sky dimension

sky dimension, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

5:30 am, I meet up with my friend PrincessFeet and then spent most of the next six hours with her on this pedestrian bridge cheering on ultramarathoners (50k, 50miles, 100k) as they run almost right up to us and then turn around to go and do another part of a 10k loop.

It was a stunningly beautiful morning.

know when to fold 'em

know when to fold 'em, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

After swimming when the youngest just does not want to cooperate any further - you take what you can get and count the underwear and shoes as a victory!

damsel fly

damsel fly, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

My friend Trailwoman took my daughters and I on a walk in the woods today.

She knows a lot about many things like electric blue damsel flies and ducks and song birds, beaver dams, creeks and chokecherries and wild strawberries, pansies, roses and bluebells.

It was one of those experiences that leave you happy, even if you didn't have a camera...so just imagine how pleased I am, because I did!

monkey on her back

monkey on her back, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

Wednesdays mornings,
friends, the river and I all run together through the valley.
Laugh, push, rest, walk, trot and stop to smell roses.

We pass yards and houses and people with dogs and people without homes and other people who like us, are running.

Today there was this child, a tiny one, tucking themselves into the corner by a front door and we slowed, mothers all, to check with wary eye if they were as alone as they seemed.

We waited long enough to snap this picture.

No, the inside door was open and there was someone just there.

We could run on, and we did.

not my garden

not my garden, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

Overcast and sometimes chilly and the possibility of rain, heck, even a warning to watch out for tornado activity!

Doesn't sound like the most tempting evening to go out for a long bike ride, does it?
Even with great people and the promise of food and drink thrown in.

We did anyway and found this little jewel box of a flower garden seeming to almost glow with an inner light.

down here

down here, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

Ducklings, geese, ravens and Pileated Woodpeckers - oh my!

It was a fowl weather kind of day at the park today.

(Please accept my sincerest apologies for that pun, yes it was dreadful but I have no willpower, I am weak and frankly it is also pretty darn cold here still.)

Big, gaudy and attention grabbing - that bright red mohawk is hard to ignore.

Still if it weren't for the sharp eyes of my kids I might have passed right by this guy.

They often see what I don't, but I am often smart enough to point my camera at what they are looking at - so it all works out.

I don't think the remote is...(click!)

I don't think the remote is...(click!), originally uploaded by gawdessness.

As this shot so clearly illustrates, I spent some time learning how to use a wireless remote for my camera.

My plan was to try and take pictures of myself airborne, jumping from a swing, except I changed my mind while doing the actual swinging because, well, it seemed too high up and I chickened out.

(My two youngest kids who were with me hooted at my cowardice and continued to fling themselves icarus like at the storm clouds above.)

I'm wearing not one sweater (the rainbow wool hoodie was a gift from my oldest kids and my husband) but two, another wool cardigan was underneath. It was that chilly.

Although I did get warm by repeatedly jumping up and down as I tried to catch a picture of at least my feet seeming to be frozen in mid air - much to the entertainment and bemusement of passersby.

Desperate to see my blurry, blue painted toes?
(Of course you are!)
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