a Southern teacher living the good life out West. Loving hiking, homeless advocacy, art, music, travel, my rescue bulldog, and kid philosophy.

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Back in May, when I was running the #colfaxmarathon 10 Miler, I passed this fence mural on West Colfax. It was a great message for running, and it's at the Girls Inc building. (Which is a great organization internationally, but particularly in this community.) I get to spend the next several Sundays here in rehearsal for the Vagina Monologues, with a cast of 20 phenomenal Denver Women. #vday2016 #vaginamonologues #girlsinc #snowycolorado #streetart (at Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver)

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I'd like to take a moment to thank the relaxing smooth jazz of the Vince Guaraldi trio for lulling this precocious pre-schooler into a car nap. #asksSoManyQuestions #musicistheanswer #jazz #charliebrownchristmas #nannyland

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Me: Be careful if the water has steam, it is too hot to touch. 4 yo: But if it's too cold, I'll get FREEZY HANDS! #choretime #4yearsold #nannyland #tactilelearning #ididnttellhimtodothat

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Today in #nannyland, math lessons. We have counted, sorted, compared colors, and made pattern trains. #Halloween candy lessons, FTW! #math #ece #4yearsold PS, what's up with these full-sized candies?? In my day, we only got fun-size. #candycandycandy

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Ah, Monday. Studying my chorus music and soaking some sun while the kiddo rolls his skateboard around and searches for bugs to rescue. #parklife #nannyland #dwc #denverwomenschorus #skatepark #notjustforstoners (at Louisville Skate Park)

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Our chorus does snacks during break. Oh yeah, A for Adrienne cupcake. #Dwc #denverwomenschorus #rmaa #mozart #idkIfItWasReallyForMyNameButItTastedGreat (at Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church)

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For #worldmentalhealthday, I encourage you to seek your joy, whatever it may be. Go take a break in nature, see some water, read a book, exercise in nature, hang with a pet, cook something up, check out a museum... Something to give you reason to know that there is life past the hard moments. Be strong. #colorado #hope #strength #peteybella #itgetsbetter (at Rocky Mountain National Park)

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Rocket ship park in the shadow of the Rockies...how fun and how inspiring, Space program, here we come! #nannyland #rocketship #parklife #boulder #colorado (at Scott Carpenter Park)

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Blue skies, aspen trees, and antique farm gear. Pretty day at #denverbotanicgardens offshoot farm in Chatfield. #weekendtrek #staycation #blueskiesfordays #puffylittleclouds #happylittletrees #farmgear #chatfield #denverbotanicgardenschatfield #dbgc #weathervaneorwindmill #idk (at Denver Botanical Gardens - Chatfield)

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New game at the #butterflypavilion, complete with 1990's slang. #booyah #inyourface #createabug #westminster #colorado (at Butterfly Pavilion)

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First NFL game... Broncos vs. SF. Sky-divers, pyrotechnics, a stallion, cheerleaders, a marching band, 7 color guards...these games pull out all the stops, even for pre-season, pre-game! #denver #gobroncos #milehigh #football #unitedinorange #cutefiance #greatseats #idontsports #stillfun (at Sports Authority Field at Mile High)

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Game night fruit salad... How delicious does this look? Chris did the prep work and I made a fresh mint-blood-orange Olive oil dressing. Yay fancy olive oils and vinegars! #yum #fruit #fancyfeast

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Last day of summer as school starts tomorrow. I had requests for reading in the park and a bike ride. I thought the dog could use a change of scenery too. #summerReadingFinallyDone #justInTime #nannyland (at Louisville Community Park)

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Poor me, 9-toed pedicure. Stupid runner's toe-- thanks combination of Peachtree Road Race and Colfax Marathon! (I'm kidding; I'm so lucky to get to run in fun races and I'm glad I only sacrificed one nail to the cause!) #runnerproblems #pool #mermaidsCantGetPedicures (at Memory Square Park)

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Layers of paint, year after year. Some rides, games, and fences get spruced up, others more abandoned. Who decides, I wonder. #lakeside #amusementpark #historical #denver #colorado #fence #post #postholersmakeholes (at Lakeside Amusement Park)

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We enjoyed the Washing Well Wenches, Endangered Cats, Royal Parade, and Acrobatrix shows a lot! I'm always impressed at artists/performers following their dreams and living a boho life. Rock on! #Acrobatrix #coloradorenaissancefestival #colorado #summer #gymnasts #hothothot (at Colorado Renaissance Festival)

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Someone has been mom-mom for 5 whole years today! I miss you guys soooo much! Happy birthday to @acbrandt418's little one from me and my 4-legged kid! #peteybella #hbd5