Yesterday Andy and I went to Sky Meadows State Park for Astronomy Night 4 leaf-clover hunt. The Northern VA Astronomy club was having a public star viewing and we were hoping to see some stars and use some cool telescopes, but the weather wasn't cooperating. There was a thick layer of clouds over the sky, but no rain, so it was actually very nice! We were hopeful that the clouds would lift and we could enjoy the night sky, but that was not to be.
When we arrived the 1st thing Andy did was reach down and pick a 4 leaf clover! Then as we walked over to where the Astronomy Club had set up we discovered an enormous field of clovers and of course Andy started hunting for clovers! I joined in too and discovered that it's very addictive! We stood in that field for over an hour and found at least 30 4 leaf clovers! Luckily Andy had brought a small notebook with him so we carefully put the 4 leaf clovers in the book - we have plans to make bookmarks or something in the near future!
It was pretty clear that there was nothing happening at Astronomy Day. It was cloudy and there weren't many people there. We finally decided that we were tired of looking down (and for me crawling on my hands and knees...all the better to see the leaves!) so we thought we'd hike up the hill to a viewpoint and enjoy the the nice afternoon!
We started hiking, but neither of us could take our eyes off the clovers! We found a number of 4-leaf clovers on the trail! We hiked up the hill to the bench and sat and enjoyed the view for awhile, until Andy discovered a tick crawling on him! ewwww!!!!! Time to head down!
When we got back to the car we broke out the pink neat sheet and had a picnic! Of course we were surrounded by 4-leaf clovers so, guess what we looked for more clovers! In addition to finding 4-leaf clovers Andy also found a bunch of 5 leaf clovers! He even found a 6-leaf clover! I took a picture of that one, but it's on my phone! By this point the notebook was nearly full, but try as we might we could not stop looking for, and finding clovers!
We walked back over to the Astronomy Club's set up to see what was happening and found that there was still nothing going on and the clouds were not showing signs of lifting so we headed out! There is another stargazing night in a few weeks, we have plans to go back then, and hopefully see some stars! :-)
Andy with a nut that looked like a pig's nose!
The Clovers!!!! Can you find a 4-leaf one in here? 
Interspersed in with the clovers were these pretty purple flowers! We picked a few of them too to add to our bookmarks! 
The view from where the Astronomy Club had set up. 
View from the trail. 
The dogwoods were all in bloom and they were very pretty! 
Also part of the view from the trail - the blob at the top of the picture is a gnat - they were out in force swarming around our eyes and ears! 
Dogwood!
View from the parking lot near where we had our picnic! 
Another dogwood on the trail. 
View from the bench we were sitting on. 
The bench and the tree that the ticks were falling out of! 
Andy looking for 4-leaf clovers on the walk up the hill - I think he found 6 or 7 right in this spot! 
Weeds. 
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