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Subject: [Leica] Friday Follies
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sat, 21 May 2022 08:18:37 +0530
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The last three for me.

Cheers
Jayanand

On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 3:31 PM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> We will start out a little slow today.  I remain fascinated by the sticker
> culture that feels like covering signs and poles with stickers.  I presume
> that there is some indication of current culture displayed:
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/S+Congress+stop+sign+stickers.jpg.html
>
> This home is a few blocks south of the School for the Deaf: I was impressed
> by the size of the tank and the quality of the mosaic:
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/household+rainwater+tank+with+mosaic.jpg.html
>
> This one is future nostalgia.  The grocery is being slowly demolished
> currently with a planned three story building with underground parking
> replacement.  I can feel the higher prices three years from now when the
> construction is completed.  In the meantime we have a much smaller store
> with little selection; the green grocery part is not adequate but the wine
> selection is decent:
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/HEB+since+1957.jpg.html
>
> I couldn't get on the deck but this mural is on the outside deck of a beer,
> dance, and music venue.  It has been closed for two years due to Covid:
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/Cboy.jpg.html
>
> Downtown in the tourist area there is a pretty good TexMex restaurant with
> very nice murals:
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/Abstract+blue+mural+at+a+restaurant.jpg.html
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/skeleton+on+the+Guadalupe.jpg.html
>
> All the best.
>
> --
> Don
> don.dory at gmail.com
>
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