It's Hot!

The weather is getting to the scorching level now in Austin. We were walking to the east side of town on June 1 (cowering in the shadows on the south side of the street) when I noticed this scorching mural above the Tears of Joy hot sauce store on East Sixth.

East Side Mural

A couple of years ago I showed you the other side of this large mural wall on East 11th. The side away from the street has a fabulous mixed media representation of things in the neighborhood.

A Book is Born

Our friend Gail Chovan, who runs the hip design shop Blackmail, has run a successful kickstarter campaign to complete a children's book about her little daughter, Zelda, who is blind, experiencing Paris. Blackmail always has wonderful window displays and our blogs have used photos of them before. But this one? C'est magnifique!

Not a Food Trailer

Jackie caught this trailer, covered with ashtrays, by the Mexican American Cultural Center. It is meant to deter smoking. Some Segway riders were going by when she shot it.

The History of Lady Bird Lake

On Pfluger bridge a new sign was unveiled May 17^th — “The The History of Lady Bird Lake and the Trail.” Part of the master signage project of The Trail Foundation. Thanks Jackie for getting a snap.

Joan of Rock

We were attending a party a few days ago and ran into our friend Patrice Pike, a rock musician of enormous talent. I asked her to let me take a photo of her tattooed arm which depicts Joan of Arc, her favorite historical figure.

Under Construction

Today is the first of the month and therefore theme day at City Daily Photo. We missed last month due to a technical error (or perhaps a human error!) so we wanted to participate this month. The theme is 'under construction.' This is a shot taken this morning of workers at the Federal Courthouse across the street preparing for their day among the beams, columns, scaffolding and such.

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