It surprised the heck out of me when She Who Must Be Obeyed suggested we take a drive back to Granville, Ohio today and re-photograph the Swasey Observatory! On our first trip out there on Friday the weather was gray and rainy. Today the weather was warm and sunny with fluffy clouds thrown into the blue sky to keep it from being too shocking. We had a nice drive out via a different route from Friday's and took another shot at it. I'd grown to like my original picture, even with the gray sky and soft light, but today's bright sun and blue sky really set off the scene. On the way towards home we stopped by another location I'd wanted to re-photograph: the Warren Rupp Observatory, home to the Richland Astronomical Society. It was a fun drive cross-country and I got a nice portrait of the Observatory's "warm-up room" and dome atop a hill outside Mansfield, Ohio. A day of driving, perhaps, but happy travels.
PhotonStopper 
You got two terrific pictures today!! Do you go in the observatory? It sounds like you had a nice drive and a lovely day.
Hi FS — We got a great tour of the Swasey Observatory (the marble tower) on Friday (see previous blog entry) but did not go inside the Warren Rupp dome Sunday. We'd been inside Warren Rupp some years ago and at night and that's another telescope portrait I'll want to make one day. It was a long but beautiful day — not exactly like being out and walking around but a nice drive, indeed. — JG
It sounds like a nice and different type of day. Keeps life interesting 🙂