Coincidence that #favesoftheyear for June is on Christmas Day, 'cuz this one was a true gift of an assignment from Notre Dame Magazine-spending 24 hours on the USS Harry S. Truman. (Read a bit more about it here: upaa.exposure.co/the-joy-of-bei…)

#favesoftheyear is into July, with a horizon full of fireworks on the evening of July 4.

#FavesoftheYear August: Turns out you don't need the James Webb Telescope to see the Center of the Universe.

#FavesoftheYear flies into September with a flyover that surprised us not once but twice! C130s are underrated for their cool factor, IMO.

#FavesoftheYear, October: As always, I droned a lot. Aaaand I also used drones to make pictures, too! Like this one of the reconfigured Notre Dame Avenue.

#FavesoftheYear is on it's penultimate day. On Nov. 23 the Notre Dame Marching Band performed a pregame concert in Times Square in NYC:

#FavesoftheYear finishes up with a photo that I remember as if it only happened 11 days ago...

It was a remote—one of two that I installed a few hours before the game. One was on a radio trigger and one was on a timer ‘cuz TV signals and 80,000 cell phones can drown out radio triggers. Gotta have a back up. This pic was from the timer camera.

Pretty snow...

All are available as prints or personal use downloads at photos.nd.edu.

My wife texts, "Yo check the sunset light outside." Yo indeed!

Proof I'm in Atlanta:

Current location:

#FourFaves from the first quarter:

#FourFaves from #1 Notre Dame Women's Basketball win over Duke:

Gene’s Camera in South Bend has new owners for only the second time in its 85 year history. Gene’s was one of my first stops when I arrived in South Bend nearly 35 years ago. These days it’s rare to have a local camera store. If you’re in the area, support ‘em!

#FourFaves from Notre Dame Women's Basketball win over Louisville:

I have a terrible sense of direction. Don't confuse me more by putting a school in Palo Alto, CA in the ATLANTIC COAST conference!

#FourFaves from 4OTs Notre Dame Men's Basketball vs Cal: 112-110 in a nearly 3.5-hour game.

I spent a lot of time in prison this past year: nd.edu/stories/prison…