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Morning Walks - Summer 2009
Our 2009 Ice Cream Social
For the BIRDS
Yard Art Themes: Frogs and Lizards
Flags Around the 'Hood
Memorial Day 2009 - Good Morning
There be Horses!
Victory Gardens 2009
About That THING in the Park...
A Great Year for Cactus
What's with all the STARS?
COLORFUL Neighborhood
Still Finding Gems on the Wall of Welcome
The ALWAYS Festive Violet Crown Festival
Lightning Bugs
Wall of Welcome- Saturday Morning Pix
Violet Crown Fall Arts Festival COMING UP!
The Wall of Welcome is Almost Finished!
Sweet Graffiti
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Celebrating the Crestview and Brentwood neighborhoods of Austin, Texas.
Table of Contents for this Site
God Laughs...
Halloween in the Hood
The Dog Fair
We LOVE Our Dogs
Yard Art!
Classic 50's Houses with Awnings
Allegiances and Opinions Displayed
Morning Walks - Summer 2009
Our 2009 Ice Cream Social
For the BIRDS
Yard Art Themes: Frogs and Lizards
Flags Around the 'Hood
Memorial Day 2009 - Good Morning
There be Horses!
Victory Gardens 2009
About That THING in the Park...
A Great Year for Cactus
What's with all the STARS?
COLORFUL Neighborhood
Still Finding Gems on the Wall of Welcome
The ALWAYS Festive Violet Crown Festival
Lightning Bugs
Wall of Welcome- Saturday Morning Pix
Violet Crown Fall Arts Festival COMING UP!
The Wall of Welcome is Almost Finished!
Sweet Graffiti
Dogs in the Hood, a list in progress
Annie
Archie
Butternut
Charlie
Choco
Claude
Cocoa
Cyril
Daisy #1
Daisy #2
Daisy #3
Desmo
Dexter
Dolly
Dudley
Fido
Frigo
Gracie #1
Gracie #2
Harper
Jean
Joey
Luna
Marshall
Murdoch
Muy Guapo
Obie
Oscar
Pepper
Porter
Rusty
Sami
Scout
Scully
Sherlock
Sidney
Sugar #1
Sugar #2
Vader
Vladimir
Yehudi
A Personal Note on Being Stuck in Pleasantville
(This blog was never meant to be about me at all, but this part will be the exception...)
My name is Cathey, but I'm generally known as "the fat lady on the blue scooter" with the gray dog, "Claude the Texas Blue Lacy". People notice us when I stop to smell their flowers, or to give Claude a drink , or to take pictures of their gardens, their yard art, their colorful houses...
I am always consciously grateful just to be here, which is a good thing since I'm pretty much stuck here. I live alone and don't drive anymore, but it's all good-it's like being stuck in Pepperland in "Yellow Submarine" after the Blue Meanies were conquered by LOVE. Or like being stuck in Pleasantville at the end of the movie when everything's in color and everybody's happy although nobody really has any idea what's going to happen next ; if you've gotta be stuck somewhere, this is a wonderful place in which to be stuck!
This is a great neighborhood for pedestrians, whether on foot, bikes, wheelchairs, mobility scooters, or whatever. The terrain is flat, it's shady, the traffic is reasonably slow, usually sparse, and generally careful, and the main streets are wide with good visibility. And unless 'hail's hurtin' people', you always see people out and about, walking their dogs, their babies, or each other.
Claude and I are out for "walkies" almost every morning early and almost every evening at lightning bug time, depending upon conditions. (Claude does the actual walking while I "scoot".)
Brentwood/Crestview isn't a fancy neighborhood, but it's a NICE neighborhood, and having been raised in a very fancy neighborhood, I definitely prefer the mellow vibe of a NICE one to the uptight perfection of a fancy one...I treasure this laid-back, colorful 'hood and I'm just a tenant. Everybody greets us warmly, and if they seem to like dogs at all and if they just give me half a chance, I explain that the Blue Lacy is the Official Dog Breed of the State of Texas, and Bless their Hearts, they always listen patiently. I never have to consider whether they're acting that way because I'm disabled and they're just being nice, because it doesn't matter; the people here are nice, and that's all I need to know.
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