Hi friends and family,
I am sorry that I haven't been updating this blog lately. The semester has been really hectic and I just haven't had time to do both this one and the slowwatermovement blog. I hope you have had time to check on that one because I HAVE been posting there.
This is the time of year to think about how beautiful, amazing, ridiculous, and ephemeral life is. Go give someone a hug and then go roll in some snow. If you don't have any snow.. well, you can figure something out.
This blog will reappear at some point.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Life, and stuff.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Geology Art
This is a picture I sketched in the field for a geology class, then colored using the photoshop-like program 'GIMP'. If you like it, go look at the other ones at http://www.flickr.com/photos/inyo395/sets/72157625067597632/ .
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
Sunday, October 03, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Looking northwest from UVM (different day)
the sky has been amazing lately.
This storm also shot one bolt of cloud to ground (cloud to lake?) lightning around the time I took this photo.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Monday, September 06, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Home
So, I'm finally back home in Vermont.
It's been a great couple of days so far.
Roadcut in Pennsylvania on the drive home.
Abbey Pond Trail near Middlebury, Vermont.
The pond!
The sunsets have been great lately!
It's been a great couple of days so far.
Roadcut in Pennsylvania on the drive home.
Abbey Pond Trail near Middlebury, Vermont.
The pond!
The sunsets have been great lately!
Sunday, August 08, 2010
In the last year...
A little over a year ago, Eli and I got on the Plattsburgh ferry, and rode across from New York to Vermont.
While looking through old photos I found that video today.
It is amazing to think how much as changed since then! The transition from California to Vermont was difficult in some ways, but it was very, very needed. Almost all of the last year has been amazing, even the parts that were also rather hard.
I'm going back to Vermont in 6 days. My project in Pittsburgh has been amazing so far, and in some ways I am sad to leave. However, I miss Vermont, and in particular, there are certain people I really miss. There are also new people to meet - including 8 people entering the grad program I am in. These are people I am going to be spending a lot of time with, and if they are anything like other people I have met through this program, they will be amazing.
This last summer has been an important and productive one, though it also had its difficult moments. Summer is actually my least favorite season, although I like it a lot better on the east coast than out west. In coastal California, summer is something to be endured, a hot time, where many years the only water to touch the ground between May and October consists of the welcome, but very sparse, moisture that trees and shrubs condense from fog. It is difficult for much of the season to be able to perceive a transition to better times.
In Pittsburgh, and also in Vermont, summer is more of an arc. Although late summer has its share of hot days and thunderstorms, the air *feels* different... the sun sets a bit earlier (this change a bit less welcome than others), and the animals and plants are just a little more rushed and frantic in preparing for colder times.
Sometimes they overreact, and are a bit too prepared.
This maple is certainly missing out on a lot of warm days in which it could store food for the winter. In all honestly, it is probably sick or drought stressed. Still, it was the first sign of fall in what has been a very long and hot summer.
While looking through old photos I found that video today.
It is amazing to think how much as changed since then! The transition from California to Vermont was difficult in some ways, but it was very, very needed. Almost all of the last year has been amazing, even the parts that were also rather hard.
I'm going back to Vermont in 6 days. My project in Pittsburgh has been amazing so far, and in some ways I am sad to leave. However, I miss Vermont, and in particular, there are certain people I really miss. There are also new people to meet - including 8 people entering the grad program I am in. These are people I am going to be spending a lot of time with, and if they are anything like other people I have met through this program, they will be amazing.
This last summer has been an important and productive one, though it also had its difficult moments. Summer is actually my least favorite season, although I like it a lot better on the east coast than out west. In coastal California, summer is something to be endured, a hot time, where many years the only water to touch the ground between May and October consists of the welcome, but very sparse, moisture that trees and shrubs condense from fog. It is difficult for much of the season to be able to perceive a transition to better times.
In Pittsburgh, and also in Vermont, summer is more of an arc. Although late summer has its share of hot days and thunderstorms, the air *feels* different... the sun sets a bit earlier (this change a bit less welcome than others), and the animals and plants are just a little more rushed and frantic in preparing for colder times.
Sometimes they overreact, and are a bit too prepared.
This maple is certainly missing out on a lot of warm days in which it could store food for the winter. In all honestly, it is probably sick or drought stressed. Still, it was the first sign of fall in what has been a very long and hot summer.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Two Minutes from August
Well, as I start typing this post it is exactly two minutes from August.
My project is going well... it's been an interesting and at times difficult summer - but most of the challenging things have been personal events that didn't have to do with my project. As my time in Pittsburgh nears its end (two weeks left!) I feel that I have a lot of neat ideas and good stuff to work with in the coming year. It's just a matter of organizing it, and next week presenting it to various people here before I go.
Although the nasty heat wave of early July has abated, it still has been hot at times. July was a month without a lot of rain, but with quite a bit of lightning, especially at night. Some of it was quite beautiful, as evidenced by the previous post and by these pictures.
It's been a good summer professionally, even though it was sometimes hard on a personal level. I look forward to applying some of my ideas but also being back home in Vermont with my friends and especially Becca...
My project is going well... it's been an interesting and at times difficult summer - but most of the challenging things have been personal events that didn't have to do with my project. As my time in Pittsburgh nears its end (two weeks left!) I feel that I have a lot of neat ideas and good stuff to work with in the coming year. It's just a matter of organizing it, and next week presenting it to various people here before I go.
Although the nasty heat wave of early July has abated, it still has been hot at times. July was a month without a lot of rain, but with quite a bit of lightning, especially at night. Some of it was quite beautiful, as evidenced by the previous post and by these pictures.
It's been a good summer professionally, even though it was sometimes hard on a personal level. I look forward to applying some of my ideas but also being back home in Vermont with my friends and especially Becca...
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