July rain

The weather has been cooler this week and we have gotten the occasional rain shower. It's been a nice break from the normal July dry weather and heat.

A storm passed through

The dark clouds rolled in just before 6PM last night, followed by the rain.

Hopefully we will learn the name of the new Athletic Director/Head Football Coach for the Terrell Tigers today.

Bad weather passes by Terrell

Yesterday afternoon the Dallas area was under attack by the remains of Hermine. We watched live on the local news tornadoes develop and touch the ground in at least 3 different areas of the Metroplex. The closest to Terrell was a tornado that touched down in Seagoville and traveled north near Forney.

In Terrell, Texas we got mostly rain and wind. From 6AM Tuesday morning through last night the Terrell Municipal Airport received 2.78 inches of rain. There is still a chance of rain today, but it should be clear for tomorrow nights district showdown between Terrell and Mesquite Poteet.

By 7PM when I was taking my evening run, the sky had started to clear. I took this picture with my old cell phone.

A day early

Skywatch isn't until Friday, but I got this one last night and wanted to get it posted. This was as the sun was setting and storm clouds were starting to roll in. Thankfully, we didn't get any rain, just the clouds. We may get some rain today though.

Monday Morning Mashup

The snow didn't hang around very long. It's suppose to make it to the mid 60s today and mid 70s Tuesday. Lets hope the snow and the cold weather is gone for good. There are a couple of more pictures on the Terrell Daily Photo Facebook page.

To follow up on the paint ball post from yesterday, the paint looks orange, but looking closely at the pictures it looks like the ball may have had a red shell. The paint washes off the glass. I did see the glass broken in a door of a unoccupied building, not sure if its related to the paint ball. I heard from someone who said the grounds of Terrell Senior Terrace Apartments have been littered with red and blue paint balls lately, fired from the homes behind the complex. A few pictures have been added to the TDP Facebook page.

The Terrell girls soccer team will take on The Colony in the second round of the playoffs. The Lady Tigers had a bye in the first round. The match is scheduled for Tuesday night at Tom Kimbrough Stadium in Murphy, Texas.

The Tigers baseball team has two tough district contests this week. Tuesday they travel to Red Oak and they are home Friday against Mesquite Poteet. They close the week out on Saturday traveling to Royce City for a non district game.

The Vagabond Players are opening a new play Thursday night. Contact Books and Crannies for reservations.

Less than a week till the Spring into Action 5K fun run and walk in Kaufman, Texas. Are you registered?

April 17th is The Fountain 5K & walk in Terrell, Texas. The run will be held during the Heritage Jubilee.

Today is Brians 41st birthday.

Madness in March

Yesterday the high in Terrell was 74 degrees. The temperature has been dropping all day, tonight it is expected to drop to 32 degrees and a chance of snow flurries.

Enjoy the weather

Mid 70s yesterday, suppose to be the same today, with a small chance of rain. If you can get out of the office, go have some fun.



The Tigers baseball team won their district opener at West Mesquite 10-0 last night. Great start to district play. They have one more tournament that starts tomorrow in Rockwall before their first home game next Tuesday against Mabank.
I think everyone knows the US Census takes place this year. Its been all over the television, ten questions, 10 minutes. Why is it necessary for them to send out a letter this week letting us know that next week we will be getting the Census form in the mail? Whats the cost of that? Couldn't they at least send a bulk rate post card? Oh well, its not like its my money.........oh wait, it is.

Tuesday Bonus

75 degrees outside! Are you kidding me? I need to get out of the office. Of course with the wet weather, we are going to be getting the mosquito's and I am a mosquito magnet.

Monday Morning Mashup

Most of the snow is gone and its time to go back to work....joy. Today is also trash day. Since we were without power from 8:30AM Friday to sometime early AM Saturday morning, the contents of our fridge will be sitting by the curb. We got it easy Cilla was without power for 60.5 hours.

This is from Friday morning.



Exciting finish to the Daytona 500 yesterday, I was worried that Dale Jr. was going to pull it out at the end. I am glad he didn't. I wonder how many people started drinking when the race started, got tipsy, sobered up, and got drunk again before the race finished. That was an all day race.

Next year can the half time entertainment for the NBA All-Star game please lip sync or get someone who can sing half decent live? The game was fun to watch though, with a close ending.

Early primary voting starts Tuesday in Texas. Vote, but research the candidates first.

From what I have been able to find out, the Tigers boys basketball team had senior night Saturday night in a game that was postponed from Friday night. The Tigers lost a close game to Forney. The boys final game of the year is Tuesday night in Lancaster.

We went and saw Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lighting Thief Saturday night. It was a fun movie. They showed a trailer for Dairy of a Wimpy Kid, that looks like a funny movie. Click through the link and watch the trailer.

I posted over 40 pictures from the snow to the Terrell Daily Photo Facebook Fan page. Click the link to the right and become a fan.

Brian also has a Texas Daily Photo Facebook Fan page with his photos of the snow including the snow families found around town. Here is his page.

Thursday bonus-Snow Day

This is my front yard at 7AM this morning and its still snowing. Thankfully the temperature has stayed close to freezing and the roads are not that bad yet.

Saturdays Varsity Tigers baseball scrimmage with Rockwall and Lake Highlands has been cancelled.

Make it stop

It has been cold and rainy for what feels like weeks. We are suppose to get a break from the rain, but not the cold.........and its suppose to snow Thursday. The weather has already cause the cancellation of the Terrell baseball scrimmage that was scheduled for today. Its probably only a matter of a day or so before the scrimmages scheduled for Saturday are cancelled.



I added photos from the 2009 Terrell Photo Walk to the Terrell Daily Photo Facebook fan page. Click the link to the right and become a fan.

I wonder what they would say if Kyle Busch did this? This will be Kyles year, starting with this weekends Daytona 500.

Rainy and cold Monday

I wasn't about to venture out last night to get a picture like Brian did. The weather has been cold and wet. Today is suppose to be a better day, then get colder again. This picture goes with this one. Both are part of a larger abandoned complex of buildings and silos.



Friday night 3 young girls from Terrell were killed crossing a state highway in town.

Three Terrell girls die after being struck by car

Terrell schools responding to tragedy

TxDOT Comments On Fatal State Highway 34 Accident

From one of the Tribune stories, a fund has been set up at American National Bank to assist the families with funeral costs. Checks can be made payable to Segura/Roa Family, and may be taken directly to the bank or taken to any school campus c/o TISD Fine Arts Director Dana Skelton.

I will have my football update a little later today.

Yes, it snowed yesterday

It lasted all of an hour. This is in Garland on the way to work.

Cilla has a photo of the snow coming down in Terrell. Give her site a visit, she always has something going on.

If you like music hop over to Show Me the Mom and play the you tube clip. I did, and got the song stuck in my head.

Don't forget this Saturday at Memorial Stadium is the annual Terrell Police Services vs. Terrell Fire Department flag football game. Game time is 10am, admission is an unwrapped toy for boys and girls age 10 and up. Woody told me that I need to root for the Fire Department.

Here are my week 13 NFL picks. Lets hope I do better than last week.

xNY Jets 5-6 (Road: 2-3)
Buffalo 4-7 (Home: 2-3)

St. Louis 1-10 (Road: 1-4)
xChicago 4-7 (Home: 3-2)

Tampa Bay 1-10 (Road: 0-5)
xCarolina 4-7 (Home: 2-3)

Houston 5-6 (Road: 3-2)
xJacksonville 6-5 (Home: 4-1)

xDenver 7-4 (Road: 3-2)
Kansas City 3-8 (Home: 1-4)

Tennessee 5-6 (Road: 2-4)
xIndianapolis 11-0 (Home: 5-0)

Philadelphia 7-4 (Road: 3-2)
xAtlanta 6-5 (Home: 5-0)

xNew Orleans 11-0 (Road: 5-0)
Washington 3-8 (Home: 3-2)

Oakland 3-8 (Road: 1-4)
xPittsburgh 6-5 (Home: 4-1)

Detroit 2-9 (Road: 0-5)
xCincinnati 8-3 (Home: 4-2)

xNew England 7-4 (Road: 1-4)
Miami 5-6 (Home: 3-2)

xSan Diego 8-3 (Road: 4-1)
Cleveland 1-10 (Home: 0-4)

Dallas 8-3 (Road: 3-2)
xNY Giants 6-5 (Home: 3-2)

xSan Francisco 5-6 (Road: 1-4)
Seattle 4-7 (Home: 3-2)

xMinnesota 10-1 (Road: 4-1)
Arizona 7-4 (Home: 2-3)

Baltimore 6-5 (Road: 2-3)
xGreen Bay 7-4 (Home: 4-2)

We got a break

I wasn't the only person to head down to Ben Gill Park during a break in the rain. It's suppose to finally start to clear up today. I was going to use this for Skywatch Friday, but I have another photo I like for that. This is how our sky has looked since last Thursday.


Click the picture to enlarge.

Tonight is the last show for Big Brother 11. Who will be crowned chamption? Look for me in next years Big Brother 12. If you think you have what it takes, fill out an application.

First week of the NFL is history and I could have done better in my picks. This week no homer picks. I ended the week 12-4.

Rain has ended

We got a full day of sunshine today.........and our A/C went out.......

Skywatch Friday-blue skies, sort of

The wet weather this week has given us some unusual skies.



Today is Skywatch Friday. For other skies from around the world click here.



I will email the Photo Walkers today with the winning photo from Terrell. All of the entries are worthy of being picked, but I can only pick one. If your picture was not picked, I am sorry.

Work

Have you ever started something, got sidetracked, got sidetracked again, then forget what you were doing to start with? That's they way I was last night.

I finally hooked my scanner back up. I promised a friend that I would scan some pictures from the 80s and send them to him. Once I got it hooked up, I had to find where I put the pictures.

While looking for the pictures I found some old football and hockey trading cards from the 70s. I started looking through the cards, remembering some and not finding all of them. Before I knew it I was digging for more cards. I know I have a Walter Payton rookie card somewhere. I did find a couple of Dick Butkus and a Randy White rookie card. I also have some old hockey cards from the 78-79 season.

While looking for more cards I saw some old VHS tapes that were not labeled. I wondered what could be on them. I pulled them out, there were 3 of them. Tape number 1 was all Big Brother 2 from the summer of 2001. Tape number 2 all Big Brother 5. Tape number 3 was all static, chances are good it was Big Brother.

I never did find the pictures I was looking for.

Oh, my picture for today is my messy cubicle at work. I took the photo on Monday, I don't remember why.



More rain coming morning, this line of storms looks bad. Terrell is on the right and the storms are moving from the left. The radar is from DallasNews.com. They just activated the weather sirens and the rain is starting. No time for visiting friends sites this morning.



Big Brother is on tonight. I think I just remembered where there are some more trading cards.........

Rainbow

We only got a few drops of rain last night and the ground has had a chance to dry out. We saw a cool rainbow on our way back from dinner. It doesnt show up that well in my photos, but it went from one end to the other and there was a faint second rainbow.



Click on the picture to enlarge it.

I am off to Ben Gill Park today to see whats going on. I may post another picture later today.

If you are in the Dallas or Terrell area, make plans to attend the Terrell Photo Walk on July 18th at 10am. Click here to register. Everyone knows what Dallas looks like, come out and see what Terrell has to offer.

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Skywatch Friday-Storm brewing

Stormy weather Wednesday and Thursday. These are a few shots from the side of my front porch as the first storm was rolling in.

You can always click on any picture to enlarge.

To see other Skywatch Friday sites click here.

For my NASCAR friends check this out.

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Skywatch Friday-As the storm passed

How could I do a Skywatch Friday post without a picture of the sky from last Saturday night.

This is looking east just after the main line passed over.

Looking west, the rain stopped for a bit, then let us have it again.


It rained all night, along with thunder, lightning and no power.
The lightning may not show up very well in this picture.


The good news is the week is over and there is Terrell Tiger baseball tonight at Ben Gill Field. We should find out who Terrell will pay in the playoff by Saturday night.

For a list of all Skywatch Friday sites click here.


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