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Subject: [Leica] Friday Follies
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2020 08:02:09 +0530
References: <CA+3n+_nsKcYtLq5SN9wdBrY9m_LCs9TkPWr0e=Vmt69ufoOM9A@mail.gmail.com>

Excellent set!
Cheers
Jayanand

On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 3:28 PM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
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.
>
> --
> Don
> don.dory at gmail.com
> --
> Don
> don.dory at gmail.com
>
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