Skywatch Friday-Rockwall Harbor

Another Thursday night sunset while listening to the concert by the lake. More Skywatch Friday here.

Tradition

Fireworks at Ben Gill Park in Terrell is a tradition.  Don, as usual, got some great shots.  Brian caught the last few minutes of the show on video.  The youtube link is below.

              

Happy 4th

Have a safe and happy 4th of July.  Fireworks tonight at the park.

Another day in Terrell

Macro Monday?

Have you picked up the 2012 Dave Campbells Texas Football magazine?   No love for Terrell or the Forneys schools this year.  The magazine has North Forney finishing 5th, Forney 7th, and Terrell in 8th place.

Weekend fun

A family getting ready to go on an early evening boat ride on Lake Lavon.

Taking pictures with my Nikon has proved almost impossible.  I'm going to try using my old point and shoot and my iPhone.

27 years later

I finally made it out to Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.  The Rangers put everyone to sleep for the first 7 innings, but they came alive in the 8th scoring 4 runs.  It was just enough as the Rangers beat the A's 4-3.  The last time I went to MLB game was in 1985 in St. Louis.

Horn performs well against national competition

Tyler Horn, who will be a Senior next year at Terrell recently made a trip to Council Bluffs, IA for the Omaha National World Series, presented by Baseball Factory.  In addition to training and games, he got to see one of the CWS games.

Tyler pitched in 2 games getting a win and a save, he pitched 5 Innings, gave up 1 hit, walked 2 and struck out 3, he gave up 0 Runs, for a 0.00 ERA. At the plate he went 4 for 9 with a double.

Here are a few pictures his father sent in from Iowa.

Doing it the hard way

A Forney Jackrabbit WR making a catch for a touchdown in 7 on 7 play.

Catch

I got to watch the Tigers 7 on 7 team for a bit last night.  It's not easy focusing a camera with one hand in a cast, but I did my best.  I should be getting the pins put in my finger at 7AM.  Yeah, I'm not nervous, ha ha, lol.

I have small 7 on 7 albums of Terrell's and Forney's 7 on 7 team on the Terrell Daily Photo Facebook page.

A horse is a horse

Weekend ends

A quiet Sunday evening on Moore Ave.

Word of the week: HOT

from WFAA

Five Guys Burgers

Five Guys Burgers in Plano

The Harbor

A couple more from Rockwall Harbor.  I went to the orthopedic doctor in Dallas yesterday.  I need two pins in my finger.  I'm scheduled to get it done next week. I'm left handed and of course its my left hand.

Skywatch Friday

Sunset at Thursday nights concert at the lake in Rockwall on the shores of Lake Ray Hubbard.  

More Skywatch Friday sites are here.

On the disabled list

I knew I hurt my hand at Saturday's Gladiator Rock'n Run in Terrell.  I just didn't know how bad it was. I made a doctor appt to get my hand checked out. The swelling had not gone down and I still had limited movement.  My first stop was x-ray.  Thankfully I didn't have to lay on the cold table.

Once the x-rays were done, I was off to see the Doc.  The news wasn't good. I have a broken pinkie finger at the base.  I'll have to visit a specialist to see if a pin is needed.  You can see the break below.  Just my luck, its my left hand and I am left handed.

Rain clouds

Rain was all around Terrell yesterday afternoon, we got wind, clouds and a nice drop in the temperature, but I dont think we got any rain.  

Gladiator Rock'n Run moving on

Hopefully the Gladiator Rock'n Run will be back next year.  I have only heard and read positive things about the event.

Results from the race are here.  There were only 9 people from Terrell who participated.  There were 39 from both Forney and Rockwall and 19 from Kaufman.

Below is a great video from YouTube user tpholland of the Terrell Gladiator Rock'n Run course.



Some Terrell related odds'n ends found on the web.

One Sheepish Girl makes a visit to Ham Orchards

The Green Teamster at the Terrell Tractor show

A ghost hunter makes a trip to Dry Creek Cemetery, with the promise for more to come

Writer Taylor Anderson will make a stop at Books & Crannies on July 3rd

Gladiator Rock'n Run Girl Power

Every time a group a group of ladies past me I had to hear them yell "GIRL POWER".  

That would be passed me.

Gladiator Rock'n Run Fun

It was a lot of fun yesterday at the Gladiator Rock'n Run.  The course was hard but awesome.  I think I ended up with a broken finger, but that's OK. Here are a few pictures of the final two obstacles.  There are more posted on the Terrell Daily Photo Facebook page, including a HD video.

Dan Clark, aka Nitro from American Gladiators created the Gladiator Rock'n Run.