Life As It Comes

Ugh. I would gladly trade some of these 100 degree days we’re “finally” getting this week for a few additional rainy, more temperate days. Sometimes I wish Texas were more like California.

I’ve started posting pictures from my vacation earlier this year. Take a look at them by following the photography link in the side bar. I’ve joined flickr as a pro member and decided to start storing my pictures there, going forward. Hosting the pictures from my new camera would take up a lot of space over time, and the conversion utility I was using (dcraw) was hard on the colors, so I decided flickr was the better all-around solution. There will still be a link to my old photos at the bottom of the new page.

Here are a few select ones from the Royal Botanical Gardens:

This rose was perfect. It just looks beautiful.

I was playing with depth of field here. There are a few iterations of this shot, but for some reason I like this one the best.

I love these colors.

This one just makes for an interesting picture. It intrigues my eye.

Please enjoy my pictures. I’ll be posting more soon, since there’s a plugin for Aperture available.

School deadlines are starting to creep up again. Plus, I need to start making headway on my thesis. It’s time to get out of vacation mode and into “finishing strong” mode. Only a few months left in my pursuit of my graduate degree.

Do yourself a favor:
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CNN has a write-up on Austin today. It’s an interesting mix of some of the things for which Austin is known. I’m not sure I would have cited/mentioned things exactly as they did.

What would you mention in an article about Austin?