It’s still pretty toasty here; high temps have been in the 90s these last few days and that trend is predicted to last a couple more, but Fall clearly is not too far away.

Even with the heat, the mornings have been cool enough that I have wanted a fleece, although I haven’t given up the shorts yet. Just this week I have been able to get back to my morning two mile walk; because of the retina detachment issues, the doctor had cautioned me to reduce my activity levels, limiting my walks to a mile or so these last couple of weeks. It has been good to get back to my normal routine.

Many might say that my walks are boring and repetitive; basically traversing the same path which takes me from our apartment building across Speer Avenue and onto the Auraria University Campus. Auraria houses three distinct and separate schools–Denver Community College, Metropolitan State University, and the University of Colorado at Denver. Located on a common campus, they share the Library and Student Union as well as a number of other facilities on the joint campus.

All that aside, it provides a great two mile circuit for my daily walks. Many days, especially during the summer, I am often the only soul ambling on its paths and walkways. Each morning, I stop by our Community Garden Plot to water and harvest; daily watering is essential in our near desert climate. The yield this year has not been spectacular; I blame the depleted soil in my plot but then there is also the vagaries of the climate and the lack of pollinators. Often when something does produce, the rabbits or the squirrels beat me to the fruit or vegetables. As SNL’s Rosanna Danna (Gilda Rather) used to say, “there’s always something.”

Even though I follow the same path, the scene does vary with the time of year. Often times, I am too caught up in my audiobook to notice too much of what’s going on about me, but yesterday with the changing season, I was more conscious of my surroundings and took a few pictures of a number of sights that caught my eye. We continue to enjoy living in our adopted city, Denver.