I rose early today, not from restlessness as I had a week before, but to the sound of the infernal alarm clock reminding me that I actually desired to be woken so that I might go for a 10Km run. It wouldn’t have been so bad I suppose if I hadn’t been having an interesting dream. So 15 minutes later I rise, dress in my kit, and take Baka out for his morning walk.

It was an interesting morning. It showed such promise of being an overcast day, with a light fragrant breeze of jasmine. It was silent except for the chorus of birds and the faint rustling of leaves. No one around to disturb the dawn, but for the solitary toll of a nearby chapel bell.

Today’s run was slow, even laborious since I neglected to stretch properly before starting out. My knee reminding me of that fact (and that it might be time for new running shoes). Still I pressed on listening to Delain’s album Lucidity on my phone (no I do not want an iPod).

Along the way I could see the clouds out over the Mediterranean sea, between Cap d’Antibes and Cannes, and how the sun was trying to break through. Observing the struggle of the light, I composed a haiku on the fly as it were.

Alas the sun appears to have driven off the clouds for now. Looking forward at Meteo France for the Alpes-Maritimes though shows promise of being partially cloudy, maybe even rain (muhahaha), this V-E Day long weekend.