Texas sights

Ah, Internet… how I haven’t missed you! I don’t say that to be mean, it’s just that for the first time in a long time I finally feel like I’m getting back to my life. And by my life I mean not being stuck on a couch, attached to my laptop and begging my body to start cooperating. Because finally — AT LAST — I’m not crippled over in sciatic pain, I’m not winded by walking from the living room to the kitchen and back, and I’ve found a pair of shoes that seems to be supportive enough to negate some of the plantar fascitiis pain in my right foot.

I’ve gotten up off of the couch, taken a shower, and have “got a move on” — and I’m not looking back. Which, unfortunately or fortunately (however you view it), means a lot less computer time in my not-at-work-hours.

So, I’m not timely. Get over it. Here are some moments caught on film from my recent trip to Austin, Texas:

Beautiful, vibrant and interesting flowers outside of St. Elias inspired both Sarah and I to take our cameras out for the first time. We ended up seeing these same blooms elsewhere in the city, but the backdrop was never quite as gorgeous as that of the stonework of the church.

Austin is the state capitol of Texas, and our hotel was two blocks from this most magnificent building. Instead of visiting during the day, we wandered about the campus at night and marvelled at how pretty it was, all lit up. My pictures came out more “true” once I adjusted my white balance (the white-white version is not what we saw with our eyes). As we were taking it all in, some random guy rode up on a bicycle, parked, took off his helmet and began to dance. People came up to pose and take pictures in front of the Capitol, but he kept going –his dedication to grooving was impressive.

One of my favorite photos from the city part of our trip — A shot of buildings and the setting sun reflected in one of Austin’s office buildings along Congress Avenue.

[Insert note: I'm having a bear of a time uploading photographs to WordPress and Facebook, and since I don't like to go to bed grumpy please consider this Austin Post 1. More pictures from my trip will follow, once I figure out why my Internet connection speed here at home has recently dropped like one of Michael Jackson's posthumous tribute CDs.]