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License Plates

One of the restaurants in Abilene has a wall of license plates as you first walk in the door.

It's really interesting.  As I was making this image, I noticed that all the plates are right-side-up or sideways except for one. 

California is the only plate that's upside down.  Yah for this business!!!!

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STRAWN mural

On the way to Mineral Wells, TX, the road passes through the small town of "Strawn".  One of the brick walls on the outside of a business has this beautiful & colorful mural painted on it.  Each letter has one of the specialties of the town painted in it.

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Painted Wall Mural

In the town of Mineral Wells, TX, there's this musical mural painted on one of the abandoned buildings that can be seen from the Main Street of the town.

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"SALE" sign.

I saw this SALE sign in front of a store in Albany the other day.  I thought it was so cute~~handmade and all.  I love that the letters are f different designs.  I didn't go in.  I don't need one more thing for my house for me at this point in time.

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Alleyway graphic

One of the alleyways in Anson has this beautiful & colorful graphic advertising the Museum.

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Announcements

There's an art center in downtown Abilene and on one of the outside walls there are these announcements about coming events.  The photo club I attend once a month meets at this venue, and it's right across from my fav coffee shop, so I see the banners regularly.  

The art center has rotating displays of artist's work inside throughout the year and it's always fun to see what's on display when I attend my meetings.  

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Mosaic Wall 

This beautiful mosaic wall is part of the decor in a park on the edge of Amsterdam, NY.

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Wall Decor

In one of the places I visited today, this wall decor just caught my eye.  I love the color and the simplicity of it.

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Wooden Quilt Square

A painted quilt square is located on a building in upstate NY.  

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Window Grafitti

I was in town this afternoon and one of the vacant buildings has large windows.  One of the windows had this graffiti painted on it.

Abilene is know as the Storybook Capital of the United States, so they have a lot of Winnie the Pooh graphics scattered around as statues and graffiti.

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Two Painted Faces

There's a fairly new shopping center on the other side of Abilene and in the parking area are several places where the trash is picked up by trucks.  The trash receptacles are surrounded on three sides with stone walls that are painted so they become part of the decor.  This is one of the walls.  

What a great idea to decorate the trash areas like this.

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Quilt Square

There's a trail of quilt squares  on various buildings in this upstate NY area.  I'm not sure where you can get the map, but there's one available for whomever wants one.

I passed a building with this square on it today.  The squares are created by a person when someone contacts them and says they want one.  There's a charge, but I don't know what it is.

The squares are usually high on the building over the entrance door and each one is indicative of the business which is contained in the building.  Some private homes have these on their buildings as well, and it's really fun to locate them and see what they are.

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Mosaic Artwork

There's a park I went to today and I saw this beautiful mosaic artwork on this wall.  

 

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New Boardwalk

I'm visiting a place that has added a new board walk since the last time I was here.  It runs along a river, not a beach (sadly), but it's very nice and I hope the folks who live here take good care of it.

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Coca-Cola sign

This beautiful red and white wall art is on one of the buildings in an alleyway in Cisco, TX.

It says "Relieves Fatigue" at the bottom, with a 5 cent price.

I don't remember it being 5 cents, but I do remember it being 15 cents.  I drink Pepsi.

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Baby Quilt

When I only had 3 grand babies and a lot of time on my hands, I decided I'd make each of them a single-bed-sized quilt when they turned 2.  Well, I have 7 little ones right now, but there are only 3 under 2 years.  One of them has a birthday at the end of May, so I got busy and made this quilt for him.  

(There are 2 more who will turn 2 and a great grand baby who will be 2 a year from July.)

I mailed it to him (he's in Alaska) the other day so it should arrive on time.

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Decisions, Decisions

One of the coffee shops in town has this bulletin board just inside the front door.  It always has so many flyers for activities.  So many decisions.

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Ex-bank Graffiti

This structure must have been a bank at one time.  Now it's something else, but one side of the wall is fully painted in bright colors and it faces a parking lot so it can been seen by all who park there.

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Colorful Duplos

I went to the library with the grandkids again today and saw these duplos on a table and thought they looked so great.  

My kiddos had tons of these to play with and they loved them.

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Sunflower Mural

This beautiful sunflower mural is painted on the outside of a business in a small town in Central Texas.  

Definitely a bright spot in the town.