Today's park ride

So, as I planned, I rode to the park today. It was a superb day. The temperature was about 10 degrees Celsius higher than yesterday (26C), the sky blue, and the air still.

Some of the trees are just starting to turn, a few have already
lost their leaves, I think those are mainly the Sakura.

This time of year the shadows become long quickly. This
was only 2pm.

I was there! I had a simple picnic under the tree. You can't capture birds tweeting
in a photo, but there was plenty of that. The serenity was delightful.

Lovely trees covered in moss.

Then I stumbled upon a bed of dahlias. Look at this gorgeous flowers.

I wasn't the only one enjoying them.

Beautiful sunlight.

And then at the end I discovered this cool dude enjoying the sun too.