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San Francisco

Heather — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:37:52 +0000

In early December, I headed to San Francisco for the annual Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. While most of my time was spent at the conference, I did find time to catch up with friends who live far away and see some of the sights of San Francisco.

I went to lunch with my roommate from my internship in 2004, Sarah. She lives in England and I only get to see her once a year at this conference

My South Dakotan friend Cassie and I spent a couple hours exploring Chinatown one evening

The only part of my flight from San Francisco back to Houston that wasn’t completely covered with clouds was right after taking off, so below are a few photos of California

Houston Blizzard of Death ’11

Heather — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 18:43:34 +0000

Right. Houston was supposed to get 1-6 inches of snow and ice. Nope. We got a quarter of an inch of ice, just enough to mess up all the roads, and not enough to have any fun with. So disappointing.

The stairs leading down from my apartment were covered in ice so I elected to stay inside and work from home, as gravity and I don’t always get along even when it’s not super slippery. I did get a couple of pictures from my balcony: one showing how the wind blew the ice against the building, and one of a little covering of ice on a tree.

Nighttime in San Francisco

Heather — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 03:38:21 +0000

We did a lot of walking around San Francisco at night, which gave me a lot of opportunities to get some long-exposure photos. I really liked the giant bow and arrow on the edge of the water near the Bay Bridge. Very cool!

Downtown Houston / Galveston portraits

Heather — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 09:44:05 +0000

Em and I took a bunch of pictures in downtown Houston and on the beach in Galveston a couple of weeks ago.

Downtown Austin

Heather — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:13:46 +0000

I made a seven-picture panorama of the downtown Austin skyline at dusk, and I can’t decide if I like it better in color or black and white. I also got a decent shot of the moon.

Black and whites

Heather — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:56:41 +0000

In my living room over my couch I have a picture wall with a dozen 8×10 pictures. Previously, they had been all in color, but we decided to get a new set of different pictures printed in black and white. They look so much better! The color ones were nice but all of them in black and white makes them seem more like a set. Below are the ones hanging on my wall, as well as two in a double frame on another wall in the living room.

And the two on the other wall. The top one is from a park in Houston. The bottom one was taken along the Colorado River in Utah. I like how the shapes mimic each other.