I spent an afternoon photographing these sandpipers chasing the waves back and forth. They are so cute. They chase the tide as it goes out and then when it comes back in they run as fast as they can to escape the waves. It reminds me of a scene from a Monty Python movie, "Run away, run away!"  Below is a preliminary sketch for a pastel study I am doing of these delightful birds.

The lovely pink sunrise cast a pink glow over the mountainside yesterday morning. I returned from a couple of weeks in Florida to Colorado beauty.