Night Wing

The Austin Chronicle describes the Night Wing Bat Sculpture as a "beautiful chunk of public art".  It is located in the small triangle across from the Austin American Statesman complex at the intersection of South Congress and Barton Springs Road.

From the plaque:

Nightwing

by Dale Whistler

The following donors gladly give the City of Austin this Great Bat, honoring Austin's most famous part-time residents, the Bats of the Congress Avenue Bridge:

Austin American Statesman

Austin Energy

Embassy Suites Hotel

Hyatt Regency Austin

Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas

The Downtown Trust

Additional support provided by

Archilume, Inc.

Black & Vernooy, Architects

Clean Cut Landscaping

June 1998

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Double Decker Bicycle

Sorry for not having posted the past two days. I've been a bit under the weather as welling as waging war on Austin Energy and the monopoly they are.

I know this isn't the best picture, but had to take it while driving before I missed it. If you look closely, he's actually mounted on bicycle frame on top of another bicycle frame. I got lucky that there is another bike rider basically behind him on a regular bike.

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Big Spider

This giant spider is located just down the street from the Mueller Tower at the corner of Tom Miller Street and Berkman Drive. It looks like a small park area with walking trails and such, but was very overgrown on the day I was there.

This is from the information stand:

Dixie Friend Gay is an accomplished artist with an impressive exhibition history. Her art has been featured in galleries all over the world and is included in the permanent collections of The Boston Public Library; The National Gallery, Washington DC; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. She has been creating award winning public art projects. She has completed major installations for Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport, the Port of Miami, and the Indianapolis Airport.

The connection between nature, artifacts, rituals, obsessions and altered states of consciousness are recurrent themes in her work. She addresses questions of transition, transformation, erosion and metamorphosis. Her public art projects take their creative cues from the social and physical environment of the finals locations. Gay's work engages the audience in ways that they might not expect.

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Longhorns

Dixi and I headed downtown last night for the ROT Rally parade. While waiting for the fun to start we saw this guy riding his bike down Congress Avenue. Gotta love those handlebars!

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Blue Gorilla

We found another gorilla this weekend. This one is located in front of the Arbor Car Wash on Jollyville Road.

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Mini Cooper

Some people like to knit. Dixi has even been known to try to make something from time to time. Someone went a bit to the extreme here though, and knitted a sock for their Mini Cooper.

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Bank of Fraud

Spotted this a couple of days ago while on Congress Ave. It was parked in front of the Bank of America as you can see in the picture. Evidently someone has an issue with them.

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Pink Gorilla

I really have no idea what this statue is all about. But there it sits, day after day, staring over the intersection of Lamar and 183. I don't know for sure how long it's been there, but it's been there as long as Dixi or I can remember.

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The Place for Chicken $h*! Bingo

This is Ginny's Little Longhorn Saloon. Chicken $h*! Bingo on Sundays. $2 Lone Star's. Live music. And if you're not a beer drinker, bring your booze and buy the Coke and ice there. A true Austin experience! And check out the video here.

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Austin Wild Life

I don't think it ever looked quite like this though!

These guys were seen on North Lamar at The Corner Shoppe Mall. It's not everyday that you spot a bear on the streets of Austin. Of course, if you're in need of an actual cow hide or the skull from a longhorn, then this is your kind of place.

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Austin's New Leslie?

Everyone around Austin has seen, or at least heard of, Leslie.

Leslie's real name is Albert Leslie Cochran. He's a homeless man who's become a local celebrity of sorts and advocates for the homeless. For more information and pictures, please look here, here and here. I bring up Leslie because he has made a name for himself for being "on the street". The guy I came across today is one Dixi and I have seen a number of times on the drive home up North Lamar. He is usually on one of the corners at Lamar and Rundberg and he's always jumping around and dancing away. Today I managed to get a picture of him. I'm hoping in the next few days that I can get some video of him. I think this guy could one day rank right up there with Austin's Leslie.

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Corner of Lamar and St. Johns

Dixi and I caught this on Wednesday afternoon on the way home from work.

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