hiatus Well as you can tell, we haven't been posting lately... life chez ADP just got a lot more busy than before, and there hasn't been any time for photography. We are sorry about this, and we miss posting here, but unfortunately work and family are taking precedence right now. Here is our plan: we're going to post as and when possible over the next month, then see how things stand in the New Year.

Meanwhile, any readers from Austin not familiar with the Daily Photo blog ring community might like to know that joining up is open to anyone who wants to post a daily photo from where they live- even if someone else is already doing so. Or if anyone would like to become a team member, we'd be glad to hear from them. Maybe we should invite photos for submission? Not sure if other DPs have considered anything like that.

Anyway, bye for now, and see you all soon hopefully.  ¶ posted by alice at 11:33 PM  4 comments

  happy holidays already

There is no point complaining about it, the shops are full of baubles and sweaters with jingle bells on, and this is not going to change for at least another month. In the meantime we found this outdoor decoration stuck up a lamp post outside a strip mall (an ourdoor row of shops) and rather liked the way it sparkled in the Texas sun.  ¶ posted by alice at 8:01 PM  4 comments

  Bouldin Creek coffee house

Cool and groovy independent cafe Bouldin Creek Coffeehouse is your average South Austin caffeine dealer, open till midnight every day for drinks, foods and the usual cool and groovy stuff. There was some pretty interesting art there too, when we went the other day. If you're sick of Starbucks, or just too darn freaky to feel comfortable in there, this is the place to go instead. Which is good.  ¶ posted by alice at 7:48 PM  1 comments

  a house

Well, it's going to be a house. I still can't believe (having lived in England most of my life) that you really can build houses out of wood and not spend the next six months watching them fall down again. But the climate is entirely wood friendly in Texas (hurricanes notwithstanding). They even make great big posh homes out of wood, and then stick pretend stone cladding on the outside to make them look... actually, I don't know why they do that. It seems daft to me.  ¶ posted by alice at 1:07 AM  4 comments

  England

You're right- this isn't Austin. The truth is, we're temporarily out of Austin pictures, having used them all up while posting from the UK back then for a couple of weeks. Meanwhile, I thought you might like to see this- it was taken in the south coast seaside town of Lyme Regis (which I don't think has a Daily Photo blog yet...), on a day with some really amazing light shifts and effects and is definitely one of my favourites from our trip. The light in the UK is so different from in Texas, creating all kinds of shades and variations, not just "very bright sun" and "dazzling sunset".  ¶ posted by alice at 7:38 PM  4 comments

  airport #2

Here's another one I took in the airport, using the marvellous "angle your camera" technique! The real reason for the angle was to cut out the barriers which blocked bits of view from the upper level where the picture was taken. But the result was also more interesting angles. Plus a scary vertiginous "Help! I'm falling from the upper level onto the luggage conveyor system beneath!" effect... Aghhhhhhh!!  ¶ posted by alice at 8:28 PM  0 comments

  Industrial lines from the side of the road

Regular readers may recall our obsession with power lines in the sky- this is some kind of power station transformer thingy place with lots of lovely lines all over the place. Sorry I don't know what, but it was the geometry that inspired, rather than the factual information. Maybe we should offer a free mango margarita to anyone who can identify its name accurately? (Apologies for the missing day yesterday- see sidebar for our customary excuse explanation...)  ¶ posted by alice at 5:51 PM  0 comments