GO!
(We start our game from the
Trolley Station on S. 2nd Street)
This is a game for you to play.
Keep your eyes open – all the way!
Look out the windows, see the sculptures pass by,
As we play this game of I spy!
from the Abilene Cultural
Affairs Council
Once you spy the statue I’m reading about,
Put a check by the number and shout out,
“The sculpture! Look, I found it – see?!”
Thank you for playing this game with me!
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Look west down North 1st! Giant antlers I spy!
By the size of those , he’s a pretty big guy.
This ten point rack is long and slim,
I’d like to see the size of the rest of him!
“Desert Mule Deer Skull” by Joe Barrington
“The Pig” by Charles Wells
Can you see the horse…Now look really quick
He doesn’t have hair, he’s shiny and slick
At nighttime his eyes glow red in the dark
Would you be afraid to meet him in a park?
“Mesteno” by Luis Jimenez
STOP AND SEE!
Check here when you’ve found the sculpture!
I spy a piggy strolling down the street.
How is he strolling? With wheels on his feet!
Off to the market this piggy may go,
He rolls here and there, and to and fro!
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Quick! Up in sky! Not a bird or a plane!
It’s a green Dinosaur , Bob is his name!
In his mouth is a small, orange car.
I spy this sculpture from near and far!
“Dino Bob” by Bob “Daddy-O” Wade
Right next to the Horse, the name rhymes with Pickle
It has art from books… We call it the NCCIL
Admission is Free and art’s everywhere
You must make the time to take your mom there!
And just down N. 1st Street, inside of the Grace
The children’s museums’ a fun loving place
Play with the whisper phone or gravity well
The playscape for Toddler’s a great place to dwell
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I spy a book and a canoe
Coming to life. You can ride too!
Just read a book and let your mind dream
Of adventures and fun, floating downstream!
In the same park as the sculpture, “Hats”
Look fifty feet to the East and that’s
Where you will find the sculpture, “heads”.
I spy four of them, near the flower beds!
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“heads” by Chris Powell
“Childhood’s Great Adventure” by Rick Jackson
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I spy sculptures, four in all.
Someone might tip one and say “Howdy, y’all!”
On top of a persons noggin they’d sit,
The very top part of a great outfit!
“Hats” by Cameron Shoepp
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I spy a large beast standing in grass.
It isn’t made of silver, it isn’t made of brass.
It is made of bronze, and not of chrome.
Oh give me a home where some of these roam!
“Testing the Texas Wind” by T.D. Kelsey
STOP AND SEE!
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You’re at Frontier Texas! And here you can see
Spirit Guides from our past, they look real to ME!
“September Tripod” by David Deming
“Untitled” by Joseph Anthony McDonnell
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I spy a big bird, with feathers of steel,
Almost as heavy as an automobile!
He looks really cool, he’s pink and unique,
With giant sunglasses, right on his beak!
“Pink Flamingo” Joe Barrington
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“Let’s Give Elizabeth a Ten
for Enthusiasm” by David Deming
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I spy two sculptures, side by side.
One is a man, full of American pride.
The other is an eagle, strong and tall,
Celebrating Veterans, one and all.
“Taylor County Veterans’ Memorial” by Terry Gilbreth
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Rounding the corner, up in the air!
Swooshing by the Civic Center, on a wing and a prayer,
A golden eagle flies right by,
Gathering Wind, and that I spy!
Hop off Here, For more fun, I’ll say
There’s more “I Spy” adventures at the CCA
Pick up a clue sheet…and then try to spy
five objects hidden….in the artwork, oh my!
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“Gathering Wind” by Terry Gilbreth
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STOP AND SEE!
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I spy a pillar,made of granite stone,
In front of a place, You’d apply for a loan.
It’s pretty and gray, and stands mighty tall
Too slippery to climb, you’d probably fall!
Under the bridge, wow this is fun!
So many sculptures, here’s another one:
I spy orange! I spy three!
Three orange legs, but not one knee.
Near the wall of water, a silly sculpture lives.
I spy a pet, with lots of love to give.
This pet pup is crazy - leaping through a hoop!
Her face is made of metal, so her smile will never droop!
Thank you for playing this game with me!
What a wonderful time with so much to see!
Didn’t find all the sculptures? That’s okayYou can find them all another day!
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Better get ready! Soon we can spy,
Two big clouds, but not in the sky!
Orange, metal clouds I see
By the Civic Center, under a tree!
“Rainmaker” by Ben Woitena
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The Grace Museum
102 Cypress
325 673-4587
Tues – Sat 10 – 5
Adults $6 Children 4 – 12,
$3 Toddlers 3 – under free
National Center for
Children’s Illustrated
Literature
102 Cedar
325 673-4586
Tues – Sat 10 – 4
Admission Free
The Center for
Contemporary Arts
220 Cypress 325 677-8389
Tues – Sat 11 – 5
Admission Free
Frontier Texas!
625 North 1st
325 437-2800
Mon – Sat 9 - 6 Sunday
1–5
$8 Adults
$5 students
$4 3 – 12
Other Places to
Visit downtown
with your family:
Paramount Theatre
352 Cypress
325 676-9620
The beautiful Paramount
Theatre presents live
productions and films.
Call to see what is playing
beneath the velvet blue
ceiling, drifting clouds and
twinkling stars
Abilene Public Library
202 Cedar
325 676-6025
Call for storytime and
special children’s events
The Trolley (Route 11) runs
Monday – Friday. It departs
beginning at 7:15 a.m. and
runs every thirty minutes,
with the final departure at
5:15 p.m.