Remains of the Day

The morning after Austin's Gay Pride Parade found the sidewalk near our building strewn with fragments of colored balloons lost to puncture the night before. (Perhaps from lit cigarettes?!)

Retired engines

This lawnmower in a yard near Rainey Street seems retired along with the other engines. Or maybe they will become parts for the Austin Bike Zoo which seems to be housed nearby.

Earth Day Bottle Tree

Yesterday was Earth Day. For some reason this fellow was erecting bottle trees in Republic Park. I didn't get the connection. But they were fun.

Cathedral of Junk

A playwright friend of mine attended an event at the far south Austin Cathedral of Junk. His photo is our picture of the day. That's some keeping Austin weird for you.

Pile of Junk or....

I have a weakness for found object (junk?) sculpture and collages and such. This appears to be a gentleman in a sombrero playing a bass drum. It is at El Arroyo, a venerable Mexican restaurant on West Fifth close to Mopac. (They barbecue their own chickens and make enchiladas and tacos and they are yummy.)

Up Against the Wall

There is a wall in an alley off Baylor in Old West Austin that has all manner of found objects and different materials in it. Back in 2001 I'd taken some pictures of it and I wanted to see if it was still there. So on my Monday walk with my friend we walked down the alley and he shot this picture. It took me a while (and Google search on my old WEB site) to find the other pictures. But the wall hasn't changed much while a lot of other things have.