Mileage: 1.5, along the National Heritage Road, past the Oakley Observatory, and back; total for the day, 3.5.
Setting out around 9:30 this morning, the sky appeared ominous. It seemed likely that my walk would end in a downpour. The clouds over the football practice field almost convinced me to retreat to my dry office.
Given the looming skies, I kept to the paved route, down the National Road Heritage Trail that runs behind campus. This path parallels the Wetlands area, so I could hear the geese although the view was screened by honeysuckle.
The cardinals and wrens dodged back and forth, and I even saw a green heron who perched on a power line. Beneath him I found wild iris, deep purple and a cousin of the Siberian iris
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