It's the little (odd) things

I am constantly amazed by the things I see in the mornings when I get up to run that I would not ever see otherwise...

This morning, there was mist covering the river and fog everywhere as the sun came up. You couldn't even see the other side of the river! It faded within 15 minutes or so but for the first bit of my run it was foggy from about 2 feet above the ground to about 30 feet in the air. The sunrise was this odd glowey orb in the mist. Down by the river as I ran by there was a beaver - over 3 feet long - looking for fish at the edge of the river. Neato. I've never seen one out in the open like that...usually they're jsut swimming by in the water in teh evenings.

On other days I've seen things like:
-A yard with 50 pink flamingos on the front lawn to celebrate someone's birthday
-The yellow and black checkerboard diamond "road end" sign from the end of a road sitting upright in the middle of the river (??). It is still there, but it's starting to tip over.
-I've heard actors practicing in the big tent by the river for the Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan festival
-I've seen a short little old Austrian man running with his puffy manicured poodle (hee hee)
-I've read love poems and bad puns in chalk on the sidewalk
-I've seen a banner saying "Marry Me Melanie" hanging on the train bridge
-I've run by Canadian Geese sleeping on the river, floating downstream on a river of reflected starry sky - space geese!

So many little things I'd have missed if I was asleep in bed. Gives me reason to keep at it.

This morning was a bit hard - I had to fight off a side stitch, but I did my usual 2 minutes walk 5 minutes run 6 times and had a good breakfast and stretch with situps before riding the bike to work. I'm tired, but happy. Have a good day all...