Morning comes later

I love a good double entendre… CJ and Daisy usually wake up 1-2 hours after I do. In fact, Daisy usually claims my pillow when I get out of bed. Also, with the move into fall, dawn now arrives about 8 or later. Of course it gets dark a lot earlier too.
But I can get some really nice light on things we won’t get in midday or afternoon, so thought I’d share views from the run this morning. A little 5k around the historic center of Nîmes. I can’t wait to explore a lot more of this beautiful town. Here’s a preview.
There’s a natural spring coming into Nimes. In Roman times, the Augusteum was built in the 2nd or 1st century BC as a vast sanctuary dedicated to the Celtic god Nemauses, where the city got its name. It was discovered in the 18th century and developed into a huge, aquatic garden, Jardins de la Fontaine, over a period of about 50 years. It flows for about 1km or 1/2 mile through the city.Read more