A friend (Angelique Naylor) shot this from a kayak on Lady Bird Lake. Captures a lot of the buildings and the reflection of some of their colorful tops. Our building (the 360 Condos) is left of center with the spire to the left. The very tall one left of that is the Independent and the very tall one nearer and on the right is the Austonian.

Cranes, Reflected

Cranes from several construction sites in downtown Austin are reflected in the north side of the 500 W Second office building. That building houses several companies but much of the space is occupied by Google employees currently working from home.

SoCo Shopping

There's a shop on South Congress that sells novelties. Their window is always interesting.

Art Seen

This display was in a window on West Sixth in a row of bars. Old TVs and such. With images of video games? A label said it was a work of  'Art Seen Alliance.' As the calendar turns over into a new year, it is appropriate that we look back at old technology.

Reflecting on the Holiday

Took advantage of the Frost Bank tree for this selfie.

Tis the Season

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. And at Tesoros Trading on South Congress even the skeletons are in the spirit.

A Time for Reflection

Well, the big day has arrived. Not so much for us. We took this in one of the hotels, reflecting ourselves in a large ornament. We used the picture for our Christmas card with the tagline "A Time for Reflection." And, so it is.

Reflections of Art

There was recently a pop-up gallery of art by Claude Van Lingen on Congress. This reflective work was in the window.

Quit Monkeying Around

It's the first of the month and, as always, theme day at City Daily Photo. The theme is 'Photographing the Photographer' and so I offer this shop window. There are two of your Austin, Texas Daily Photo correspondents. I'm shooting both our pictures, reflected in a shop window. On our walks around downtown Austin we do put our phones away and enjoy reality, but if I spy a promising reflection, I'm sure to whip out my phone for a picture. Meanwhile, FFP checks for important emails. Click here for other interpretations of this theme.

Out of Focus

 I take a ton of shop window reflection and other reflection pictures. I don't post too many in this forum. But it's theme day and the theme is 'out of focus.' These pictures are so often just that. I especially like it when there is a curved reflective surface somewhere in the picture to repeat the effect. Click here to see what others in the City Daily Photo family have posted for this theme.

Monkeys

Self-portrait in the window of UrbanSpace Interiors on West Fifth Street. Me, the monkey and a barely visible FFP on the right.

Bride and Groom

This month your intrepid chroniclers of Austin celebrate forty years of marriage. Here is a shop window reflection from South Congress with a Day of the Dead bridge and groom.

Reflections on the Season

It's theme day (the first of the month) at City Daily Photo. Shop Window is the theme. Shop windows and reflections are something I love taking pictures of so it was hard to choose. I chose this one because it reflects the season (that skeleton has on a Santa or Mrs. Claus outfit!) and the skeletons tell a Southwest 'Day of the Dead' story, too. Skeleton angels, huh? Plus I prefer my shop windows reflecting something interesting outside and the tree gives it some depth. This is a shop on South Congress called Tesoros where imports of all kinds are sold, particularly things from Latin America and Mexico. So they never really get over Day of the Dead! Click here for lots of City Daily Photo interpretations of the theme.

Books and Collectibles

A reflection at South Congress Books, one of our favorite shopping destinations for books, art and collectibles. Extremely well-curated selection of books, posters and original art.

Reflecting on a Warm Summer Day

The window at Uncommon Objects on South Congress is often a good place to pause for reflection....and a self portrait with camera face.

Where Are We?

We've been away from Austin on auto-post for a bit but will get back to real time soon. This picture was taken earlier in June and shows us reflected in a shop window on one of our walks.

Our Camera-shy Self Portrait

I love making shop window reflections especially when you can see your stalwart Austin, Texas Daily Photo contributors in them.It is the first of the month and therefore theme day at City Daily Photo. The theme is "My Camera-shy Self Portrait." Appropriate for April Fools Day! Click here to see interpretations of the them from around the world.

This particular example was taken outside the downtown Hilton/555 Residences. There is a satellite store of one of FFP's favorite clothing stores: Capra and Cavelli there. We took this picture and you can see us both with cameras. But I'm taking the picture and further hiding behind the decoration on something in the window.

Click here to see the other interpretations of the theme day from around the world.

Booked

I usually confine my reflection picture collection to other blogs but I thought I'd share this South Congress portrait of both of us in the window of South Congress Books. They sell vintage books but also music posters, art and artifacts. 

There's A New View

When you live in a dense urban area, your view can change. This sunset reflection now includes the topped and almost completed Colorado Tower. Before it went up you could see the top of another building on Congress. (See here about a year and a half ago.)

Lone Star in Glass

This lone star in glass (that's my reflection on a warm January day in Austin in a short-sleeved polo) is on the Goodman Building, a commercial building near the Capitol that was probably built in the 1890's as a grocery store by one Jacob Goodman. The first floor was a grocery until 1924.