Washington Skies
We've been having some crazy weather and very unusual skies this week and very heavy rain.
Category: Personal
Georgetown University
My travels on Sunday brought me to Georgetown University, accompanying George on a small errand at the science library. My brilliant husband studies things like quantum mechanics and must sometimes travel to local academic libraries to procure photocopies and such. He normally gives me a few minutes of "wandering around" time if we're somewhere photogenic so I can make some images.
When I'm out and about, I can almost always point to one thing or scene or person that makes me get out my camera. Do you know what I'm talking about? I carry my camera with me 99% of the time but it doesn't always or even most of the time emerge from my bag. But if I do, there is almost always something I can point to that induced me to take it out. At Georgetown U., it was this tree. Look at how awesome all those cut off branches look - it was so graphic and organic at the same time. I love the contrast.
You might even know at this point that I'm very drawn to symmetry. Yes, I understand the golden rule and all that, but I also love being able to line up elements of a scene so that the image is evenly balanced. That is beautiful to me.
The quote says: "Science and Peace will triumph over ignorance and war, nations will unite, not to destroy, but to build, and the future will belong to those who will have done most for suffering humanity." -Louis Pasteur
Finally, more bees. If I were to pick out my strongest recurring themes of my blog thus far, it would have to be burritos and bees.
Tuesday on the Web
On the Web
Each Tuesday, I post a roundup of the best stuff I saw on the internet that week. Enjoy! Why Cash is Almost Always Better Than Gift Cards via Lifehacker If you are ever in a position to give me or receive from me a present, you should know that I *despise* gift cards. Show me how a gift card is *ever* better than cash. You can't. Maybe it's a social faux pas to hand over some dough, but it's the same exact thing as a gift card, but with less effort required and more flexibility for the recipient. Die gift cards die! DIY portable wedding photobooth I love when somebody else does all the work for something I needed to figure out anyway. How to Use Duct Tape via WikiHow Now I don't remember what we needed it for, but I recently asked my husband "hey baby, where is the duct tape?" To which he responded that we didn't have any! We have got to be the only house in America that doesn't have duct tape. (Also, when I was younger and not even that much younger, I used to call it "duck tape" and always wondered where it got its weird name.) Roasted Vegetable Minestrone via Pioneer Woman I probably shouldn't be posting a link to this lady's blog because I am totally ripping off her blogging style but can one really be said to "steal" a "blogging style"? Anyway, this is a beautiful and delicious-looking minestrone soup recipe. No, you really shouldn't need a recipe for minestrone soup, but she photographs every step beautifully and takes you on a little taste/cooking journey. Really, check out the Pioneer Lady. She knows what she's talking about. And because I always try to include an image on any post here, below are two photographs from Jim Moran's Women's Issues Conference. I only stayed to hear Maureen Bunyan of ABC7/WJLA-TV, but I thought it was such a cool idea and great networking opportunity... if I had come quite a bit earlier. Sometimes you're laying in bed with your husband chatting, and it's not worth it to get up and make it to your event.
