Day 21: Mon Sept 2nd - Family Run and Hike #2

 Day Twenty One September 2nd:
Another family run / hike.  Girls played in the river pond at the end of the trail with all the dogs.  Jax had a great time swimming, chasing sticks and stealing tennis balls.

Day 20: Sun Sept 1st - Family Run

Day Twenty September 1st: Family run.  Was fun, with the exception of zillions of little gnats that would NOT leave us alone.  Afterwards we played at the park and swings.  My girls here are having a conversation about something, but I cannot hear them.  I love the expressions though. 

Day 19: Sat Aug 31st - Unraging River

 

Day Nineteen August 31st:  Muggy Saturday morning. Took the day off work so I could have a 3 day  Labor Day weekend :)  Hoping for rain this weekend. We desperately need rain as you can tell by the photos of the river.  It's just a trickle right now.  Hopefully we get blasted this Autumn / Winter with rain and snow (at least up in the mountains) so that by next Spring this will be raging once again.

Day 18: Fri Aug 30th Running from the bar.

 Day Eighteen August 30th:  Was out late last night attending a small concert by Tom Russell with my sister-in-law and husband.  It was fun... nice to get out.. however... this is how I looked this morning forcing my eyes open after dragging my butt out of bed. Serves me right as I am usually in bed between 9-10 pm every night and don't go drinking in bars and watching folk shows in a brilliant used bookstore downtown.  However, it was a lot of fun.  Time to brew more coffee! 

Day 17: Thurs Aug 29th - Running on Pillows

Day Seventeen August 29th:  Wish there would have been more hours this morning. The day started so pretty and a bit cooler with a nice lofty breeze.  Was able to run a little longer today since I work later in the morning on Thursday's.  It was one of those mornings I wish I had no time commitments so I could just run till fell over with blissful exhaustion.  The clouds above spotted the morning sky with huge pillows of puffiness. lol 

Day 16: Wed Aug 28th - M.U.G.G.Y

Day Sixteen August 28th: Woof!  Taking a quick break.  Muggy morning. 

Day 15: Tues Aug 27th - Sunflowers

Day Fifteen August 27th:  This path leads to a pasture of horses. However, the dang farmer put up an additional barrier so we cannot get as close to them from the trail :(  I never feed the horses, but love to go up and take photos.  Guess I will have to do so from afar.
The wild sunflowers in this photo are beautiful and numerous. They are everywhere now.  Small trails, large trails, deer trails... lol

Day 14: Mon Aug 26th - Achilles and Yoga

 Day Fourteen August 26th:  One of my favorite places.  I can see Autumn slowly creeping the hillside of the Rocky Mountains.  We've had one of the hottest July and Augusts on record. I will not miss the 100+ degree temperatures!  Bring on the cool breezes, storms... but hoping for a long Fall before the snows. 
 
Feeling good so far day fourteen.  My Achilles tendon isn't loving me all the time, but ice helps... and of course ibuprofen. I really thought running every day the same routes (for the most part) would be physically harder without recovery, but I feel like my body is adjusting to it.  I started incorporating daily yoga for 20 minutes every night.  This helps my hip flexors a bunch, but also helps me shake off the stress from the work day.  
It's nice having the girls back in school (no more fighting). I love to hear how their day turned out once I pick them up from school or while I'm making dinner.  We've been going to the farmers market each Sunday and picking up fruits, vegetables, bread, garlic and the best damn green salsa ever! I have really enjoyed cooking with fresh local produce.  I wish I could get them to really enjoy more vegetables...they are missing out! So... I'm working on that ;)

Day 8: Tues Aug 20th Run and Sniff

Day Eight August 20th:  On the run recreational activity... stop, pee on a rock and then smell it.     * I do not know WHY this date went out of order... like I said.. new at blogging!  lol

Day 13: Sun Aug 25th Seeds are for the birds.

Day Thirteen August 25th:

Beautiful Sunday run with Izzy again.  She brought along her peanut seed covered pine cone to hang on a tree for the birds.  It was am ultra sunny muggy kind of day but so much fun!  At the bottom of the trail I took a photo of a sunflower head that was in the dirt.  Izzy made a frame around it to make it look special.