Countdown until departure...

Hello everyone! I hope you will check out this blog once in a while over the next couple of months to see what I am up to in Mexico! The countdown until departure is officially 5 days believe it or not. I am beginning to pack and prepare and will be taking off for Mexico City on January 3rd. In case you are wondering where exactly I will be living for the next 5 months, Puebla is south of Mexico City and is marked with a box around the name on this map:

Thanks for reading! please leave comments and keep me updated on things back in the US!

smith botanic garden

Pitcher Plant

Mum show

pumpkin picking

rainbow on green street!

happy mountain day!

classes canceled and apple picking at Outlook farm... couldn't ask for a better day!

fall foliage

Lovely leaves at Look Park in Northampton

Fall flowers

There are always flowers blooming in the Smith Botanic Gardens!

sunlight and graffiti

a corner of the sky

Another reflection in paradise pond

illuminated leaves

Leaves that have not yet turned are illuminated by the late afternoon sun.

First Photograph!

The fall leaves are starting to turn! Taken along Paradise Pond at Smith College.