Saturday, July 11, 2015

Keeping Cool

I went for a run up the Sligo Creek trail this afternoon.  It was pleasant in the shade, and hot in the mid-afternoon sun.   Quite a few people were out on the trail, enjoying a nice, temperate mid-July day.  After the warmest May on record, and June in the top 5, we've seen some welcome, cooler weather in July.

I stopped running as I came out of the park and walked up the street toward the house.  I paused to stretch in the cool shade of a tree, enhanced by a breeze blowing on my sweat-beaded skin.

A catbird swooped in from across the street, landing in a low branch of the tree, then hopping to another.  Agile in flight, it moved from one perch to another with just a few flaps of wings and a glide, maneuvering deftly with tail and cupped wings.


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