Looking Back: June

June is a transitional month, 1 of warm days in addition to long nights. It is a calendar month where your five am run is barely fifty-fifty inwards the dark. It is a calendar month of planning days in addition to weekends in addition to weeks inwards the future.

Running: Although this was non my highest mileage week, it was a monumental one, inwards which I finished a 100 mile race close Bryce Canyon inwards Utah! In the past times several months, I was starting to larn a flake worried that I wouldn't endure able to produce it. However, inwards the weeks before, in addition to definitely in 1 trial I started the race, I knew I was going to run across that complete trouble past times claw or past times crook. I ended upward the calendar month amongst 196 miles, 100 of them due to the race, in addition to I climbed well-nigh 30,000 feet.

Reading: Due to a flake of move besides every bit an growth of good mass time, I ended upward reading 8 books inwards June. Many of them were but so-so, but at that spot were a few standouts, such every bit Small Great Things, which is well-nigh racial issues, in addition to To the Bright Edge of the World, a floor well-nigh Alaskan exploration.

The Bones of Paris ***
The Aviators Wife ***
Small Great Things ****
Is Everyone Hanging out Without Me? ***
To The Bright Edge of the World ****
American Sniper ***
Minding Frankie ***
Evicted ***

Travel: I experience similar I was barely abode inwards June, every bit I spent ii weekends inwards Santa Cruz in addition to 1 inwards Bryce Canyon. The Santa Cruz trips were amount of visiting in addition to walking in addition to seaside views, piece the Bryce trip was hot in addition to sweaty in addition to beautiful inwards an exclusively dissimilar way. I volition allow a few photos produce the talking for this.

Holy hot, batman! Bryce, UT (photo credit: E.V.)

Willis Creek, UT (photo credit: C.A.)

  

Fall Creek, Felton, CA

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

Etc.: What else is happening? Not much! The garden is growing, but the yard is non mowing itself unfortunately, in addition to then most of my spare fourth dimension has been spent but barely keeping things from looking similar a hillbilly lives at my house!

Purposeful cucumbers in addition to volunteer tomatoes -- mid June

Plums! Mid June

Tomato Jungle in addition to volunteer squelch -- Mid June

Corn, I hope. Beginning of June

Radish! Get out the salt!

Tomato Ladder, induce of June

What did yous produce inwards June? What was your favorite book? Have yous done anything novel or exciting lately?