Czech Countryside

With all the end of school activities, birthday parties and Jason's hectic travel schedule I have still found time for exercise.  I have found that it is one way for me to keep my sanity.  It allows me time to escape the busy world and take time to enjoy the beauty around me.  The Czech countryside has a lot of beauty to offer.  I had thought that it wasn't going to be that pretty this year since I hadn't seen much color in the springtime when everything is usually flowering.  I assumed that the farmers had just planted different crops this year.  I was wrong becuase it seems everything is starting to burst with color.  I guess our chilly spring has just made the flowers bloom later than usual.  The rapeseed is flowering and turning the fields into carpets of glowing yellow, the poppies are dotting the fields in redish orange and the wheat is starting to blow in the breeze.  I even saw an entire field of poppies in the distance during my ride but since I was already running late I couldn't detour to get a closer look.  Here are a few pictures from my bike ride yesterday.