tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-115919697971568322024-03-18T21:04:31.837-07:00Austin Suburbia . . . Urban Chicago Different Towns, Same CamerasJean Spitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11591969797156832.post-40903963738253363272017-01-23T07:21:00.000-08:002017-01-23T07:21:02.036-08:00Chicago in Early January, View from Lincoln Park<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Looking south, from the Lincoln Park Conservatory.Jean Spitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11591969797156832.post-7209725506429967512017-01-16T05:53:00.000-08:002017-01-16T05:53:02.142-08:00More of Graffiti Park, Austin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jean Spitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11591969797156832.post-59844512080174830692017-01-09T06:55:00.000-08:002017-01-10T04:30:28.692-08:00Graffiti Park at Castle Hill <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is just part of a hillside dedicated to graffiti in Austin. If you enlarge the photo, you can see that the support for the "no parking" sign has been decorated.Jean Spitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11591969797156832.post-29334199711017284272016-12-14T12:38:00.000-08:002017-01-10T04:35:07.086-08:00Lincoln Park in Mid-December <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One of the rare days with some snow, this season.Jean Spitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11591969797156832.post-50227964389183911742015-07-09T10:58:00.000-07:002015-07-09T10:58:07.673-07:00Sunrise Over Lake Michigan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jean Spitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11591969797156832.post-312565080789932252015-04-22T15:56:00.001-07:002015-04-29T07:25:46.580-07:00Early Spring, Art Institute<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Margot and Thomas Pritzker Garden, off the modern wing, Art Institute of Chicago.<br />
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The fan shape is a huge Curve sculpture by Ellsworth Kelly, commissioned for the Art Institute.Jean Spitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11591969797156832.post-15351938950667319172015-03-24T11:54:00.000-07:002015-03-26T04:20:03.626-07:00Frozen Waterfall on Rooftop <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Photographed this morning, after yesterday's snow, partial melt and re-freeze.Jean Spitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11591969797156832.post-18760705487734518222015-03-14T05:24:00.000-07:002015-03-14T17:37:48.889-07:00Nichols Bridgeway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Photographed yesterday on the pedestrian sky-bridge between the Art Institute of Chicago and Millennium Park.Jean Spitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11591969797156832.post-17003517356283627442015-03-07T15:13:00.000-08:002015-04-18T03:35:32.695-07:00Gold Fish<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Photographed at Chicago's Lincoln Park Conservatory, this winter.Jean Spitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11591969797156832.post-2609739433662183912014-01-01T14:32:00.000-08:002015-05-28T14:51:35.755-07:00Dancing Figures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy new year!Jean Spitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11591969797156832.post-3590914416893733272013-11-28T05:50:00.000-08:002013-11-28T08:10:32.093-08:00November Sunrise<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy thanksgiving!Jean Spitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11591969797156832.post-40286869691810446172013-10-05T09:17:00.000-07:002013-10-05T11:51:22.303-07:00Rainbow and Reflections<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Photographed last week, in Chicago.Jean Spitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11591969797156832.post-46353429903827555662012-12-21T09:33:00.000-08:002012-12-21T09:33:41.609-08:00Chorus Line<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The deer were nibbling on sunflower seeds, fallen from a bird feeder. Not something they usually have any interest in eating.<br />
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<br />Jean Spitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11591969797156832.post-84704176128257408282012-10-31T12:34:00.000-07:002012-10-31T12:34:13.122-07:00Little Green Guy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Photographed this afternoon.<br />
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<br />Jean Spitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11591969797156832.post-82185028468307622632012-09-28T07:01:00.000-07:002012-09-28T07:01:32.235-07:00Mother and Child<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Photographed this morning.<br />
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The fawn and its mother came back this morning and settled down in the meadow, in the typical "facing away from the center," defensive position.Jean Spitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11591969797156832.post-4659132714878477002012-09-27T13:10:00.000-07:002012-09-27T13:10:18.488-07:00Fawn <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Photographed this morning.<br />
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<br />Jean Spitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11591969797156832.post-40242342768456303552012-09-07T05:27:00.000-07:002012-09-07T05:27:09.060-07:00Young Stags<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Photographed as the day was ending, on the hillside.<br />
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There were four, hanging out together. Still with the velvet on their antlers.<br />
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Photographed this morning, out the kitchen window.Jean Spitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11591969797156832.post-5706509733631435552012-08-06T06:08:00.000-07:002012-08-07T21:00:05.546-07:00An Unconventional Woman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This was my second visit to Formosa, the late 19th Century art studio of <a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-2591307005/ney-elisabet-18331907.html" target="_blank">sculptor Elisabet Ney</a>, located in Austin's Hyde Park neighborhood.<br />
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Free, completely fascinating look back at European and Texan history.<br />
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And a chance to learn about a woman who defied the mores of her time and eventually influenced the course of Texan history.<br />
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Formosa is fun, too. One can (and I did) climb to the small tower room on the narrowest spiral staircase.Jean Spitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11591969797156832.post-66468285130479199152012-08-03T06:01:00.000-07:002012-08-03T06:01:01.828-07:00Yellow Jackets at Work<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was cutting back a potted bamboo plant Wednesday morning, when I found <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_jacket" target="_blank">these guys</a>.Jean Spitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11591969797156832.post-68498712272580135632012-07-29T02:55:00.000-07:002012-07-29T03:01:09.163-07:00Fawn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Photographed yesterday, in the meadow.<br />
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This fawn was on its own, mom not in sight.<br />
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After a lot of munching on leaves, it took off, fast, for its mother, who was uphill, doing her own grazing..Jean Spitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11591969797156832.post-82249837434311061292012-07-22T08:44:00.000-07:002012-07-22T09:14:54.910-07:00A Not-At-All Successful Mosquito Deterrent<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Plant society garlic, was the advice from the local mosquito expert.<br />
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So we did. Lots of it, including the stuff in the pot in the foreground of this photo.<br />
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True enough . . . but they are perfectly willing to bite the person standing <i>next</i> to the garlic.<br />
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One teeny bit of Barton Springs Pool, on a hot summer Saturday, in the early afternoon. <br />
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You can read about the Pool <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barton_Springs_Pool">here</a>. The pool is part of, and is fed by, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barton_Springs">Barton Springs</a>.Jean Spitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11591969797156832.post-77338247303963093202012-06-26T09:29:00.000-07:002012-06-29T07:25:04.320-07:00Night Falls on the River at County Line Barbeque<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We abandoned Oasis for drinks (beer recommended) and ribs (pork recommended) outdoors at <a href="http://countyline.com/CountyLineLake.html">County Line</a> in Austin. The creek is Bull Creek, full of turtles that night. Lovely and peaceful.Jean Spitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11591969797156832.post-71436717838836174812012-06-25T02:42:00.000-07:002012-06-25T14:04:54.407-07:00Lake Travis and Oasis, Texas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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