Green and Orange

My bike commute includes about a mile or so of greenway. On Tuesday mornings I leave at 5:30am in order to join a running group that meets near my office. It is barely light then so I use a handlebar mounted headlight.

And it is a good thing too as I was playing dodge the toad. I started counting them at first, but then lost track. There had to be 20 or more. Most didn't move as I went by, but one hopped across my path. I'm pretty sure I missed them all.

Twelve hours later I was biking home and saw not one, but two, black snakes on the path. One slithered off as I rode by, the other just stuck his tongue out at me. I'm thinking I won't see as many toads next Tuesday morning.

On the same greenway this morning I saw some new signs up that mentioned coyote sightings. The circle of life just keeps getting bigger.

While running on that greenway last week I saw three deer. And about a mile later I saw my dentist. That's all I have to say about that.

A code orange air level today. I don't really know what that means, but I'm drinking orange juice so maybe it'll come to me. The forecast high of 97 sounds a bit intense, but Wednesday is the one day of the week I run with my buddy after work. No wimps allowed. Nor shirts.

Happy National Running Day!