Back in AZ

Gotta love fall no matter where you are

The last morning

A painting for my grandma

And she taught me how to knit! We're so crafty, we Tezich's (mom's maiden name) :D

A drive in the country

The glory of Notre dame football

Beating Stanford on a wet, rainy day with old friends and family. Probably the best game I've ever been to- winning in overtime as seen from the press box the 2nd half!

Accidentally had b&w film on

On the drive home

Autumn-pierced Queen Anne

To the Midwest I go

This is actually a picture of the Northern Lights (taken at different wavelengths of light) over Ontario, just north of where I'm going.  Let me just say, as an astronomy teacher, I see a lot of photos...and this picture is INCREDIBLE.  You can see the major cities of the East at night, and the photo centers over Lake Michigan with Chicago glaring front its southwestern corner - SO BEAUTIFUL!

One of my lifelong dreams is to see the Northern Lights - what if it happened while I was there?!

PS - stay turned for many a foliage picture.  heck friggin yes!

Image Credit : NASA, NOAA, GSFC, Suomi NPP, Earth Observatory,
processing by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon