The Austin Zoo is not your typical city zoo. Its animals are mostly rescues and retirees — acquired from people who discovered that their exotic pets were too much to handle, from research labs, and from other zoos. Right now they are displaying fiber glass animal statues that have been decorated by artists, and this was my favorite!
Too Cool for Wool, by Sara Allen. Part of the 2015 Zoo Revue at the Austin Zoo.
Roy G Biv, all your colors are there and many more!
I don’t often take pictures of the moon. When I got my current camera, I went outside, took a picture of the moon as it looked from where I was standing, then zoomed in to see what the camera could capture. It was pretty good! Although apparently I had trouble keeping it in frame and […]
The photo challenge set before us on September 20 was Spiders and Their Webs. I like to take pictures of spiders because they usually stay still long enough, and their behavior is interesting to watch. A very common and noticeable spider is the Yellow Garden Spider, Argiope aurantia. They stay in one place for weeks, […]
This is the third part of my submission for the Nature Photo Challenge #28: Wild Animals. In my first post on this topic, I explained about our two family properties in very different sections of Texas. This post will be talking about the second one, in the Hill Country of Central Texas. In many areas […]
In our travels, we have seen some iconic North American animals. You can see more animals from the Elk Refuge at my post here. It was fun to revisit old travels for this second installment for the current Nature Photo Challenge: Wild Animals. Do you have any animal photographs in your archives? There’s still time […]
This week Denzil asks us to show wild animals for his Nature Photo Challenge #28. That is a huge topic and I think this will be a three-part series! I see lots of wild animals on the two properties that belong to our family. The one where we live full time is in East Texas, […]
I love the crocheted sheep. So cute.
I was glad I got to see it. The big unveiling of the 12 animal statues was supposed to be a day earlier, but there were storms so we postponed our trip. All the animals are under a cover in a fenced in yard, so I hope they are safe from future storms too!
I hope they are safe!
I especially like the different leg treatments (are those scales?) and the rear pompoms.
I liked the combination of patterns too. If it had been all granny squares, it would have been cute, but not as creative.
Oh I needed this, what hoot. Have an injured ankle so am crabby and this just cheered me up no end!!
Glad to be of service! Rest your ankle and explore the world virtually until you are all better!
Hilarious! It makes me want to make something crazy!
I know! I wonder if all her creations are this expressive, or if the fact that it’s for a little children’s zoo brought out her imagination!
Wonky WordPress won’t let me “like,” so here I am liking. That critter is, geez, wow, something else. I’m smiling! Peace, John
You know we have to Keep Austin Weird! I was going to title the post Keep Austin Wild and Wooly, but since she titled her statue “Too Cool for Wool,” my title didn’t apply. (Austin is welcome to my slogan, though, should they ever need it.) 🙂
Cute and cuddly??? You are so right, Keep Austin Weird is where it’s at! This definitely falls in that category. Love those leggings!.