Day 16 - Sunshine is (in) Golden

Another beautiful day of drying out in the Front Range! I decided to jaunt up to Golden, home of the Coors factory, Colorado School of Mines, and lots of great art galleries, ice cream shops, cute stores, and a nice walk along Clear Creek. The creek was lower than last week but noticeably high, some of the paths were still blocked off and covered in mud and sediment. Still, the sun was shining, people were feeling cheerful, and I had a nice day of wandering and taking pictures of the many (many!) statues around town before retreating to the library to write my blog entry about yesterday. And then I came home and T and I made dinner! Good day all around, now early to bed.

The day in photos:

 Mural tucked between two buildings, with shoes found in the creek

 Last week T had a photo of those fish half submerged. The sidewalks are still blocked off and muddy, but it's so much better than it was

 Gnome the intrepid solider

 Gnome getting to chat with the giant butterfly

 Gnome napping with a very fluffy bear

 I'm thinking of doing a photo series of weird signs that make me giggle

 Extra! Extra!

 Let's go!

 At first I thought this was just a ladder set up outside, and then I looked closer and saw this

 I remember reading an article about why iPhones can capture this level of detail in movements, but I can't find it immediately, so please just join me in the moment of "wow, my camera phone can see that without it being a big blur!" Is it a moth? A very tiny humming bird? Not sure, but it was fun to watch :)

 The wings are curving!

 The quintessential Golden photo

A delicious dinner of spaghetti squash with homemade chunky tomato and vegetable sauce (thank you Peace Corps for perfecting that particular sauce recipe), grilled vegetables, grilled lavender-seasoned chicken, and fried green tomatoes. Yum!