The Trail Less Travelled (1)

Posted on June 14, 2017 by treshabarger

The hike and bike trail around Lady Bird Lake is very popular, especially between the Ann W. Richards Bridge on Congress Avenue and the MoPac bridge. That’s about a five-mile loop. But the trail is approximately 10-miles long, with the other distance spanning east from Congress Avenue to Pleasant Valley Road and the Longhorn Dam. This section is a lot less busy and it’s a very nice trail. That’s the route my hiking group took the last time we were there.

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This is underneath the IH35 bridge. Maybe this is his favorite fishing spot. Shh! Don’t tell anyone.

Fishing (1)

Boardwalk

Bridge

Chisholm Trail Marker Longhorn Dam

Lady Bird Lake (4)

Take Two

Posted on May 27, 2017 by treshabarger

Take a photo, copy it, flip it, overlay it on top of the original.

Use this graffiti . . .

Hummingbird Mural (a)

and get this.

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Tractor 1, take 1.

Tractor 2 before

Tractor 1, take 2.

Tractor 2

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Tractor 2, take 1.

Tractor 1 before

Tractor 2, take 2.

Tractor 1

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Sunflower and spider friend.

Sunflower and friend before

Double them up.

Sunflower and friend montage

Hurricane Gate

Posted on May 23, 2017 by treshabarger

This looks to me what the eye of a hurricane would look like in metal.

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Deep Eddy

Posted on May 22, 2017 by treshabarger

Deep Eddy is the oldest swimming pool in Texas. The water comes from a well and is not chlorinated. Water temperature ranges from 65 degrees to 75 degrees. Early in the morning, I saw one man swimming in a wet suit.

Deep Eddy Pool (8)

Deep Eddy Pool (11)

There is a mosaic wall.

Deep Eddy Pool (16)

Deep Eddy Pool

But I wasn’t there to swim. I was there with a handful of other artists. I sketched in pencil and the others painted with watercolors. We scattered all around the pool area and went about our business creating art.

From my vantage point, this is what I saw when I sketched.

Deep Eddy Pool (13)

My sketch doesn’t quite look like the photo. Oh, well.

I purposely left out some items, like the trash can. And people. I don’t know how to sketch people yet. Or trees. Or stairs. Or swim lanes. But I was glad I went and my inner 7-year old artist was really happy.

Deep Eddy Pool Sketch