10 November 2023 Observatory Park

Zinnias are wonderful summertime flowers with staying power to often keep them blooming until Thanksgiving.

I don't visit this park often. It is unique as one of the few dark sky parks in the country. On our visit on this fall day, it was a blue sky park. The weather was perfect for using the park's sun dial to find the time.

Grackles circle above under the blue sky.

Who knows if wooly bears can predict the winter. A local weatherman started the Wooley Bear Festival in a small town in Western Ohio decades ago. Today, it remains the state's largest festival. I enjoy spotting them slowly making their way through the world.

The sun drops low on the horizon as we make our way back on the trail.

Time to go home