Austin, Texas

Catherine's current home city.

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Top of girders; note mangling of top flanges.
Girders on trucks.
Girders on trucks.
Back of girders on trucks.
Prior to casting the south base. Left to right: Tim,...
Starting to fill the base.
Continuing to fill.
Ack! The forms split in the middle; the forklift is...
And the yellow forklift is holding this end together. ...
I'm "holding the forms together." Ha, yeah right. ...
Base of north pier just before casting. Pretty pretty rebar.
Closer view of rebar. Tied that all myself!
Far away shot of base. Lab is in background on right;...
South side top half, almost ready for casting. The side...
See, look. The end is open. The day before, I was...
Southside wall, almost ready to go. A Catherine on the...
During the pour of the north base. Up top is Lewis. ...
During the pour of the north base. Left to right:...
During the pour of the north base. More vibrating. ...
View of the south wall from the north base.
North base almost done!
Finishing spots of concrete...
South wall again. I have no idea why the photographer...
Two and a half foot wide wall right there.
... from a little further away.
The pour in progress, from afar. I'm behind the right...
Water seeps to the top of concrete while it dries.
Looking down into the south wall, just before casting.
That right there is my shadow. And those tiny spaces...
Casting the south wall. Left to right: Dr. Frank,...
I secretly really like this job because I can act like a monkey.
...or because they give me bucketfulls of concrete to...
Loading the bucket from the truck.
Tim watches while Catherine and Jim unload the bucket.
Empty bucket.
Lewis acts like a manager while Tim loads the bucket;...
North base (now dry!) with concrete truck rumbling up behind it.
Finishing the south wall.
More finishing.
The first girder is lowered into place (60,000lbs of...
Tim pushes the girder into a more exact location; Dennis...
Mike positions the first diaphragm.
The second girder being lifted off the truck.
The second girder as it is lowered into place (note: the...
Careful maneuvering...
Fitting the bottom flange under the diaphragm oh-so-carefully.
The truck, shortened back up and about to leave.
Tim and Mike work the girder into place (remember again:...
Catherine checks out the girders from the top - I approve.
The girders, in place, from afar.
The girders from below. Note all the bolt holes in the...
Catherine makes friends with a girder. Height of C =...
The girders reach from support to support - but just barely.
Shiny black door in an alcove
Entrance way with Oval Mirror
Living Room looking out over patio to grounds of complex
Third apartment for this couch.
Office at the far end of living room
Looking down the hall towards bedroom with portion of...
Entertainment center with five of Brooke's photos perfectly hung.
Entertainment center with five of Brooke's photos...
Past the entertainment center, with cut thought to...
Pull in a corner of the Papa San to orient viewer
Dining area with three more of Brooke's photos.
Kitchen showing full sized pantry next to the 'fride.
Kitchen showing off the red Kitchen Aid mixer.
View through the open counter above the sink
Down the hallway which features 'dotted' US map and...
Bathroom taken while standing in the tub ... note...
Do need to get some color coordinated towels!
Entrance to bedroom across the hall from bath
A little bit of Virginia in Texas
And how often will the bed be made after the CT momma leaves?
View into the WALK-IN (!!) closet - tons of space
Book shelfs across from the bed
The famous LAUNDRY ROOM .... right after a hockey game
Door leading to the patio .. between the living room and...
View to the right from the patio, showing other...
View to the left from the patio, showing the area around...
Catherine at top left.
Catherine, center
Universal pictogram of climbing. Barton Springs...
Catherine taking a breather on a ledge.
Catherine, with no doubt a view of Hwy 360 and MoPAC...
At the top.
John studying the guidebook, and with some concern,...
Ohh, now I understand.
Catherine, self-portrait.
Hanging out on the rock.
On the ground again.
Catherine on a slightly easier route.
Catherine, smiling for the camera.
John, getting ready to rappel.
John, getting ready to rappel.
John, anchoring himself in before a rappel off Over Easy...
The Texas State Capitol. In the foreground is the...
Goddess of Liberty on top of the Capitol. 400 ft high...
Dome interior. Much lower than the exterior but still...
Interior staircase. Note the gold stars. Catherine...
Texas Capitol viewed from the southeast. Note Texas...
The Texas Capitol visitor center. Historically it was...
Note the star of Texas motif in the panes of the windows.
Catherine, at the Blanton Fine Arts Museum on campus,...
Lots of pennies.
Chuck Norris, honorary citizen of Austin. Picture taken...
Flock of plastic pink flamingos. Catherine claims this...
Best pickup truck I saw in Texas: Jacked Tacoma 4x4...
Catherine, at the top of her second lead climb (5.5) at...
John, pulling down the rope.
John.
"Purdy flares" as they would say down south.
John in front of the Pedernales - the river that runs...
Catherine tying her shoe.
Catherine tying her shoe.
At first glance, this picture looks like John has no feet.
John getting rappel off a very poorly climbed 5.10a.
Rope swing :).
Rope swing again.
Catherine deciding whether she is up to one last climb.
Pretty mangrove-like trees growing in a stream.
I really liked the natural beauty of the countryside...
Standing at the mouth of one of the Reimer's Ranch caves.
Ridiculous cave climbing. Many routes go across the...
There *is* one 5.11 route across here. Perhaps someday.
Outside of main cave #1.
Outside of main cave #2.
Outside of main cave #3.
Outside of main cave #4.
Llama with herd of sheep.
Catherine, cruising west along the south shore of the...
Lamar street bridge as viewed from the Lamar street foot...
Lamar Street bridge again.
And #3.
Stretching out on the Lamar Street Pedestrian foot bridge.
Skuller with Texas state flag oars on town lake.
It seemed like the right thing to do.
Miniature train in Austin. No, we did not get to ride...
Moonrise over Austin.
Ready to go a-cavin. - or - T-shirts: $5.00. ...
Catherine ready to rumble, standing the the right of...
Ready for battle with the cave.
Catherine, getting ready to get dirty.
Catherine's feet, sequence shot #1.
Catherine's feet, sequence shot #2.
Catherine's feet, sequence shot #3.
Fun cave formations.
Catherine in the cave.
Catherine inspecting a helictite, a stalagtite that...
Catherine and soda straws, thin translucent hollow...
John, taking a breather.
Lumpy stalagmites.
Catherine, lowering herself into the pleasantly named...
I never did learn why they called this rock Chest Crusher.
Almost all the way through!
I think this might have supposed to have been rotated,...
Bye-bye Catherine.
And who said rock climbing skills would never be useful...
A drapery.
John's favorite formation in this room: "the wedding cake".
Catherine and soda straw.
Another tight squeeze.
Not sure if this was head coming up or feet first going down.
John looking for the path.
Cave switchbacks are fun, as you end up crawling right...
Into the switchback!
Catherine crawling along #1.
Catherine crawling along #2.
Catherine crawling along #3.
Catherine crawling along #4.
Catherine, taking a breather on a rock.
Into the canyon! (Dust particles in foreground.)
Don't fall!
Strange mineral formations above us in the canyon.
Ceiling of the canyon. (Looking straight up.)
Jana and John (left to right) in the canyon.
John hanging out in the canyon.
Two perfectly formed stalagtite and stalagmite pairs.
More crawling!
Looking around while crawling.
"Huh, that's a lot of soda straws."
Catherine, weird huge formations, and lots of cave dust.
That stalactite and stalagmite are actually noooot...
CAVE SQUID!!
John decending carefully.
Slip-n-sliding on mud.
John in the dragon's mouth.
In the pig pen mud room.
Catherine, with her suspension bridge sculpture of pig...
John made a die, as in the thing you roll with numbers on it.
Two yokels.
Lots of soda straws.
Calcite, apparently, is translucent. "It's like the...
A volcano!!11!!1 It looks more like one when water is...
This is one of the locations where TxDOT drilled through...
The first access hole to the cave. TxDOT employees (the...
Another hole.
Where the drill hit on cave floor.
CAVE BACON!!11!!!1 Yummy.
"Are you my mother?" Mechanical swam paddle boat goes...
John rapping a route on the Guide Wall, in the Barton...
Catherine rapping after climbing the route (after many...
Continuing down.
A little further...
Almost at the bottom (my feet are on the edge of the...
Down over the ceiling...
... and to the bottom.
The LBJ Library has a bit of scaffolding on it these days...
The turtle pond at UT (one of Catherine's favorite...
And giant dragonflies.
Very giant dragonflies.
Dragonly again.
Slightly blurry, but a turtle displaying some great...
Normally the turtles pile even more than they were that...
Baby turtle and big turtle monopolizing a rock.
More turtle climbing.
And now, people climbing... John facing off against the...
... closer up...
And he makes it!
He makes it look easy...
Catherine considering the route from where John was before.
A big move!
FALLLLLLL!! [Just kidding. Being lowered, and being silly.]
Seconding the second route at the Georgetown Hospital...
Pausing for a photo op.
At the top!
John starting the final ascent at the Hospital.
John from underneath (rotate 180deg).
Getting to the top.
Working on disassembling the anchor.
John hanging from the edge of a big rock.
More hanging.
Continuing to clean the rock.
Pausing for a smile...
... then letting the rope do all the work.
This pulpit was why I didn't get to the top very well...
Did we mention that the Georgetown Hospital walls were...
John at the top, from above.
Putting together a rap set-up.
More smiling. It's like we were having a good time or something.
Hanging out some more.
One last glance at the rock.
Rope swing of the finest variety.
Continuing down...
Down some more.
Nearing the bottom...
Beautiful Texas sunset on the drive from Georgetown to...
More sunset.
So pretty.
I don't understand how the sky is so big.
Expressing incredulity over the size of the football...
Giant parking lot to hold all the people at the game.
Separate Visitor and Home team entrances. Tickets...
Seriously, do you see the size of this place?
Nice press box, eh?
JUMBOTRON!!! Complete with animation for kick off,...
The weirdest thing: these kids are so little!
Press box and the home team side (do you see the size of...
The Round Rock mascot, a dragon.
TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBAAAAAALLL!
The band coming down to get ready for halftime.
The (high school) band lining up. Texas Tech's band was...
I really hope this shirt wasn't made by the school......
Not really sure what this group was... some kind of...
The band on the field. Not sure if the formation was...
Girls in funny hats coming out.
More band formations.
Some fine Round Rock citizens, out to cheer their team,...
Second rappel down Boston sequence shot #2.
Catherine's winning scrabble board. Possibly her first ever!
John in front of what might have been next door to...
The current building in the old Chatchkie's location...
Does this look familiar?
This building is definitely in the background at some point.
MINI TRAIN!!
Choo choo!
There is a mini train that ran through Zilker Park,...
Also, they had cool tshirts with logos like this one.
A pretty tree hanging over Barton Springs.
Catherine on the train.
The bridge over Barton Springs (the road: Barton...
Under the bridge.
John on the train, with Town Lake in the background.
Fun (though small) rocks in the middle of Zilker. Could...
Bridge from the other direction, with pedestrian bridge...
"Warning: Bridge narrows ahead. Bridge may be under...
Mother Tree, I believe. In the Austin / Zilker Park...
A really cool tree, the name of which I can't remember.
A pond in the Botanical Garden.
Hey, Catherine on a bridge!
Lily pads and flowers.
More lily pads.
John in front of some bamboo.
A cute little tree (perhaps a Bonsai?).
Looking up into the bamboo.
Koi pond!
There were some very big koi.
That white one, especially - absolutely gigantic.
More pictures of koi, with reflections of trees and sky.
Another neat tree / shrub / fern-like bush.
And the trunk of another tree. While not awesome, the...
Very tall bamboo.
A waterfall in the prehistoric garden area (complete...
John in front of his favorite tree (a type of cyprus, perhaps?).
A butterfly feeding.
A butterfly flying away.
Mom, do you have some plants that look like this? I...
INITECH!!! Now, we need some screencaps from Office...
Catherine in front of Innotech.
Catherine in Lumberg's parking spot.
Close up of Lumberg's parking placard, slightly...
John inside the Alligator Grill (i.e. Chotchky's).
Red Door Furniture: Open to the Public.
Complete with lawn for displaying furniture like this...
A field of furniture for sale.
Really, a fantastic place. In the morning, there was a...
Initech + Kinky. Why the hell not?
Now, the building has something to do with supporting kids.
Lumburg's reserved spot is now reserved for MVPP.
A screencap comparison is totally needed here - think of...
John at the airport, getting his stuff out of the back...
$The fracture location, before the test. The orange box...$
The fracture location, before the test. The orange box...
One of the high-speed cameras and concrete blocks to...
Containment box after the blast. The forces tore the...
$The fracture location.$
The fracture location.
Close-up of the box. The shiny gold stuff on the sides...
One end of the box.
The other end. The far side is where the bolt was...
Plywood debris from inside the box.
Debris scatter -- see the one piece of orange steel way...
Half of the hseared bolt, next to the concrete anchor block.
Ripped data wires. Most likely, they ripped from...
Some of the attendees of our day of fun.
The other half of that bolt was found back behind the...
One of the guys who pays us being interviewed for the...
$The best picture of the fracture, from the side. The...$
The best picture of the fracture, from the side. The...
Warping of the bottom flange.
Crack surface.
Another image of the warping, from front to back rather...
Venting pattern on the web.
Light falling prettily on a basket of flowers Fran made for me.
Mr. Pumpkin, pre-snails. His name was Harold.
Harold was behind bars, to keep the neighborhood children safe.
Unfortunately, Harold's life came to an end when I left...
A job for Donna Moughty
Who is this man?
Catherine enjoying the dome
... which is quite spectacular
I just couldn't wait long enough for the capitol floor...
Great staircase to the outer dome
Visiting the big city
A view of the creek running through the garden, and one...
One gorgeous tree on the state grounds
Mom, not wanting to smile.
Catherine, practically in the stream.
The stream again. Unfortunately, it was overcast all...
There were a handful of sculptures of animals, all...
There were a handful of sculptures of animals, all...
Like this Rhino.
This one, entitled Young Horse, I didn't like as much.
The Hippo, however, was quite adorable.
Dad at the Umlauf Sculpture Garden.
Looking up the stream...
...and down into it.
There were a series of statues of two lovers, and two of...
The lower pond was covered in lillypads, some of which...
The water with a reflection of the trees and sky.
An attempt at a close-up of that flower. Mom was scared...
Looking over most of the garden - it wasn't very big. ...
I really liked this flower.
This would be the perfect houseplant for me - there's no...
Pretty bridge. I think I need to have a stream and a...
I think I wanted Dad to take this picture to feature the...
One of the nicer pieces indoors. It's made of a stick...
Purdy flares, outside the gallery building.
I really like my Macro feature on my camera.
The Umlauf Scupture garden
Enjoying the sculpture... and each other
Caught by the candid camera
Over the cliff
Walking on water?
Looking across the lake towards West Lake.
And up the lake towards Lake Travis, County Line BBQ,...
Towards downtown. It would have been a nicer view had...
Pretty butterfly who was happily open-winged until I got...
Up the lake again.
Looking down on some of the houses on the shore, most of...
According to zillow.com, these houses run in the $1-3mill range.
Not too shabby, if you ask me. Although I'd hate if the...
Sunshine finally peaking out.
Dad relaxing at "the highest point" in Austin (at just...
Pennybacker Bridge on Loop 360 (Capital of Texas Hwy).
On the bridge.
One of Austin's nicer neiborhoods
Trying to pick out a nice house
Outside my back porch midday Tuesday. Wet and snowing,...
But, I swear I wasn't lying, snow was coming down. Not...
Icy porch rail + snow around trees and bushes.
Le Subaru. Not going anywhere. Still Tuesday, now late...
Icicles drip off the front grill of Le Subaru.
A good half inch to inch of ice accumulated on the windshield.
The back windshield wiper, firmly attached to the windshield.
Apparently a similar picture was posted on cnn.com...
Chunks of ice that others have chipped off their cars.
The icicles attached straight to the tire, which was...
Even after I chipped it all off, I left these ones on...
Success! A door has been opened! Now I can access my...
Water droplets run down back windshield on the inside of...
I'm not entirely sure how these icicles formed... My...
My intelligent, resource-conserving neighbor took...
The field across the street from the back exit of my...
The field again, up close. The color really didn't come...
For some reason, I really like the look of branches and...
Also of bushes and flowers and leaves. I have a lot of...
Icy, icy grass. However, I liked walking on the grass...
Frozen bush silhouetted on a gray, gray sky. Sun? What is that?
Evvverything, and I mean EVERYTHING, was coated in ice.
The ability for ice to form so evenly on vertical...
Poor, unhappy palm-like plant.
Purdy flares. Frozen over.
To give you an idea of the ice accumulation on flat...
Excellent drainage occured through these stones, I see...
This was just neat, frozen or not - it's a support cable...
I just love the picture of people getting tan amidst an...
Intelligence at its best: Step 1: Wrap plastic trays...
Step 4: Hope do not spin around backwards, thus unable...
How these icicles formed is a bit of a mystery. I...
Brr.
Camden's fencerail. Five bucks to lick the ice...
Reason #342 I'm happy I live on the first floor.
The ice sheet on the windshield. Probably only a half...
Not a great shot, but showing - the ice on the roof was thicker.
Happy, de-iced car!
The remains of the hood and windshield ice.
More shattered remains.
The new party dress, for Amber's wedding. Next step:...
Josh, Catherine, Sean, Kim's brother Rob, and Austin...
Katie and Catherine at El Arroyo. I have no idea why I...
Normal picture of Katie and Catherine
Austin, Kim, and Rob
Catherine and Sean
I found it impossible to get both Austin and Kim in...
Alison and Katie
Alison, Austin, Kim, and Katie head out for the night.
Katie and Catherine, woo!
Austin and Kim in front of the Frost Bank Tower.
Jay seems to look best in photos when he has no idea...
Kim looking sultry.
Kim and Catherine at the Library.
Katie Hoyt!
Alison, Kim, Katie, and Catherine
I'm not sure why I feel the need to stare down the...
Or like this.
More former-roommate pictures!
No idea why I'm laughing.
Katie and Alison face off at pool
Very precise work going on here.
Alison's almost-dirty-but-not shirt.
Austin, Kim, Alison and Katie.
Alison and Catherine
The type of flower I think I'll plant in the boxes I...
The washer/dryer area in Jay's new kitchen.
Catherine and Ryan. I have no idea when or where. Or...
Beneath the Lamar Street pedestrian bridge (stress on...
More of the bottom. I'm trying to capture how very,...
Perhaps this shows it better. Or here:...
Or this. Remember nice, calm Town Lake from kayaking,...
*insert splashy, gushy water noise* The big line of...
Sunset. Lamar Street (car) bridge. Town Lake. Pretty.
More sunsets. Despite raining all week, and most of the...
More sunset...
I was attempting not to get the cars and the lightposts...
Happy America Day!
And then the sun really began to set...
Pretty bridge. Pretty sun.
Probably my favorite of all the ones I took.
The sky was just insane.
This picture isn't too awesome, but I do have a whole...
Kaboom!
Kershplam!
Catherine and Jay Sunday morning, pre-tri.
Cat and Jay, post-race.
It was really, really nice having such a light, fast...
Jay, 6am-ish, in the Couples Tri transition area.
Catherine looking a bit sleepy in transition. The...
Post-tri! We're not dead!
The car, the bikes, the bags... I hate car bike racks,...
More fields of nothing.
All about how to live a good life, according to Jimmy...
Alison, Catherine, Katie, and Kate.
Alison.
Kate looks naked!
Katie Hoyt!
... right.
Note to self on self-photography: don't put your finger...
Roommates!
Mom checking out a new pen that Dad found as a birthday gift.
Cheers!
The aqueduct and water cistern thing at the Lady Bird...
American Beautyberry.
More Beautyberry.
Thistles, I believe.
A bumblebee!
The Wildflower Center was quite green and peaceful, if...
Looking into the experimental gardens.
My favorite square of garden. The dark "rocks" are...
Looking down the row of experimental gardens.
The broken glass.
The view if I were an ant...
In Texas in August, it's nice to aim for the shade when walking.
Gardens...
Butterfly! I really like the macro setting on my camera.
Another butterfly.
The same walkway from before, from a different angle.
One of the ponds, with lilies...
... and tadpoles.
Horsetail, which appeared to be a type of bamboo.
Sunflowers!
A type of oat, I believe, though I can't remember the name.
Looking up at the covering on the walkway.
Dad and the sunflowers.
Very tall sunflowers.
Mom inspecting a plant.
A bizarre plant with leaves that were red, green, or red...
Looking back through the stone wall once more.
Mom and Dad Take 1.
Mom and Dad Take 2.
Mom and Dad Take 3.
Pretty grasses.
Big magnolia-looking flower.
The clear, deep pond in the middle of the courtyard at...
Near the entrance.
A type of pepper.
The aqueduct once more.
Looking out into the Texas Hill Country.
The pretty, pretty flowers that Jay bought me last week.
More pretty flowers.
Last one...
Laundry room
Chimney range hood
Corner with display shelf
Dishwasher!
Pendant lights over the bar area
Prep area
Each of the lights has a unique fixture.
The faucet and undermount sink leave plenty of room for...
Countertop
Apron farm sink and faucet
This is a wall cabinet on the floor to make room for the...
Fridge and storage
The window above the range provides fantastic light.
The bar lights look great at night.
Dining table, temporary seating, and Catherine's flowers
Happy stargazer lillies for Catherine
Another angle that includes the laundry room
Window to the backyard
Catherine driving the fake racecar. She won the race!
The guy in charge kept trying to tell me no one ever...
Jay giving it a try. He moved up 20 places from the...
The screen showing you the road ahead.
Mitsubishi racecar of sorts, I suppose. I should really...
New Nissan!
More Nissan shots
From the back
Inside - it was a Japanese edition, with the driver on the right.
From the side
The hood area
Front view
Jay making faces on our way to see The Santaland Diaries...
It seemed a little strange to be dressed up when it was...
Catherine and Christmas flowers
On a sad, rainy January day, I said goodbye to dear Subie.
Good little car.
Goodbye old, hello new!
Goodbye Subie!
New little blue car, aptly named Lil Blue!
In a cave in the Fredericksburg area. Longhorn Caverns, I think.
Little bitty bat on the cave ceiling
Leaving the cave
Giant castle on top of a hill near Inks Lake
Happy little car!
Shiny Saab wheels
I like the new license plate. I'll let yall figure out why.
Interior
Escape-from-the-trunk instructions: run away, run away!!
Car + lab
License plate
Darrell K. Royal Stadium from atop the UT Tower
The Engineering Quad -- otherwise known as the ugly area...
Stadium construction
There are three buildings there (one is L-shaped). The...
The prettier, red-roofed parts of campus
Mel, Jesse, Ashley and John in the wind atop the Tower
Looking downtown. The black building on the right is...
Looking down towards the six-pack and the fountain
Through to the pool at the rec center, complete with...
More downtown -- capital, Frost Tower
Dobie plus one of the new condo towers downtown
The Six-Pack
John and Catherine!
The UT Tower from below
They look chilly. Must be an ice rink.
Children torturing dinner (crayfish) at Jay's dad's...
A sign inside the port-o-potty at the crayfish boil. ...
The first of about a dozen or so batches of crayfish to...
The kids line up to enter their contestants in the...
Sun setting behind a live oak.
A crayfish begs to be spared. Or perhaps is in its...
A fig tree outside Catherine's lab.
Catherine's bridge finally broke. Apparently it looks...
Ouch.
They put spray paint where all the cracks are, which...
Some machine for smashing down pavement or something.
Looks like they have some fast pavement here.
Neat looking truck
Wildflowers outside of Catherine's lab.
I think these are Texas Blue Bonnets. They seem a bit...
Some messed up concrete.
Blue bonnets: not blue; not bonnets; discuss. Talk...
Rudy's country store, BBQ and handicapped parking.
Wow, cool, I guess this is what a cattle prod looks...
Dad and Catherine, sitting before almost $50 of barbecue...
It's like in The Jetsons!
Except that it was broken... :(
Jay and Catherine, 4am, ready to go to the airport.
Catherine with bags packed, ready to go. That backpack...
One banana and two weirdos ready for action on Saturday morning.
Without a flash. This time Jay's eyes are open but it's...
Waiting in line to start. This run did not start at the...
One chef and one banana. Waiting at the starting line.
We manage to get Monica's banana head to stand up for...
Catherine trying to help Monica with her costume malfunction.
And we're off! Monica and a very wet but also cute costume.
Runners heading south across the 1st street bridge over...
The banana runs across the First Street Bridge, with...
Monica, running down first street.
Jay and Catherine right before the finish line.
Jay and Catherine run across the finish line. I like...
Monica, nearing the finish line.
Monica finishing the Keep Austin Weird 5k, also with...
The banana sheds a tear for her fallen comrades.
John and Monica after the finish of the Keep Austin Weird 5k.
Too much food: everyone looks sated (but happy!) after...
Jay climbing at the Barton Springs Green Belt. This is...
Jay on his first day climbing in seven years.
Centipedes! These guys were everywhere. Thankfully we...
Jay unties after his first climb.
Monica climbing in the Barton Springs Greenbelt.
John, climbing some 5.9 climb that I forget the name of....
John, looking to clip the anchor on Over Easy (5.9?).
Monica trying her hand on the sharp end of the rope on...
Monica climbing on lead in the Barton Springs Greenbelt.
Monica on lead, about to pull the roof below the anchor.
John, top-roping the climb that Monica just led.
John, working on a 5.10d climb in the Barton Springs...
John, on about the 10th try, manages to grab the ledge...
Pulling the roof via a mantel.
John, after clipping the anchors on the 5.10d. The...
Monica staying dry by staying under the cliff that we...
Jay, after his first day of climbing in seven years. I...
Catherine and Jay wait at the bus stop to go downtown. ...
Main entrance gate. I particularly liked the light-up...
Bike parking. Even with this (free, BYOlock), there...
Because we got there early, it was still really empty. ...
View across the fest to the Austin skyline in the...
AMD Stage. More flags. Hey look, California!
Jay filling up his water bottle at the Miss Mister...
Closer view of the faucet setup.
Livestrong stage, with Medeski, Martin, and Wood...
Sunny! Pain! We stood just behind the sound stage /...
Neat old-fashioned-y image of the Austin downtown.
So much more fun than a recession! This should be the...
Meal one: burger from the Love Shack (...
Austin Eats!
Lots of big-name, fancy-pants restaurants came and...
Meat cone! This one is chicken.
Layin' in the grass.
Mighty man.
Mighty man ponders the yonder.
People strolling by; the ant's-eye perspective.
Jay liked the iPhone app that was put out for the show. ...
Daniel Johnston, Austin staple (...
More relaxing on the grass.
Sky as viewed through sunglasses.
How could she not understand we were "near the light-up pirate"?
Sunset over the AMD stage.
Moonrise over the city.
ACL weathervane.
Just a reminder of how my camera / I can do not photos...
Mike and Kate (both employees of Walter P. Moore in...
Kate and Catherine. Catherine is in outfit one: bike...
Mike and Kate riding into the second checkpoint.
Kate riding in still.
Bathroom line at Checkpoint 2.
Crazy masses at the checkpoint. This one wasn't laid...
Outfit 2: no more leg warmers, no more jacket.
Kate riding down a small country road, as taken by...
Mike riding.
Catherine and Kate biking.
Catherine riding in the country. Not sure what that...
Kate reaches the top of a mean hill with a ton of wind.
Self-photography!
Kate crosses a bridge at the bottom of a big downhill /...
About the only real spectators on the route.
Rest Stop... 4, perhaps. Available food at the stops...
Plus pretzels, chex mix, and cheese crackers, it seems. ...
Kate, Mike, and Catherine (outfit 3: tank top jersey).
SAG vehicle, full of bikes (though I'm not sure where...
There was also a big trailer that drove around providing...
It was an absolutely beautiful day to be outside.
Just reminded me of home, with the "Kings Highway".
Kate and Mike wait on a traffic light (one of the only...
Texas doesn't really have freeze-thaw, but we do have...
Pretty blue skies.
Mmmmm, Pickle Juice! [yuck]
Finish line!
Party at the end - free wurst, beer, and music.
Three riders at the end of the day, refueling with...
The finish line again, as I headed back to Austin.
Looking at the next plane at the AUS airport on my way...
Catherine checks out some horses next to the first rest...
Very cute pony.
Kate near the pony.
Resting at the 45ish mile rest stop. My back hurt at...
Pretty bush Jay bought me a year or so ago, that is now...
The flowers are really pretty -- pink, white, and pink and white.
Purdy flares.
More pretty flowers! The bluebonnets are out in force...
Every field seems to be just covered. As it is illegal...
The light wasn't awesome, but they're so pretty!
Looking back towards the lab.
Trees and flowers. The problem with these pictures is...
But the foreground is pretty.
Classic "picture in the bluebonnets". I need a puppy or...
I foolishly wore my Stanford sweatshirt today,...
More trees and flowers.
I was attempting to highlight all the blue in this...
Fields o' flowers.
Closer-up.
All of these pictures were taken within the Pickle...
Indian Paintbrush amidst the bluebonnets.
Second sighting of Austin near the end of the ride. The...
My computer claimed we were only 5 miles from the...
Downtown Austin. I really don't know why it doesn't...
UT football stadium. This entire road was closed, which...
Artsy photo of Kate going by the stadium.
Finish!! I realized after that if there are photos...
FINISHED! Sunday: 5 hours, 69.84 miles, average 13.7...
Front: Kate, Catherine, Kelsey. Rear: Matt, Reagan,...
Team Tacodeli!
On 8/22/10, I participated in a triathlon, though I only...
Near the starting line. I am probably over to the left...
The course was monitored with people on stand-up paddle...
Swimmers splash by.
Catherine, prior to beginning the bike. Transition is...
Susan comes out of the swim - she is in black shorts and...
Susan runs up into transition.
Catherine comes in to the bike dismount line. The lady...
Dismounting. The lady in yellow basically came up right...
Running my bike towards transition.
There wasn't actually much pavement, and given the...
Running into transition. Out of my way, lady in pink!
Susan sets out on the run.
A tired Catherine waits in transition for Susan to finish.
Standing by my bike. Oh no! I'm still wearing the team...
The finish line.
Susan (center), with Andrea (right, a neighbor of ours...
Catherine and Susan. Not sure what the maniacal smile is about.
Blurry, but recording my time. I had actually started...
Monday nights this summer have meant TacoDeli team...
Looking back at Paul (white), Daniel (middle), and...
Roberto and Daniel, the brains and whatever else behind TacoDeli.
From right, Stacy, Lori, Paul, and David on North Hills...
Roberto rides by.
Paul, Lori, Jody, and Jeff at rendezvous point #2...
Daniel rests at the rendezvous point, with Exposition...
David takes a breather in front of Randall's.
Proof I was on the ride. Self-photography at its best!
Lori rides into the TD3 parking lot.
My pretty pretty bike (though in all truth, I'm still...
Crazy alien bike rack outside TD3, with my bike on it.
David in the TD3 parking lot.
The special part of this week's ride was that Benjamin...
Paul volunteered to try out the bath first. I think it...
But once your legs became numb and your breathing slowed...
In the meantime, there were pretty clouds all around.
Paul dared to put his arms in and everything.
Everyone else (LtR, Stacy, Jody, Lori, David, and...
Of course, that meant I had to try it. Again, this is...
And then a few seconds later, it's not so bad. I did...
This is Benjamin, who was showing off the device.
Trying to show the temperature. It claimed to be...
Elizabeth tries out the bath.
As did Rich.
Note the kind of blanked-out eyes. The intense cold was...
Roberto takes his turn.
On right, a taco wrapper (foil) is visible. Paul...
The temperature quickly dropped from 64...
... to 60. Brr.
Such a happy face. But seriously, this was a cool...
Some little girl sitting in front of us really wanted to...
Catherine, relaxing at Chez Bull Creek in Austin.
When we woke up Sunday morning, a possum was playing...
On Sunday, Catherine, Jay, Monica and I headed out for...
Jay and Catherine enjoying Barton Creek, near New Wall,...
John, wondering where his wetsuit is. This water feels...
Catherine, Monica and John in Barton Springs. New Wall...
John getting ready to climb some route or another....
A lot of folks here on a sunny Sunday.
John seconding School Boy (5.9+).
John, leading an unknown 5.10 route on the next wall to...
Jay, inspecting John's lead, or maybe getting ready to second it.
Jay seconding a 5.10 route, while Monica belays.
Jay, near the top of the same 5.10.
Next, I found a good perch to get more interesting...
Monica making the first crux move.
Monica taking a rest.
Reaching for that next hold.
Not quite there!
Finally!
Monica below the second crux near the top of the route.
Going for it...
Falling!
Trying again.
Jay gives Catherine some beta (and a belay) as she...
Monica goes swimming after an exhausting climb.
Catherine reaching for a crucial hold. I think I like...
Jay belaying.
It started to get a little crowded when some other folks...
Jay has great facial emotions when he climbs. Looking...
Jay chalking a hand after passing the first crux.
Jay making a bear's reach between a small finger jug...
Again, Jay has great climbing expressions. Great to photograph.
Jay, thinking about how to pass the second crux.
Keeping body in close to the wall.
Jay, going for the crux move.
Jay, looking for a good hold.
Monica taking a swim.
Jay found that he could enjoy an endless swimming pool...
But it was also easy to stand since the water was being...
Another fun game: let the current hold you horizontal...
Trying to get back on top of the rock without getting my...
Monica hanging out in Barton Creek.
Catherine self portrait. Nice reflection in the shades.
John.
Playing in Barton Creek.
Catherine labels ice creams John and Monica toted in...
Catherine and Jay had been scheduled to play a hockey...
Catherine and Jay, scooping some ice cream. It was...
Catherine and ice cream.
Jay and ice cream. Also: new improvement in Hovell-Lee...
Putting the ice creams to sleep in the freezer after our...
Mr. Possum got to go on a free ride in a big shiny truck...
John and Catherine in the Zilker Park parking lot, while...
Downtown Austin. The Frost Bank isn't even visible,...
Sign at Hula Hut in Austin.
The giant fish float off the dock at Hula Hut in Austin.
Somewhat posed shot while we wait for a table with a...
Cheers!
John's Texas Martini from Hula Hut, complete with olive,...
Looking at Tom Miller Dam (bottom of Lake Austin) from...
The end of John's Texas Martini, with added solid...
This was the point when John's camera started acting...
Looking down South Congress at Home Slice pizza and...
Home Slice's slice bar, next door to the main store,...
The Home Slice pizza-dude icon.
What's up, Home Slice?
Catherine digs in to lunch - cheese pizza in hand,...
Close up of the white pizza and the bottom of the...
John and his lunch.
Om nom nom.
Birthday present tshirt! Do you Know Your Dinosaurs?
The Bananarchy frozen banana stand on South Lamar in Austin.
Mmm, frozen bananas.
Catherine by the Bananarchy stand.
Chalk board with messages on the side of the Bananarchy stand.
Dessert! On the left, a half-banana with chocolate and...
Catherine considers devouring the unbaked challah bread...
Into the oven!
And out! Tasty.
Obligatory pictures of gluten strands.
Looking at Barton Creek in the Greenbelt in Austin. ...
Not so much water.
John considers his next move on Meet the Flintstones in...
John releases the rope from his mouth as he has it with...
John continues up. Unfortunately, the days are getting...
More of John climbing on Flintstones.
John blends into the rock.
Crazy crossover move!
John back at the bottom, with Jay.
Jay starts up Flintstones. Having done this route many...
At the beginning there are some easier big steps up.
But then it starts getting harder.
Jay keeps moving.
On his way up.
Jay gives Catherine tips before she heads up Flintstones.
Starting the big juggy parts.
Making a big step onto a ledge.
Stopping for an awkward photo. Note all the other...
Cool zoomed out shot.
Catherine pulling around or up something.
Sadly, it took me three tries to get to the top of this;...
Jay's friend Austin (in green).
Catherine continuing a little higher.
Reaching for the next hold.
Either looking around, or falling.
Just hanging around.
John working on the route next to Flintstones. Mr. Slate?
John coming out from under the ledge.
Looks like he has it...
... doh. John gets beta from Jay, below.
Trying again.
John makes a move.
Reaching...
No dice.
John would eventually make it out of here. At some...
John looking for suggestions.
Looking around the ledge.
Zoomed out a bit.
Doh.
Breakfast the next day: challah french toast, with...
Jay with his mouth full; Catherine with an empty plate.
Catherine playing hockey!
Go #10.
I can't remember if we won this game or not. I do...
Faceoff! Get ready for the puck, Steve (#67).
Waiting for the faceoff.
Skating in on goal with the puck.
Somehow, every time I fall down in front of the net,...
Skating out of the zone.
More faceoffs.
Carrying the puck out of our zone.
Getting knocked down, it looks like.
Goal? Not sure. Net is off.
Man, my helmet is funny-looking. I wish I had a better one.
John found my name on the B-League championship trophy. ...
I knew that TxDOT was putting up UBeams in south Austin,...
However, the timing was such that it was going on while...
Each night, they did a series of spans (three shown here).
This intersection is neat because it was originally...
Fiiiiinally, Jay and I got to go out one night and see...
That last picture was a decent example of me using the...
Taking advantage of the opportunity to take pictures of...
Step 1: Deliver a beam on a big truck.
Step 2: hook the beam up to a crane. 110.39 ft beam.
What followed was an intricate series of moves by two...
Crane 1 (east side).
Crane 2 (west side).
Lift beam. Push beam east, so west crane can swing beam...
Now swing beam west so east crane can rotate beam past itself.
Picture of Catherine in front of the beam going up.
By the way, all of these maneuvers were going on while...
Higher it goes. Note that there is an open lane of...
Beginning to straighten the beam out.
And now the beam is fully on the correct side of the cranes.
Time to position it perfectly.
And just like that, the first beam is done and the...
Well, almost done.
Just a shot showing what these beams are sitting on -...
Okay, just about done.
Now that the beam is in place, it's time for TxDOT to...
Blurry, yes, but look how high I am! On our way up.
Looking down at the next beam.
Remember that bearing pad I was pointing out before? ...
This beam and I got pretty close. Like, if I stood up...
Looking at the top of the bent cap, where the second...
On our way down. The hole on the bottom of the beam is...
The big road on the right is Tx 71, Ben White, looking...
Beam 2...
Shift east, rotate the west...
Shift west, rotate the east...
Drop in place. Simple, right?
Texas state seal form liner used in this and other projects.
Christmas baking 2010! The first recipe I tried out of...
The dough, however, did not come together well... I...
I believe this was taking after baking. The result was...
Mmmm, crumbles...
I believe this was an unbaked sheet. I didn't even bake...
So, I switched gears and made a tried and true favorite....
I brought them to my work holiday party, and many were...
My friend Mary, borrowing my apron from Christmas last...
The cooked base of the oatmeal fudge bars from the...
Chocolate pecan caramel cookies. I was really excited...
Oatmeal fudge bars, fully finished! Ready to be cut...
Chocolate pecan caramel cookies in their jar.
Molasses spice cookies with lemon filling. I think...
Mmmm, sugar topping. Back to the crunch - my one...
Christmas trees, made with double almond flavoring!
Jay preps some trunks with cinnamon.
Cinnamon trunks and an M&M trunk get ready to be baked.
The fanciest tree in the bunch, with a real "wood" trunk!
Displaying the oatmeal fudge bars. I think these could...
A concrete coaster I made before Christmas and intended...
One quiet Saturday evening, Jay and I decided to make...
The pot of boiling water is ready. Unlike the last time...
One tray prepared with cornmeal, one without.
Jay egg-washing his bagel before applying toppings. ...
I believe there is a plane, salt-and-pepper, and asiago...
Jay's five bagels: oatmeal poppyseed, almond, plain, and...
Close-up of the poppyseeds before baking.
First tray out of the oven! Catherine's bagels: plain,...
Close-up of one of the salt-and-pepper bagels.
Plate of tasty bagels!
Happy Jay with some bagels. Enjoy!
All the bagels (minus the one that had already been...
Almond and oat bagels.
Oooooh delicious cheeeese.
Jay ponders which to eat.
The happy bakers.
Uh-oh, the numbers are shrinking.
Close-up of the poppyseed bagel post-baking.
French toast made using Central Market challah bread and...
Close-up on the French toast.
Two loaves of challah I made for a brunch event with...
The loaf in the back was made first. While making the...
A picture for Mom of Oreo Truffles (or Oreo Balls) made...
Kerry Kreitman, Eric Gianinni (UVa ... 2002, I believe),...
The Frank Erwin Center, prior to the graduates entering....
Look! My name! This picture doesn't show the "* Having...
Awesome seat on the end of the row!
That official photographer guy didn't care at all about...
Time to go walk across the stage!
I'm the one in the middle. Turns out I really needed...
Well, that's that. I hope the walk was worth it.
Mom, Ann, and Dad watching the excitement.
Jay, John, and Monica.
Catherine and Ann
Mom, Catherine, and Dad. And beautiful flowers from Ann and Al.
Dad finds the right camera.
The Hovell family.
Another of the whole family.
Catherine and Kerry (MS 2011).
Just Kerry.
Almost a picture of just Catherine. But then realize...
John carries flowers, Monica checks out a photo.
John and Monica.
FSEL 2011: Alejandro Avendano and wife Analissa,...
Another FSEL group shot.
Alejandro and Catherine.
Alejandro, Jeremiah, and Catherine. These two kept me...
Alejandro, Jeremiah, Catherine, and Nancy - Office 202 +...
Most of the FSEL girls - Katie, Catherine, Nancy, and Michelle.
"Are we done yet?" :)
I wonder what I was laughing about...
Putting this up as a reminder to get from Jeremiah the...
Mom and Dad, looking proud.
John and Catherine.
Looking at a different camera.
Another decent shot. I figure if I put enough of these...
Having lunch at the Texas Chili Parlor. Needs color...
Jay and Catherine at the Civil Engineering Graduation...
Catherine, stunning.
Catherine, filing in for graduation, far right.
Catherine, listening to one of the commencement speakers.
Close up of Catherine at commencement.
Photography is hard.
Still listening intently.
Waving to the audience.
Waving to audience.
Catherine waving to us.
Dean speaking.
Still listening.
Everyone seated.
A little less exposure.
Catherine, lining up to receive her "diploma".
Catherine, giving us a wave before heading onto stage.
Jeremiah manages to get Alejandro on the big screen. I...
Kerry on the big screen, James behind her (MS 2011).
Analissa (MS 2011, in transportation) on the big screen.
1,100 graduates.
Finally time for dinner!
Michelle, Jeremiah, Analissa, Alejandro, Nancy, Katie, and Dave.
Alejandro and Nancy
Dave, Kerry, Catherine, Nancy, Michelle, and Katie.
Catherine and Jeremiah. I really like this one!
Alejandro and Catherine in the crazy robes. Alejandro's...
Another shot of Alejandro and Catherine
Katie, Catherine, Nancy, and Michelle.
Jay and Catherine
Good shot of Jay and Catherine!
Jay climbing T-Roofic.
Jay, getting a leg up on T-Roofic.
Taking a ride...
Jay, with his fancy new Anasazi climbing shoes.
Monica belaying Jay on T-Roofic.
Jay taking a second go.
Jay pulling the roof.
Both feet off the wall.
Monica belaying.
Monica belaying, again.
Jay, coming down.
Jay, packing up the rope.
John, jumping in Barton Springs pool.
Very refreshing...
Catherine jumping in Barton Springs Pool.
Jay, swimming.
Jay at the pool.
Jay, Catherine and Monica at Barton Springs Pool.
Underwater at the Barton Springs Pool
Underwater at the Barton Springs Pool
Jay!
Monica looking very cold.
Catherine, blowing bubbles.
Catherine, underwater.
Jay, underwater.
John and Catherine.
Going out to a girls' night at Brown Bar in Austin,...
Flowers Mom and Dad sent on the day of my defense. ...
Close-up of a rose.
The lilies smelled great, too.
Flying into ATX one last time. I love sitting in the...
Downtown Austin. The major road running up the page is...
Further south. Frost Tower and the Austonian can be...
Downtown! It's amazing how green the city still looks,...
Crumb inspection on the loaf of bread Monica sent home...
Jay and Catherine at the Draught House in Austin the...
Yuliya, a former AMD'er and wife of another former AMD'er.
Hey, look who I found! Jay waits at the bus stop for...
Catherine and Jay at the bus stop. Jay is a little...
Catherine in downtown Austin, by a painted Scrabble-tile...
Sunday night we went to Amy's and Jay bought a pint of...
Jay, eagerly looking at his concoction.
Catherine and Jay near the MoPac bridge over Town Lake...
Jay in flash-forced surprise at The Brick Oven (on 38th)...
... which is a shame, cause their bread is Just. So. Good.
Catherine and Jay head out for a low-key New Year's Eve...
Someone saw Pam's longhorns in her fields of...
Someone saw Pam's longhorns in her fields of...
Upon arriving in Texas, where else should a person go...
Catherine and Jay in the sunshine at the Draughthouse in...
Happy smiles!
On this trip, we hit as many classic Austin events as we...
Diana waiting for the bats on the Congress Ave bridge...
Jay and Catherine.
Until recently, Diana worked in a job where she worked...
Mmmm, Home Slice pizza on South Congress (John, you've...
Sunday, at the Co-op, I taught Diana how to be a UT fan.
One of my favorite places on the UT campus: the turtle...
Of course, some were still stacking.
I tried to get close to one.
He promptly ran away.
Diana with the turtle pond. How many turtles can you find?
There were lots of lilies in bloom on the pond.
Somehow Jay had a commanding presence with the school of...
See all the fishes pointed in one direction? Jay is...
Turtle trying to get on a lily pad!
Catherine and Jay and the UT tower.
Close-up of Catherine and Jay at the turtle pond.
Another turtle on a lily pad.
Looking up at the dome of the Texas State Capitol building.
Zoomed in. What a great space.
Diana and our ever-adored former president.
This guy was riding a giant bicycle around in front of...
Texas Capitol Building.
Looking down at the underground part of the Capitol building.
Looking up at the backside of the Capitol.
Beers at the Black Star Co-op in Austin. Jay will have...
We went on a hike in the Greenbelt. Here's Jay with a...
John and Monica, remember when we went climbing and...
Don't worry, that's actually a lizard in there, not a...
Diana hiking in the Greenbelt in her watermelon shorts.
Jay and Diana looking up at a wall (Gus Fruh, maybe?).
Jay was going to show us how it was done...
... but decided not to. There's a bit of a big drop on...
Proof that I was on this hike!
Now, that thing before that I said wasn't a snake? It...
Mourning New Wall.
Jay and Diana.
Diana photobombing.
Hiking in the Greenbelt.
More hiking.
Jay ponders another wall. This is also another great...
Very very dry.
Awesome trail marker.
Catherine and Jay resting at our turnaround place.
A closer look at New Wall. That big J-shaped piece of...
Downtown Austin, from Zilker Park.
Diana in Zilker.
Catherine in Zilker. Check out those awesome new shorts!
Jay leads the way to the pool.
Happy in the sunshine.
Barton Springs! Always delightful on a warm day,...
Diana looks like a native Austinite.
We have a new resident in the big sycamore tree in the...
In case he you couldn't see him in that last shot,...
Jay's been doing research and is pretty sure these are...
I took a bunch of shots in the hope that some would come...
In the evening, we stood outside and watched him swoop...