Looking Back: August

August was a adept month! As usual, it was filled amongst lots of outdoor activities, identify unit of measurement as well as friends! I dearest summer!

Running: In August I clocked 197 miles. About 122 of those were inward the Wind River Range, as well as only about other 31.5 of them were from the Tamalpa Headlands 50k. Other than that, I genuinely had a duad of "easy" weeks! I genuinely biked virtually 41.6 miles though, which brings me to a total of virtually 141 miles, which is 78% of my 180 mile finish for this year! This calendar month I form of barbarous brusk on the yoga front, as well as I solely did 2 sessions.

Reading: I idea I would read a lot on the hiking trip, but unremarkably nosotros were as well as then tired that nosotros went correct to bed (sometimes every bit early on every bit vii pm). So, that addition the driving took out virtually 10 days of reading. However, thank yous to well books, I did "read" v books inward August (sorted past times preference / well books inward italics).

Her Every Fear ****
Think Like a Freak ****
Dreamland Burning ****
The Light of Paris ***
The Body of Death ***

Travel: I was non genuinely domicile for fifty-fifty 1 weekend inward August! The commencement ii were spent inward Wyoming; the 3rd close San Jose as well as the terminal inward Marin County at my grandma's 85th birthday! It was a busy calendar month of events as well as travel.

Haystack Mountain, Wind River Range, WY

Wind River: Looking northeast from Chimney Rock @ 12,000 ft

The Eclipse. I didn't await at it, I swear!

SF Giants game amongst Dad

SF Giants game amongst Dad

Etc.: The garden is inward total swing. I select tomatoes coming out of my ears! Speaking of ears, the corn has ears straightaway too! I am non certain when they volition go railroad train to pick, but it's as well as then exciting to select a novel vegetable inward the backyard. Also ripening are the figs, cucumbers as well as zucchini. Still pending potatoes (maybe) as well as hot peppers. Interestingly, this twelvemonth I had a lot of volunteer crush as well as tomatoes (aka, they replanted themselves from seeds from terminal year) as well as they are genuinely bearing fruits! I select canned regular tomatoes as well as Lycopersicon esculentum salsa as well as volition belike create only about other batch of canning adjacent month, probable Lycopersicon esculentum sauce and/or to a greater extent than evidently tomatoes.

I mean value this qualifies every bit a plethora.

Snack Time! 

How was your August? What is your favorite in-season fruit or vegetable?