Austin, Texas Daily Photo

This house (walking distance from our high rise in Old West Austin) has interesting plaster details.  

  On our walks, I like to observe the different types of walls and gates. This wall, in Old West Austin, is a great example of a dry stack w...

  Below what is called Castle Hill in West Austin is a former graffiti park on the remnants of a failed condo project. It has closed and it ...

I like to snap pictures of these structures that offer a book exchange to their neighborhoods. This one is in Old West Austin.

I see a mural like this (in West Austin around Fifth and Sixth) and think: "are these characters from a story I'm not hip enough ...

Lots of good words here, in perfect order. Lots of good lessons here, too.

Some people make a real effort to make Halloween fun -- here you see an elaborate display outside an old West Austin home.

This interesting piece is on display in a yard in Old West Austin.

Houses this big always get my attention. I wonder what the utility bills and taxes run in a place like this? And the maintenance -- wow.

This yard in West Austin had a nice stand of bluebonnets. These are the state flowers of Texas and you are not supposed to pick them, so ...

Walking through Old West Austin, we encountered these three watchdogs. The two in front barked vociferously and the poodle was drawn up to...

Also in Old West Austin, FFP walks along by some yellow foliage.

As you could see yesterday in FFP's picture of Elm Street, Austin got some fall colors this year. Here he is walking through Old Wes...

Some juicy words for thought on this car in old west Austin.

Our area has tons of Live Oak trees. They drop these pollen bundles that turn into yellow dust this time of year. (Just after they push ou...

Spring is well underway in Austin. Saw this growing up a telephone pole in Old West Austin.

The frog and the butterfly aren't real, but they do provide a nice surprise when you walk by.

One homeowner on Shelley in Old West Austin maintains a beautiful pond.

This gave me pause as we wandered around Old West Austin.

We took an unfamiliar path (a certain alley) in a familiar neighborhood (Old West Austin) the other day and I saw this pig sculpture '...