Forgiveness sculpture and Austin trees
While at ZACH Theater recently to see a show, I noticed a curious sculpture on the grounds: a rabbit cradling a greyhound. Prey forgiving the hunter? It’s a sculpture by English artist Sophie Ryder.
Nearby an enormous bur oak, one of our Texas native oaks, stood as a living sculpture.
In my own neighborhood, I’m surprised to see early fall color on some of the trees. Normally we don’t get much fall color in Austin, and it doesn’t happen until late November through early December. Perhaps the unusual cold front in October and all that rain jump-started some of the trees into shutting things down for the season. I wonder if it will be a good year to go visit Lost Maples?
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An interesting sculpture. Enjoy the color while you can. It will all be gone soon.
This yellow tree is already faded. Gotta get out there every day to see the changes!
The sculpture is wonderful, as are the living sculpture, the trees. Our fall color is here in glorious form this year, it’s nice to see it in Austin, too.
I’m sure our color is nothing compared to Oregon’s, but we’ll take what we can get — ha! I’m glad you’re having a great year for it.
I loved the trees I saw at the Fling. Many of them are so sculptural and what struck me was how close many of them grow to people’s property. Here in the UK, many people get hung up about the closeness of trees to a property, as there is a lot of false information given re the undermining of foundations. It wasn’t until I got home and reflected on the trip that I realised how necessary close trees are… they’re a much needed source of shade and cooling when it gets really hot in Austin 🙂
We treasure trees in Austin for exactly that reason. Shade is essential here.