After Rain

Jan23

In my world, it has been raining for two days straight. This is mostly awesome, unless the heavy rains try their best to wake you up in the middle of the night. Luckily, one of my super powers is sleeping.

As a result of the heavy rains, the San Gabriel River is flowing strongly. While walking this evening, I took a few photos to give you an idea of what things looked like. I will also leave you with a quote to think about.

“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.” ― Rumi

Samaras

Jan20

I liked the following description from the Native Plant Society of Texas (I hope I have the correct tree).

“The fruits are flat, circular and papery wafer-like samaras. They occur in drooping clusters, are retained well into winter and wave in the wind with an audible rattle.”

The samara has a flattened wing of papery tissue that allows the wind to carry the seed. As it turns out, it also allows for nice photos at sunset near the 3/4 mile marker on some walking path. 🙂

Austin Reflection II

Jan18

This made my walk around Town Lake this evening a special one. 🙂

Frost Bank Tower II

Jan11

On the way back from my walk, I took a few photos of the Frost Bank Tower. It was an overcast day with a high of 52 degrees in Downtown Austin.

Gloomy

Jan11

On this cold, gloomy day in Austin, I went for a long walk around Town Lake.

Austin Walk

Dec28

After my visit to the Mexic-Arte Museum, I struck out on a long walk. I went South on Congress, crossed the Ann Richards Bridge, got onto the Hike and Bike Trail, it turned into the Boardwalk, crossed over Town Lake at the I-35 bridge, followed the trail under I-35, walked up Rainey Street, by the Convention Center, over to Sixth Street, and back to Congress. Of course, I took a few photos of the scenes along the way on this cold and cloudy day in Austin (the sky cleared a little as the day went on). Overall, a nice walk!

Town Lake

Dec24

I went to downtown Austin for lunch today, and went for a short walk at Town Lake to stretch my legs a bit. You know, just the usual stuff – lake, tall buildings, construction cranes, bridges, Stevie Ray Vaughan Sculpture, squirrel, Frost Bank Tower…

Contemporary Austin Laguna Gloria – Exterior

Dec13

I took a walk around the property at Contemporary Austin Laguna Gloria this afternoon. It is a Villa/Museum/Art School located on the shores of Lake Austin. The Winter temperatures were in the 70s today, so it made for a lovely day!

Domain Christmas Tree

Dec9

Take a gander at the Christmas Tree in the Domain. Yep, it looks like a tree.

Riverwalk – Lights

Nov29

Reminder to self – Don’t go to the San Antonio Riverwalk on a beautiful Saturday night to walk around and look at the Christmas lights. About 1 billion people have the same plans. Oh well, mission accomplished, and the result was some nice photos.

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