[Leica] Friday Follies

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

I'll go for the zen world of cupcakes

On 02/06/2023 11:11, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> Greetings to all.  This week is mostly from my general neighborhood
> with one exception.  First is a new bit of painting on a backstop ata
> deserted gas station:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/angry+green+skull.jpg.html
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> A bit further down Congress I thought the stickers were interesting
> juxtaposed next to a cherry motif:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/cherry+blosssums+and+stickers.jpg.html
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> Walking east over to First Street a cupcake purveyor has this on their 
> wall:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/dreaming+of+cupcakes.jpg.html
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> We took a trip south to Schulenburg to look at the many Czech painted
> churches; I found this at the visitors center:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/have+you+painted+yet.jpg.html
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> Back to the neighborhood, the closest pizza parlor had their back wall
> repainted:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/mezzo+american+pizza+head.jpg.html
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> Last, a bit of Austin history.  In the sixties The Armadillo World
> Headquarters was the premier music venue.  The owner moved over to a
> restaurant music venue Threadgills.  This sign is on the old Threadgills
> which had to be abandoned due to a very large land lease increase.  It
> turns out the Cox family wanted space to build a large multi use live,
> work, play complex.  Five years later the city council finally granted them
> the monetary concessions and zoning they required.  In any case,
> suprisingly, this sign only has minimal tagging after more than five years:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/You+make+my+heart+sing.jpg.html
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> All the best.
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