The Mid-Peninsula continues to bask under bright sunshine and 70 degree temperatures, hardly the kind of days to make one think about all things holly and jolly. It’s more the kind of day to don shorts and tank top and get out in nature.

The Dawn Jogger didn’t quite meet nature up close, choosing instead to do a new route that took her around both the Dish and Lake Lagunita. She was looking for more mileage (at least five miles) but less up and down.

Up top, you could see Mt. Diablo clearly and all the more southerly peaks like Hamilton. And along the ridge, she found evidence of a couple’s love…