Good Morning from my side of the pond. I thought I would share some recent images from my partner John’s early morning bike rides like I did in the post Good Morning and The Library Stack.
If in addition to making me look lazy with all his recent woodshop crafting projects, he has also been showing me up on physical fitness activities during the pandemic. Several times a week at 5:00 am in the morning he goes on a 20 – 26+ mile (32 – 42 km) bike ride (even in the chilly Autumn mornings).
He usually catches great sunrises on his ride, especially at the reservoir near our house.
Here is John just returned from a morning ride (and I have just risen from bed to make my way to my 20 foot commute to my home office, ha!):
Postscript
Greetings from tierneycreates Beastie, she has not guest blogger posted in a while (Beastie Adventures). She might have a post in the future!
Well John is not early morning bike riding currently as it has snowed in the Denver Metro area.
Here is tierneycreates Beastie in her Autumn/Winter outfit all ready for the cold and snow:

Thanks so much to Helen @crawcraftsbeasties for making her a scarf to go with her hat.
The scarf matches the scarf I knitted to match my hat I shared in this post – Scarf finally done.

The photos are beautiful!
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Thanks so much I think so too 😀
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Wow, now that scenery would be worth getting up for. It’s still pitch dark at 5am here…good excuse to stay in bed. I used to bike to work (10 miles one-way) in cold and rain and snow and wind. Now, I’ve become a big wimp and just wait until I’m good and ready to go out for a run.
The twin scarves are very cute!
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Thanks so much I really appreciate that! Yeah at 5 AM I like to just roll over in bed and check my phone and know that I don’t have to get up for another hour 🙂
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I’m usually cursing at the cats for not being able to wait another hour to go outside. Little jerks.
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Ha!
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John looks cold! You and tierneycreates Beastie look cozy in those scarves. Lovely pictures for us bedheads.
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I think he was a little cold when he got back because it was a very chilly morning that he was riding! Glad you enjoyed the pictures 🙂
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Love the sunrise pictures! My favorite is that orange one! I could see that in a quilt pattern…John looks like a nice guy and um…was that a wedding ring I spotted? Regardless I’m so glad you’ve found love again.
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Oh it’s an engagement ring. I have a post about it a couple months ago :-). We don’t have any wedding date set for now. Thanks for your comments
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Well, as you know, I’m behind the times and haven’t found that post yet. I am looking forward to catching up on your blog! Belated congratulations to you both!
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What beautiful views for a morning bike ride. Have to say – it still wouldn’t make me want to ride a bike (I am so unco-ordinated\) but it might tempt me to take an early morning stroll in the summer. Loving your wintering up of the beastie! And tell me, do you where your hat/scarf combo on your way to work ….?! Today my husband was in our home office (as he has been daily since March) and he was chilly – I caught him with a homemade blanket on his knee – so at last he appreciates my knitting efforts!
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That made me smile when you said he had a homemade blanket on his knee! Thanks so much for your comments And I am rather uncoordinated myself so I understand 🙂
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For a moment, I thought you typed ” 20 foot commute to kitchen to fiinish making John’s morning breakfast”. Nothing like waffles and an omelet to restore calories burned. Make sure you take photos of that epic breakfast.
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John is the main cook in the family (he was a short order cook in college and can make like anything fast!) so he would be making the waffles 😀
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I just love sunrise and sunset pictures. The beginning of a new day and the end of the current day.
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Getting out first thing in the morning sets up for a good day, I think. And those sunrises are icing on the cake. Stay warm, both of you!
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Thanks I wish I was as motivated 😀
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Lovely Photos, especially the last orange one, awesome, great scarves too!
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Thanks so much, that is my favorite one too!
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Fabulous pictures- and he does look like a chap who just rode a bike a very long way!
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Yes he was fairly exhausted in the photo!
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fantastic dawn photos…and exhilarating I guess to out biking…but as you’ve said “cancelled for snow” – so I guess he’s in the rowing room – how many circuits is he doing there or is it rowing lake miles?
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Thanks for your comments and he does cadence and distance like he is rowing on a lake. He tries to keep his cadence at a certain number of rows per minute. Glad you liked the dawn photos 🙂
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Lovely photos – thank you for sharing! And I love your beastie’s hat and scarf 🙂 So adorable that they match yours 🙂
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I know – Helen @crawcraftbeasties did an awesome job knitting a tiny hat and scarf (as well as a cable sweater!). Thanks for your comments 🙂
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What glorious sunrises. I have always been in awe of early risers
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I have always been in awe also and I did have a 2 week period a couple of years ago where I attempted to be an early riser (after reading some self-help book that strongly recommended it). That did not last long – ha! Thanks for your comments 🙂
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As the ancient philosophers said, character is destiny. We must therefore accept that we will never be early risers!
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The photos are breathtaking! Thank you for sharing. I bet your commute is a killer one to survive. So much stress and traffic. 🙂 Your beastie looks so cozy as do you.
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The sunrise pictures are beautiful! But I wouldn’t be up in the dark and cold to exercise, either!
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Glad you enjoyed them! I like being warm and cozy in bed at that time of day!
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That last red, red sunrise was especially spectacular !
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Glad you liked it – I thought it was pretty cool too!
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What a gorgeous sunrise. This motivates me to do a sunrise walk to see if the Chicago sunrise is just as red! Lovely to see your finished scarf from earlier this year. One of my favourite things is taking my knits out for winter — it’s like saying hi to a familiar friend. 🙂
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