Sunday Hike and Run

Met up with Amy at 7:00 am for an early morning run through the misty fields at Pineland. The woods were very peaceful at that hour underneath the overcast sky. We got in a mellow 6 miles, talking the whole way, including to the cows at the edge of the pasture ;), and then spent another hour chatting over coffee in the Market before heading back home to our respective days. A nice start to a Sunday morning!

I came home to find pancakes cooking on the stove - yum, what a treat! We noticed the sky beginning to clear a little bit later and hastened to get dressed and out the door for a short hike. For something different, we headed around the Heath, enjoying the bog bridges, listening to the leaves crinkle underfoot, and of course, stopping to pick up nature treasures along the way - moss, leaves, little piece of wood, mica, pinecones, acorns, and two feathers - one hawk and one unknown - black on the top and yellow underneath, but too big, I think, to be my first guess, which was goldfinch. We took a snack break at the bench overlooking the Heath - the water dark and still, topped farther out with a blanket of cotton sedge - another incredibly peaceful and beautiful spot. Always nice to get out in the woods with Sam and Ryan, and the trails in the Cathance never disappoint.