160/365 - Morning Light

At Shutter Sisters, today's blog entry challenged the reader to take pictures in the morning hours, inspired by the photography collection, A Year of Mornings - 3191 Miles Apart by Stephanie Congden Barnes and Maria Vettese.

I personally love mornings - so peaceful and serene, full of promise of the day to come. It's my preferred time to hit the road with my running shoes. I am blessed by each sunrise I experience and then by the warm light that emanates from the ball moving upwards in the sky.

So today, after my morning run, I took these pictures of the water iris in our pond.