I spent the 4th of July in Austin with Emily, Sara, and Sara’s boyfriend Kevin. We went to the lake, ate a ton of food, visited my grandma, and watched fireworks over the lake from a parking garage near where I used to work. It was a great day!
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My amazing grandma turned 90 last month. I made her a photo book using Apple’s Aperture program with photos from throughout her life and letters from friends and family (hence the lack of pictures for the last few months!) for her birthday. I didn’t have any good recent pictures of her with my immediate family, so I set up a photo shoot over the 4th of July weekend.
Just before the 4th of July, I got the Photek Softlighter II. I love the Softlighter! It is very easy to set up and gives off gorgeous soft light. Sara let me try it out on her before taking portraits of my family. She’s always a great model and we have lots of fun with her photos.
We have had some spectacular sunsets in Houston this summer. Below are some of my favorites, all of which were taken from my patio.
My cat Kepler (named for famous astronomer Johannes Kepler, who discovered that planets move in ellipses, rather than circles – Kepler the cat has an ellipse pattern in the fur on his side.) was hanging out on the window sill and managed to hold still long enough for me to get a couple of photos.
We were in San Antonio a couple of weeks ago, and there were these fabulous plants with amazing curly vines and crazy fuzzy flower buds. I have no clue what they were but they were awesome!
After the comet was a no-show, we decided to stick around to watch the sunrise over the Gulf. Hundreds of seagulls appeared as dawn neared, and pelicans soared overhead like the Mafia of the bird world. When the sun broke through, there was gorgeous golden light shining through the clouds. It was a beautiful, peaceful morning.
We went to Galveston to try to catch a view of Comet McNaught several weeks ago. We were unsuccessful because of cloud cover and light pollution, but I did manage to get a few decent pictures while it was still dark. The Milky Way
Over Memorial Day, Em, Juliane, and I headed up to Nacogdoches to get Em and Juliane scuba certified. We had some free time in the evenings, so one night we went out to my old stomping grounds, the Stephen F. Austin State University Observatory. We got to use the 18-inch telescope (used by NASA to find landing spots on the moon during the Apollo program!) to look at Saturn and some deep sky objects. Very cool!
I got to go to DC in May on a business trip and had a few spare hours to walk around. I can’t wait to go back when I have more time to explore!
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