Photography | Open Space Practice, (AKA: A Thousand Shades of Gray)

As I mentioned, I spent yesterday at the annual retreat for the Colorado State University Administrative Professional Council (CSU APC, paid work duty). It was held at the Tamasag Conference Center, which is a really beautiful place. I took my camera because I write the APC newsletter and needed some pictures for the fall edition. I spent part of my time walking the grounds and taking pictures. There were hummingbirds, but they never stayed still long enough for me to capture an image. Here’s what I was able to get.

And these last ones are my absolute favorites, two of the Poudre River (which is still dark with ash and earth runoff from the fires this summer) and one a field with a view of the foothills.

*sigh*

I’m glad I had the chance to get out, because by the time I got back home, this is what the sky over my house looked like.

Time to make the donuts.

Even though my contract for my nine months of paid work with Colorado State University doesn’t officially begin until August 15th, summer vacation is over. I went in for a half a day last week, and yesterday for a meeting. Today is the Administrative Professional Council’s annual retreat, and yesterday I got word that the thing that typically starts my year, my first official project, is being sent to me on Monday (and it’s the kind of thing that needs done asap). I also need to put together my syllabus for my Writing for the Web class, and the week after next is our Graduate Teaching Assistantship training, various other meetings, and another training workshop I’m helping to facilitate, so time to make the donuts.

This is what my writing desk looks like this morning. It’s strange, this constant moving between my creative self-directed work and my paid work. I have to admit, I would have loved to stay in summer a little bit longer, and I should warn anyone I encounter at work in the next few weeks: I still have summer brain.