Defiant lupine

[jhetley]

Purple lupine spike on the side of a road cut, refuses to kowtow to the seasons. Also drifts of asters and masses of goldenrod and some tenacious corn-flower. More trees starting to turn.

Roadkill limited to one probable chipmunk and a couple of frogs of indeterminate species.

Windy, 15 mph and gusty, and temperature in the upper 50s F but I put my ski top over the bicycle gear and headed out anyway. Did not die.

15.27 miles, 1:17:33