[Leica] Friday Follies

[don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)]

Douglas,  amazingly very little political anything thus year.   There are a
few yard signs but many fewer than existing BETO signs and bumper stickers
from 2018.  As Austin is a very liberal city I find that very interesting.

On Fri, Oct 9, 2020, 3:49 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> Juicy Lucy for me. No kids' menu, I'll hazard a guess?
>
> Test Pattern? Do they still have those these days?
>
> Any political graffiti with election coming up?
> Douglas
>
> On 09/10/2020 10:58, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> > Greetings to all.  This week we will stay well within 1 kilometer from my
> > home.  We chose this neighborhood for it's vast diversity in all
> respects.
> > We start with a section 8 housing(lowered to low income housing)
> >   development that is usually behind a gate to limit access.  When the
> > landscapers were busy I walked in and found this:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/woman+with+birds+abstract+modern.jpg.html
> >
> > The restaurant that this sign advertises is a popular fried chicken and
> > beer emporium.  Did I say very popular and perhaps an institution in
> Austin:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/Lucys.jpg.html
> >
> > This is in an alley near some restaurants.  I have no idea what this
> > references or why it was painted as visibility is very limited unless you
> > are taking a shortcut through the neighborhood:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/JELO.jpg.html
> >
> > Going north from the alley and then east on a surface street you come to
> > this wall abutting a restaurant.  I guess art takes many expressions but
> > I'm going to guess this artist stays up way to late at night:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/test+pattern+wall.jpg.html
> >
> > Several blocks north and on the main surface street is a small
> > bodega/grocery specializing in organic produce, imported good wine and
> > spices for non-european cuisines:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/Our+Lady+of+the+Radish.jpg.html
> >
> > Last for today is a mural on the patio area of an Italian restaurant.
> Many
> > weeks ago I showed another mural for a Fellini film and this one is next
> to
> > it:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/Matrimonio+all+Italiana.jpg.html
> >
> > All the best until next week.
> >
>
>
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