Little Free Library

 

On our wanderings during the pandemic through various neighborhoods we have visited lots of Little Free Libraries. We peruse the offerings (we've taken a few) and I often carry books we want to give away in my backpack to place in them.

Texas!

 

Forrest walks down a lane in the Texas State Cemetery that is flanked with Texas Flags. Lest you think that we don't honor the U.S. of A. there, you will find a U.S. Flag on top of the hill above here.

9/11

FFP stands outside the 9/11 memorial at the Texas State Cemetery. That is a piece of metal from the tower on the left.

Pride of Barbados

The plant to FFP's right, called Pride of Barbados, has been beautiful and long-lasting in Austin this summer.

Masked Walker

When possible we've been walking outside in quiet neighborhoods with masks on and far from others. Here FFP pauses near a beautiful Pride of Barbados.

Slowly

Whoever designed these signs needs a grammar lesson. But, this is Texas where we had a motto for the highways: "Drive Friendly." For the record, slow and friendly are adjectives and modify nouns! So, please drive slowly in a friendly manner or something. In any case, they are trying to eliminate some through traffic to give people a safer place to walk and such (as you see FFP doing) during the pandemic.

Spring Walking

We walked in the Hyde Park neighborhood recently and I caught FFP going by this picket fence with beautiful flowers.

Day 23

I'll quit this after a bit, I'm sure. Today I extended the panorama a bit so you could see pieces of the relatively empty Nueces street. And, of course, I added my companion in this glorious experiment standing on the balcony! More of the same tomorrow? Maybe. Or maybe I'll start showing pictures of the things in my house. Or go back through the pictures I took when we still went outside and strolled.

Where he Went to University

FFP is only a few miles from all the schools he attended. The closest, of course, is the University of Texas where we frequently walked from our downtown condo. (Currently, due to COVID-19 we are avoiding getting outside our apartment as much as possible.)  Here FFP is looking across the fountain on the mall looking toward the Tower. Because of the events of August 1966, that edifice always gives him pause. Today is Theme Day at City Daily Photo and 'school' is the theme. Click here to see what others have offered for this theme.

Jacket or No?

The Spring-like weather had my pal FFP shedding his jacket the other day.

Austin and Texas Murals

When our dear friends from the Northwest were visiting we walked up Guadalupe ("The Drag") one day. The Artist's Market was devoid of booths this day and I shot a picture of FFP and our friend Tina surrounded by the murals.

Downtown Mural

This mural is near Congress Avenue on East 8th Street. That's my better half walking by on a warm January day.

Checking His Messages

We were going around to look at the hotel decorations for the season when FFP took a break in the Four Seasons lobby to check his phone. Beautifully decorated tree!

Caution!

This large reproduction from a Medieval Manuscript invites visitors into the Medieval Monsters show at the Blanton Museum. It's pretty amazing the depictions of monsters as cautionary tales or critters to be slain.

A Work of Art

Here is FFP posing in this stunning work by artist Josef Kristofoletti. According the Austin's Art in Public Places: "Topping ten stories tall, Tau Ceti creates a stunning optic experience as sunlight from surrounding buildings refract and correspond with the painted gradient color spectrum throughout the day. Tau Ceti references a single star in the constellation Cetus (pronounced: see tus) that is spectrally similar to our own sun." This is at the corner of Brazos and East Second.

Walking Home

On our walks, I often snap a picture of FFP walking ahead of me. Here he is walking north on South Lamar beside the Zach Theatre with the skyline north of Lady Bird Lake looming to the right.

Dining Selfie

This is a picture of us waiting for our food at Joann's on South Congress. We were walking and I had taken along this little mirror gadget that I put on my wrist so I can see if bikes and scooters are coming up behind us. Its utility is so-so, but it makes for an interesting picture.

Shoal Creek Trail

The Shoal Creek Trail has been redone from Fifth to West. Here's FFP climbing down the steps from Fifth. That's my finger over the lens trying to grab the picture with my phone!

Too narrow

Here's FFP walking on a too narrow part of the near South Lamar sidewalk.

No Sidewalks

The east side of near South Lamar. In parts, there are bad sidewalks. Here, none. That's my husband treading along. He's been nursing an ankle injury and we haven't been walking a lot. I miss it. This was taken in November. I think I'll post more pictures of him walking with me at a respectful distance. (Kidding, I just fall behind while talking pictures.)