I saved my run today until 7:30 p.m. I wanted more than 24 hours between my long run yesterday, and today. It was basically a recovery run. If I wasn't so tired, I would love to run in the afternoons. The light is so special this time of day; golden, mellowed. Then half way through my run grey clouds came quickly, dark and low. The wind picked up in the tops of the trees. I got a few drops of rain. I turned back to look over the alfalfa fields, and the grey clouds had white veils falling from them, then fingers of lightening reached out of the clouds down to the lake. The setting sun, just peeking out of a few grey clouds as it approached the Ochre Mountains. The small black birds scattered and diving above the fields in the wind. Summer rain is so sultry. I am sometimes overcome by how beautiful the outside world can be. | 