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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 traveled to the Phoenix area to help facilitate a teacher workshop about the Moon last month. I stayed with a couple of awesome friends of mine from grad school (hi Beck and Thijs!) for a few days before the workshop. They have a fabulous pool that we spent the hot summer nights relaxing in, [...] When my friend Sam and I were in Austin, she wanted to go on a bat boat tour on the lake. We got there early to make sure to get a good seat and had some time to kill, so we wandered around on the hike and bike trail. It’s a nice trail right by [...] The US Botanic Garden is spectacular, even in winter. I got to stop by for a couple of house in February and could have spent all day looking at and taking pictures of all of the gorgeous plants. Below are some of my favorites.
[...] Between walking around town and going to the farmers’ market, I got a bunch of pictures of plants in San Francisco. My favorites were the orchids at the market; they had some amazing textures. One reminded me of a humpback whale with its hairs and bumpiness!
[...] A few weeks ago, my group at work had an advance (because we never retreat!) at the Armand Bayou Nature Center. I had a few spare minutes coming back from lunch and then when leaving for the day to grab a couple of pictures.
[...] We had some spare time in Arizona so we spent a few hours at the Phoenix Desert Botanical Gardens. They had a monarch butterfly exhibit, and I got some pictures of all the cactus and desert plants.
[...] 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 [...] Em and I went to the Mercer Botanical Gardens in Spring (northwest of Houston) a couple of weeks ago and I got some nice pictures of plants, bugs, and a lizard!
Sara looking like a movie star at the Botanical Gardens
tiny plants growing inside a bigger plant Sara on the grounds of the Alamo baby duck [...] |
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