Weather forecast for this evening: scattered thunderstorms...some may be locally strong, especially during the evening. Damaging winds, large hail, and possibly a tornado with some storms.
Vivian and her cousins are tucked into their sleeping bags in the basement.
Thursday, June 09, 2011
Wednesday, June 08, 2011
Random Pictures
Time for a random pictures post. In the first photo, Vivian is munching on a corn cob at Tony Roma's on the River Walk in San Antonio. We were lazy and took Sharath on a boat ride instead of walking on the River Walk. In the next photo, Evan is stuffing his face with pasta at Papas Seafood in Houston. We dropped Sharath off at Bush Intercontinental, picked up Jo's PIO card from the Indian consulate, had dinner at Papas, and topped it off with dessert at the Chocolate Bar.
The next morning we were back at Town Lake. The swans saw as and swam up. One of them had her wings ruffled. Vivian said "Look Daddy - that swan has her wings up like a ballet dancer". The kids were still in there jammies.
In this last curious photo below, Vivian and Ava D are doing something. Not sure what. It was another 100 degree afternoon in Austin and we drove down to HEB and bought ourselves a trashy kids pool. Then the girls entertained us.
The next morning we were back at Town Lake. The swans saw as and swam up. One of them had her wings ruffled. Vivian said "Look Daddy - that swan has her wings up like a ballet dancer". The kids were still in there jammies.
In this last curious photo below, Vivian and Ava D are doing something. Not sure what. It was another 100 degree afternoon in Austin and we drove down to HEB and bought ourselves a trashy kids pool. Then the girls entertained us.
Apple
A few years ago when I used to take my MacBook to India, I'd get questioning looks. Why not a PC? PCs are considerably cheaper in India. And the software used to be all pirated and free. When Sharath visited us last week, he had already purchased a MacBook Pro and an iPhone. We went to the Apple store at the domain to buy an iPad. All Apple all the time now.
It was Memorial Day weekend and the store was so crowded the air-conditioners could not keep up. Sharath waited for 15 minutes for a genius to stop by and swipe his card. I'd hate to work at a place where my designation and t-shirt said "Genius". Right. Would you like a bag with that?
Apple does get a few things right. At about 8 months, Evan knew how to look at pictures on an iPhone by swiping his fingers across the screen.
It was Memorial Day weekend and the store was so crowded the air-conditioners could not keep up. Sharath waited for 15 minutes for a genius to stop by and swipe his card. I'd hate to work at a place where my designation and t-shirt said "Genius". Right. Would you like a bag with that?
Apple does get a few things right. At about 8 months, Evan knew how to look at pictures on an iPhone by swiping his fingers across the screen.
Nebraska...the good life
We are in Nebraska. Approximately. I'm sitting on a la-z-boy in a cabin somewhere in Kansas as I type this. We landed in Missouri (Kansas City airport) yesterday. And we mostly to go Falls City, which is in Nebraska. Looks all the same to me...
We opted to fly to Kansas City and drive the rest of the way instead of the usual 12 hour drive from Austin because we were unsure about our desire to spend 12 hours in a car with Evan. During the 20 minute drive to Bergstrom airport on Tuesday morning, we knew we had made the right decision. The flights went off well enough (except that AA unloaded Vivian's gate-checked car seat at DFW instead of keeping it on the aircraft till Kansas City). A few minutes before we landed at Kansas City airport, I told Vivian to look out of the window. "Look Vivian - that's Kansas down below". Vivian looked puzzled. Then she said "Wow Daddy - Kansas is colored". Took me a few seconds to realize that she expected Kansas to be in shades of sepia as per the Wizard of Oz.
This is the welcome-to-Nebraska sign on 73 between Reserve and Falls City. It's been used for target practice. When I pointed out to Jo that the corresponding welcome-to-Kansas one didn't have holes, she noted that it was new.
In the photo above, we are approaching the stop sign at downtown Padonia - my definition of a Nebraska town. The next three photos below are from around the Country Cabins where we are staying. It's peaceful and lovely. Sunset last night. Vivian sitting on the back deck and pointing out birds. And Evan climbing a rock in the front yard this morning. We stayed here three years ago when Vivian was almost exactly the same age as Evan is now. The rooms are conveniently labeled: "Country Kitchen", "Country Bathroom". Thank god - I was going to dump in the oven...
This morning we drove up Stone Street in Falls City. I stopped the car and took a photo (below). Jo mentioned that I was holding up traffic. I forgot there were other people. You hardly see anyone else. The next picture is outside the gym on Stone. Jo met Steph there and they worked out together. The gym is chock full of expensive workout machines. Its clean and looks more like a fancy hotel lobby than a gym. A far cry from the Red Black Gym in Austin. But I had to ask Jo to pose in front of the Zumba sign. The only other time I heard of Zumba was on the Xtranormal Crossfit video ("Zumba is not fucking Crossfit").
We dropped Jo off at the gym and got the day started right with a chocolate crunch cone at the Frosty Queen. Then we went to Pioneer park where we ran into Aunt Frances walking Saddler. Evan sat on the bench for a photo op while Vivian played on the merry-go-round.
We opted to fly to Kansas City and drive the rest of the way instead of the usual 12 hour drive from Austin because we were unsure about our desire to spend 12 hours in a car with Evan. During the 20 minute drive to Bergstrom airport on Tuesday morning, we knew we had made the right decision. The flights went off well enough (except that AA unloaded Vivian's gate-checked car seat at DFW instead of keeping it on the aircraft till Kansas City). A few minutes before we landed at Kansas City airport, I told Vivian to look out of the window. "Look Vivian - that's Kansas down below". Vivian looked puzzled. Then she said "Wow Daddy - Kansas is colored". Took me a few seconds to realize that she expected Kansas to be in shades of sepia as per the Wizard of Oz.
This is the welcome-to-Nebraska sign on 73 between Reserve and Falls City. It's been used for target practice. When I pointed out to Jo that the corresponding welcome-to-Kansas one didn't have holes, she noted that it was new.
In the photo above, we are approaching the stop sign at downtown Padonia - my definition of a Nebraska town. The next three photos below are from around the Country Cabins where we are staying. It's peaceful and lovely. Sunset last night. Vivian sitting on the back deck and pointing out birds. And Evan climbing a rock in the front yard this morning. We stayed here three years ago when Vivian was almost exactly the same age as Evan is now. The rooms are conveniently labeled: "Country Kitchen", "Country Bathroom". Thank god - I was going to dump in the oven...
This morning we drove up Stone Street in Falls City. I stopped the car and took a photo (below). Jo mentioned that I was holding up traffic. I forgot there were other people. You hardly see anyone else. The next picture is outside the gym on Stone. Jo met Steph there and they worked out together. The gym is chock full of expensive workout machines. Its clean and looks more like a fancy hotel lobby than a gym. A far cry from the Red Black Gym in Austin. But I had to ask Jo to pose in front of the Zumba sign. The only other time I heard of Zumba was on the Xtranormal Crossfit video ("Zumba is not fucking Crossfit").
We dropped Jo off at the gym and got the day started right with a chocolate crunch cone at the Frosty Queen. Then we went to Pioneer park where we ran into Aunt Frances walking Saddler. Evan sat on the bench for a photo op while Vivian played on the merry-go-round.
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