An Ordinary Run

Native Dandelion

 
I went for a run this morning on my favorite road, FS700.  It's close to home, and has a never ending variety of the natural world to look at.  I've decided to start carrying my phone with me on runs.   I've never had any sort of incident in all my decades of running, but FS700 has been experiencing more popularity with campers and such, and it seems it's time to have more resources available in the event of some necessity. 

We've had a week or so of cool, cloudy, rainy days.  This morning it was gloriously sunny and warm.  As I ran, I began to pay attention to the variety of wildflowers that had opened up for their morning ablutions.  While it was not my intention to use my phone for pictures, that handy built-in camera makes it more than easy to share the wealth of an ordinary run.

Evening Primrose

  

Purple Lupine

  

New Mexico Groundsel

Tiny Yellow Flower

 

Tiny Pink Flower

False Lupine, solo

False Lupine, en masse

Rocky Mountain Iris, in bud

Common Dandelion

Verbena

At my turn-around point, I directed my attention from ground to sky level.

Cumulus Clouds

Cumulus Clouds

The San Francisco Peaks

On second thought, maybe it's not so ordinary after all!