We took Koda on his first walk through Old Town today. We stopped and grabbed coffee and breakfast sandwiches, and hung out on a bench outside the coffee shop. Here's a picture of Koda, who was sitting only moments before this shot. This was his second walk ever, so he's not quite got the concept down quite yet. Our walk included lots of sitting and carrying.


Next, Koda posed across the street from our favorite coffee shop, Starry Night.



Dogs + fire hydrants = some innate instinct?




We did manage to make it to New West Fest this weekend, which is a festival in Downtown Fort Collins celebrating the cities birthday complete with food and booths and music. I kind of wished I had a booth there, but in talking to someone did learn about a holiday festival at the arts center in town which is held in November, so I may apply to that event. I'm planning on sending in my application to do the Ballpark Market in Denver in September and October. If you recall, this was the outdoor antique flea market a few blocks away from the Colorado Rockies Stadium in downtown Denver. It went really well in June, so here's crossing my fingers that I get in and it goes well!

Still getting settled in to the new place. Today we spent way too much money at Target buying such treasures as storage bins, green & pink rugs, an ironing board and other unecessary necessities.

Koda got his shots yesterday, so we took him on his first official walk today. He did okay for a few blocks, then decided that he wanted to sit in the shade, so Brandon picked him up and carried him to the park. We met a few kids who loved him and acted like they wanted to play with us for hours, almost got run over by a deaf white Boxer dog with one blue eye and one brown eye, then walked/carried Koda home where he proceeded to lay in front of the big fan and immediately fall asleep.

Fancy that, waking up 3 hours earlier than normal on a Saturday morning. I have to admit that that seeing some cute fuzzy thing pouncing around the kitchen at 7 a.m. on a Saturday morning does help me rise and shine more quickly. That boundless puppy energy is inspiring! It's also tiring, as evidenced by the fact that I was nodding off at 10:30 p.m. last night.

What a crazy few weeks it's been. I spent a good 2-3 weekends preparing for my trunk shows, then had 2 trunk shows back to back one weekend, then spent the next weekend moving into a house. The following weekend was spent in New York City with my dear girlfriends and a dear mom, sister, husband and baby. Finally, we arrive at this weekend. No plans in sight, other than to spend just a little more time this morning lounging in my cowboy-print pajama pants. I may grab a coffee somewhere, and definitely hope to get back into creating.

I've finally found the time to upload some pictures of Koda, our new puppy! The first pic is him last Tuesday, and the second picture is of him 8 days later. He's sweet and defiant and loves sitting in front of our fan and pouncing on unsuspecting puppy toys. He is very good around Becki, in spite of her being gone for a bit this weekend, he's immediately calm in nature when she's around. We call her "Puppy Whisperer."

Koda Aug 2:

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I'm moving. Again! This time, I'm truly "movin' on up"-- into a roomy 4-bedroom house complete with yard and 2-car garage. It is indeed a rental, but you have no idea how lovely this sounds in comparison to the shoebox-sized studio apartment I currently call both my home and studio.

My new telephone is 970.282.0007. Or 282-zero-double-0-seven. My new address is 1212 Nez Perce Way, Fort Collins, 80526. My only regret is that we were unable to find a James Bond-related street address.

We won't have regular internet access from August 1 - 6, so I will be checking email only intermittently during this time.

XO,
Nicki