This is the first time in a long-ass time that I've taken color photos during the month of February. It's strange, but liberating; #blackandwhitefebruary is certainly a cool idea, yet the fact that I 
took all of February's photos in B&W for the past several years means I'm missing out on color memories. I never really thought about it that way until recently; but, no matter, the past is past and we are here 
now.
I spent a day in Houston this past Wednesday (the 6th): my main business there was to pick up my visa for study abroad (I am leaving for Chile at the end of the month!), but I wanted to explore and check out the city while I had the chance to be there. **The following is a mix of phone and camera photos. 
February 5
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| headed east over the mountains | 
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| palm trees outside the hotel | 
February 6 
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| waiting for the bus on the side of the freeway | 
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| Houston: anywhere in America (?) | 
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| Post Oak Blvd. | 
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| (lots of bus rides) | 
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| lunchtime! | 
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| colorful remnants of the lunch buffet | 
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| headed to the nature center | 
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| came for the visa, stayed for the trees | 
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| crazy vines | 
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| lots of benches scattered around... | 
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| ~ compare to below ~ | 
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| ~ compare to above ~ | 
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| lil lizard | 
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| year of the (earth) pig | 
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| overlooking Buffalo Bayou | 
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| pt. II | 
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| look at this dude giving me the side-eye | 
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| focusing on blue | 
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| focusing on red | 
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| chilling on the "Love Wins" boardwalk bench | 
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| fleeting rays | 
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| more lil lizards! | 
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| best $3 per 30 min I ever spent | 
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| views at Spotts Park | 
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| distant skyline | 
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| (I couldn't not rent the bike again) | 
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| skyline views along the Buffalo Bayou walk | 
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| I guess these are ducks...? | 
If you made it this far... here are some bonus pics!
January 12 
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| the icicles got much fiercer as the term went on | 
January 30
I felt like going out on a walk in the snow - in the woods, where the still-covered trails were buried in knee-deep snow and I had no proper snow boots or snow pants to speak of.
  
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| bark, I | 
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| bark, II | 
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| bark, III | 
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| evergreens, ever green | 
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| bark, IV | 
And here's a cool edit of a phone capture of the above landscape (PicsArt, as always):
February 4
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| me and Deanna... hoping this isn't the last time we ever see each other | 
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