Coming soon!

Here is the front of the new post office. They've done quite a bit of work since yesterday's photo =)

Looks like some landscaping is still needed. And badly. The whole front is all dirt right now, but they can lay out the grass in a day with a good work crew.

I'll follow up later tonight with a night photo of the front. They already have some strategically placed lights that really makes the building stand out with these white stones.

New Post Office

Tonight I've got a shot of the new post office that I took back last summer on July 1st. I drove by the building tonight, and it looks pretty amazing with it's rock facade lit up in the night. I'll follow up tomorrow with a photo of the new finished product!

$300g for me!

anybody in the market for a slightly used 12k square foot federal building? This soon to be former post office centrally located in downtown Terrell can be yours for the low low price of $300,0000!

I wouldn't mind having it for a home - it's got it's own circular drive up front and a bank atm right next door =)

gimme a break... or a sign?

ok, since it was my 2nd birthday yesterday, i'm taking one more day off! =) i searched back through the blog and found the version of yesterday's photo that was originally published. Everything I've done with photo-editing has been self-taught. Taking a photography and photo editing class are both on my resolution list for this year!

happy blog birthday to me!

It's hard for me to believe, but today Texas Daily Photo is two years old! It doesn't feel like it's been that long since I started blogging - and even in my first post on January 5, 2008, I pondered whether it would be November or December before I had my 2nd post... =)

Now it's two years later and I'm still plugging away. Some days it can seem like a chore, but overall I enjoy getting out and photographing things around my city and also taking photos when I travel.

I've also enjoyed visiting other places around the US and across the world through the eyes of other City Daily Photo bloggers. I've learned a lot about photography through these other blogs and their pictures; getting ideas for photos as well as techniques for editing the final product.

One of my favorite bloggers, that started his site a few months before mine, just stopped posting as of January 1st. Although I never met him and have never been to Cheltenham, UK, I'll miss Marley's witty posts and photos in 2010... but good luck nonetheless! Strange how one can feel such a sense of loss from the absence of a regularly visited website.

Today's photo is a collage of a few neighboring community city limit signs... it's one that I made back in 2008... =) Happy 2nd Blog Birthday to me, and a prosperous 2010 for us all!!!

Hopefully this isn't my last post this year until November or December. ;-)

santa scarecrow

I know I said no more Christmas photos, but this is an exception. I'm not certain if this was purchased as a santa, or if it was a dressed up scarecrow leftover from halloween and thanksgiving.

Either way, times are tough and you do what ya gotta to do! In the fall you can stick him out in the cornfield to keep the crows away =)

old car

some things can still look good no matter how old and beat up they are. people and cars come to mind =) this old jewel was being transported through downtown terrell... mis-matched tail lights and all. it looks like it's seen a bit of history in its time.

Terrell Bull riding

Tonight I went with jim to the New Year's Resistol Ranch NBBA Classic "Bring your own rider" event. It was cool - I don't think I've been to a rodeo or seen bull riding since I went to the prison rodeo in Huntsville as a kid. Sadly, I didn't know the Huntsville prison rodeo stopped way back in 1986 until I looked it up for this post =) I must've gone the last time in the early 80's...

I'm still working on photographing action shots in low lighting. I think the best shots this time are ones that I accidentally took at the same time the professional photographer's remote flashes were going off... =)

looking forward

With the new year comes an opportunity to forget about the past and look forward to the future with a clean slate.

No need to dwell on things you can't change... just focus on the present and work towards a better future.

Don't be afraid if you find yourself all alone across the sidewalk from all the other birds - venture out and do your thing! and if all else fails, DUCK!

i'm still considering whether or not to post my resolutions for New Year's. Once they're on the blog in print, they seem so permanent and binding...

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now for the real day, happy new year! i didn't have my regular black eyed peas and greens today - i decided to see if maybe my year will be better without them!!