Beautiful Old Home

A walk in the Judge's Hill area made us stop and look at this beautiful old home.

Clouds in the Sky

One day the fluffy clouds provided such a nice backdrop that I just couldn't resist snapping this picture from the Drake (South First) pedestrian bridge.

Great Blue Heron

Walking east on the trail on the north shore of Lady Bird Lake we spied this Great Blue (I believe) surveying his domain.

That Was a Tough Match

This peacock seems to be dragging its tail feathers past a tennis court where some serious players are working out. Looks like he's beat. Mayfield Park is across the street from our club and sometimes the peacocks (and peahens and chicks) from there visit.

Can You Valet Park This for Me?

This was parked one day in July at the valet stand on Second for the Austonian.

A Woman and Her Dog

This lady and her cute canine friend had a chance to rest and contemplate the beauty of Lady Bird Lake a few days ago.

Street Lamp

It's the first of the month. And it's theme day at City Daily Photo. The theme is 'street lamps.' We've shown you Austin's historic moonlight towers before, but we couldn't let this theme day go by without going back to it. These towers were erected in 1895. Apparently many cities had them but only Austin preserved them. Or at least some of them. Seventeen are in use today. This one is at Monroe and South First. Here is a map showing locations of ones that exist today as well as those that are gone. Here's a FAQ from the Austin history center. And here is what we posted on the subject before and a picture of some grackles taking over one.

Click here and you will see a lot of street lamps from around the world.