Espoo Archipelago - 30 Aug

On the first weekend I took a boat trip around the Espoo Archipelago. This operates as a series of ferries between different islands. I stopped off at couple of islands for a walk. The region of Espoo is immediately to the west of Helsinki. One of the many islands in the archipelago.

Haukilahti - a small harbour on the coast.

A house on the coast.

The island of Gasgrundet.

Swans in the sea at Gasgrundet

Looking from Gasgrundet to nearby islands.

Walking around the rocks.

A tree with red berries.

Other islands near Gasgrundet

Small hut on Gasgrundet

Arriving back at Haukilahti.

New York, USA - 22-25 August

My last stop in the USA was New York mainly to catch up with my brother-in-law Paul and his family. Lots of family photos in this posting.Midtown Manhattan with Central Park on the left. Wonderful views of Manhattan as the plane flew around to land at La Guardia Airport.
Times Square at midnight.
The Dakoda building opposite Central Park on the Upper West Side - where John Lennon lived.

Strawberry Fields memorial to John Lennon in Central Park.

Memorial plaque to John Lennon in Central Park.

With my sister-in-law Yoshiko and niece Yumiko (unfortunately my other niece Emiko was in Japan)

Paul, Yumiko and Yoshiko.

Paul at home.

Yumiko and Yoshiko in their kitchen.

A Afternoon tea in Paul and Yoshiko's apartment.

With Paul and Yumiko.

Yoshiko, Yumiko and Paul.

A visit to the Museum of Modern Art. This is "The Red Studio" by Henri Matisse. The 3 hour visit to the Museum wasn't long enough.

A Jackson Pollock

... and a closeup of the same painting.

A model of the Frank Lloyd Wright house "Fallingwater".

Washington Square in Greenwich village.

Patchin Place in Greenwich village - a row of houses in the cul-de-sac from the mid 1800s.

Musicians performing early evening in Bryant Park - Midtown Manhattan

Dinner with Yumiko

Central Park.

The Guggenheim Museum in the Upper West Side opposite Central Park

Georgetown, Texas - 17-22 August

After California, I visited Barbara Boucher Owen from Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas. The purpose of this visit was to investigate collaborative work on Barbara's Computing Educators Oral History project - which we did. I stayed with Barbara and her husband Phil in Geogetown. Georgetown is located about 40 Km north of Austin. The weather was hot - in around 100 degrees F each day and not much cooler at night - but we had airconditioning. Barbara was a wonderful host and tour guide - I got a real feel for Texas from my stay with her.

On an early morning walk to a local lake we encountered these deer roaming free in Georgetown.

Lake Georgetown with turkey buzzards in the distance.

Closer view of the turkey buzzards.

Barbara and Phil (and Q -tip) on a walk along the river just below their house. The poor cat ended up having to be carried back home in a state of exhaustion. Apparently this happens often. Texas lantana growing by the river at the bottom of Barbara's garden.

Phil and Barbara and their two cats - Q-tip and Sadie (on the chairs) on the verandah at the back of their house.

One evening we visited Nell Dale.

Barbara and Nell

The Computing History Oral History project meeting at the University of Texas at Austin.
Vickie Almstrum, Lecia Barker and Barbara.

The University of Texas tower on the campus of the university in north Austin - famous for a sniper that shot and killed 14 people from the top of the tower in 1966.

Texas longhorn cow

Another Texas longhorn - people are instructed to keep at least 10 feet from the fence.

Multicoloured flower

Covered wagon on display

Sign outside Duke's Smokehouse restaurant where we bought food "to go". Redneck has a similar meaning in Texas as it does in Australia.

Bumper sticker - this is the Austin slogan. Georgetown has a corresponding slogan of "Keep Georgetown normal".

Barbara outside the computer science building at Southwestern University. Southwestern is a small liberal arts university with around 1300 stuents and 125 academic staff.

Southwestern University campus.

Inside the computer science building.

Barbara in her room at Southwestern.

The Roy and Lillie Cullen building built in 1896 - one of the oldest buildings at Southwestern.

A house in Georgetown

... another house.

Williamson County courthouse in the main square of

Georgetown. Historic buildings in downtown Georgetown - from the late 1800s.

Barbara's kitchen - looking out onto the garden and lots of bird feeders.

A cardinal in Barbara's garden.