nature & books

unless you live by a mountain..mesa is pretty lame when it comes to finding beauty in nature. (besides the sunsets) so it has been awesome to see things that you just never do at home. last night it was thundering & lightning & they sky looked like this. this doesnt really do it justice, the sky looked amazing.

after all the rain this week we got all these freaking huge mushrooms.

remember when we first got here steven found a turtle right outside the apartment? well this morning when i was walking back from a jog at the park across the street..the same turtle (well he looks exactly the same & it was the same area) was right by the curb next to our car just staring at me. He was basically asking me to take him home. I dont want him to end up in the road again so later today we're gonna take him to the park across the street. he's so little & has the cutest face. Bastien is begging to keep him but i feel like a jerk keeping two turtles unless we made them a cool area to let them roam around outside. & since we only have a few weeks left here, that's probably not gonna happen.

this cute little creature was waiting for me at the bottom of the stairs after i ran back in the house to grab something...so i kept him.

these books saved me a few days last week when i felt like i was going to poke my eyes out with boredom. You know those books where you wish you could re-read them again for the first time? They were really easy reads & they were over too soon. I wanted more of these cute characters. Dont let the covers fool you that they are too girly or cheesy. I love it when the author is actually a funny witty person because it comes off in her characters.

read these..you'll like!