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I love outdoor art. Here are a few pieces in the Mueller neighborhood.
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Geode by Hunter Cross
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I love this spider. You can see the size of it when you compare it to a fellow hiker reading about the sculpture in the bottom right corner of the photo.

Spider by Dixie Friend Gay

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I passed by this artwork early in the morning. When I looked it up online, I found photos of it open. It is solar powered. I’ll have to go back and check it out in full sun.

Dance of the Cosmos by Jennifer Chenoweth
This is the old airport control tower in the Mueller neighborhood. Some years ago, the Mueller airport moved from this site to the closed Bergstrom Air Force base. When the Mueller neighborhood was developed, they left the tower standing.

This is a water tower. I’ve driven by it countless times and wondered what it was. I finally saw a reference to it in the information about the urban hike through the Mueller neighborhood.

I saw these while on an urban hike through the Mueller neighborhood in Austin, Texas. What a great idea!

