Busting Through

It was a gloomy, stormy day.  But as you can see, by the time the sun was ready to begin setting, the dark clouds were being replaced with more pleasant ones.

The last three nights I have turned off the a/c and thrown open all the windows and doors.  It is so wonderful to be able to sleep breathing fresh air.  The temperature at night is now down into the 60's.  It has still been on the humid side but with daytime temperatures averaging between 85° - 89° it's obvious that fall has finally begun.

Look for the building in the distance on the top of the mountain. 
That is the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO).  It is their largest field installation outside of their main site in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is located near Amado, Arizona on the slopes of Mount Hopkins. Research activities include imaging and spectroscopy of extragalactic, stellar, and planetary bodies, as well as gamma-ray and cosmic-ray astronomy.