Free Seating

We took a walk in the vicinity of our old house and there seemed to be a lot of people giving away questionable seating.

Where Once the Trains Ran

It's easy to forget standing amidst the downtown skyscrapers that trains used to run along the south side of Third Street. But next to the pedestrian bridge across Shoal Creek where Third deadends there is an old railway bridge. Vines and weeds are trying to take it over. (There is still a train track that crossed Lady Bird Lake and circles around to the west to travel up the middle of Mopac eventually.)

Socks on the rocks

We were walking home from the movies the other day and saw these socks that had been abandoned on a downtown sidewalk. Someone might be able to use these!

Hopping Away

This one lost shoe was on South Lamar. It always makes one wonder.

Abandoned Possessions

We strolled up South Congress the other day to do a little shopping and have some breakfast. At the bus stop, a bike, a golf bag, a slow cooker and some other stuff were abandoned, In any case, no one else was around. We took a different route home so....

Abandoned with the Bird

Jackie found this one day on the 3rd Street Pedestrian Bridge. As with all our abandoned stuff photos, she didn't move or tamper with it 'in situ.' That's the new 2nd Street (auto and pedestrian) bridge in the background. And the new trail leading to and under it. Neither has opened as we await completion of the new library and other buildings.

Neglected

This is a detail of a large, neglected house on West Lynn. This month's theme has me looking for abandoned structures and things.

Dressing Up Abandoned Storefronts

A strip of store fronts on Congress has been abandoned for a long time. Someone recenly dressed up the boarded-up first floors with a mural.

Elvis Has Left the Building

It's the first of the month and readers know what that means: theme day. The theme is 'abandoned.' The 6th Street Cool Store on the east side has, unfortunately, been abandoned and it looks like from construction next door that it may be part of some new gentrification. In spite of the broken window and padlock on the door, the Our Lady of the Guadalupe and Elvis remain. It is interesting that Our Lady's spot was once occupied by dolphins in an earlier picture on the blog. Click here to see how others have interpreted the theme of abandoned.