Bottle Cap Pear

Yours truly is dwarfed by a bottle cap pear at the venerable folk art emporium Yard Dog on South Congress. Interesting looking stuff in there just now for the folk art shopper.

Sunset on the Road

We made a round trip to Houston yesterday and as we headed back into Austin on Hwy 71 I snapped this out of the moving car. Wonder what exotic dusts and pollutions were about to cause such a beautiful display?

Stadium? Race Track? Holding Pond?

The site of the former Green Water Treatment plant is almost decommissioned as you can see from our balcony. We can't decide what the purpose of this earth sculpture is serving. I'm thinking they are just trying to control drainage. Ultimately the site will have a couple of high rises, according to the plan. This picture shows in the foreground the plant before decommissioning.

Walking towards their future

This is an Austin Daily Photo-- but it was shot a few years ago--72 to be exact. These folks are my parents, walking down Congress Avenue, Austin's main street. My dad was 28 and mother was 19. They had been married for just a few weeks. Back then, there were sidewalk photographers who would snap candid shots and then persuade people to buy a print. I'm glad that happened or I never would have seen them like this, all dressed up, young, and smiling.

Daddy died in Seton Hospital this morning at 12:42. He lived to be 100 years old. He'll be missed.

Ghost Bike on Pfluger Bridge

Ghost bikes are usually chained to something near the spot of a fatal biking accident. This one is chained to the Pfluger Bridge, however, where only bikes or pedestrians are allowed. We've seen other ghost bikes here, here and here.

Fireworks

Leaving 2010 behind we give you the fireworks from the display at Auditorium Shores which was done pre-midnight on the 31st to send little revelers off to bed before the more alcohol-infused celebration.

Picture of the Year

This is the day when City Daily Photo celebrates the theme 'picture of the year.' We chose this one from our blog, shot by FFP edited by me. We didn't pose these shoes in the leaves on South Congress, we swear. It seemed to stand in well for our year. It was hard to choose a picture, though, and we had lots of possibilities offered by four contributors.
Lots of City Daily Photo blogs will give you a shot for 'picture of the year' from their own blog or elsewhere. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants.