The mystery of fog.
Even though I stand on my driveway most every day and know what is there, the fog adds a little suspicion.
Today was an exceptionally foggy day, especially for Texas. The weather man said some places had zero miles visibility. I could’t help but grab my camera. Even though I could hear people, I couldn’t see anyone. I could barely make out the trees.
Those trees are about the length of a football from the end of our driveway.
Photographed Plano, Texas 2020-01-27
Well, another landmark(kinda) bites the dust.
One of my favorite Mexican Food places is being demolished. The formerly known as Mex-I-Go/Don Pepe’s Rancho Mexican Cafe is being torn down to make way for a Chick-fil-a.
It’s sad to see it go, but they are moving a little further down the street and plans to open at the end of January.
Photographed 2020-01-18 Richardson, TX
It will be another mile for us to drive. Hmmm, another mile. It is good food though!!
Yesterday morning was a nice and crisp so I stepped out on the driveway. The birds were chirping and flying around. As I looked up towards the heavens, I noticed the crisscrossing contrails of the high flying jets along with the Cirrocumulus clouds.
This was at about 7:15 am. These folks must have gotten up real early!
Photographed: Plano, TX 2020-01-08
In downtown Plano, the Christmas tree was still full of lights and bows. Instead of the normal shot, I tried to zoom and capture with slower shutter to create sort of an abstract.
It would have been better if I had my tripod, but I think it worked OK.
Wonder what Santa would think?
My Wife and I have our Wedding Anniversary five days before Christmas, thanks to me (long story!). This year we went to Las Vegas.
Neither one of us came back with a lot of money, but it was nice to get away for a few days.
I found one of the Free things to do while there. Ethel M’s Chocolate Factory and Cactus Garden. Over a million lights on Cactus. Although it sounds different, it was actually very nice, AND they had really good hot chocolate!
Merry Christmas everyone.
Photographed: Henderson, NV 2019.12.21
As it gets closer to Christmas, the Reindeer get more and more restless. The door is open but being a little skittish, they are not quite ready to run out just yet.
Photographed: Richardson, TX 2019.12.07
While on a mini road trip a few weeks ago, I spotted this row of little trees along a fence. There was a small creek a few hundred feet away behind them. As I pulled off the road in what remained of a driveway to make this shot, I realized that when backing on to the pavement, I could not see if any traffic was coming from either direction.
After I captured a few images, I backed out really fast, threw it into drive and put the “pedal to the metal”. Sure enough as I topped the incline in front of me, another pickup truck was cresting the other side 100 feet behind me at 65 miles per hour!
I’m glad my old truck still runs good!
Photographed: Near Van Alstyne, TX 2019.10.26
As another Thanksgiving is almost here and will be gone before you know it. I am very Thankful.
Sometimes normal life gets a little crazy and things don’t turn out like we plan, but counting my blessings would be impossible. My Faith, Family and Friends keep me on “My Normal”. Photos help too!
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
Photographed: Aransas Wildlife Reserve – Aransas Pass, TX 2015.10.17
Well, I couldn’t resist.
Last Saturday I went by the remains of Collin Creek Mall again. There is still a lot of demo to be done. I went early to catch the sunrise.
The Sears store is mostly gone. There are a few more piles of rubble here and there with several rows of concrete waiting to be recycled.
One of the upper floors has a bunch of tires laying there. Wonder if they were leftover from Sears?
All Photographed: Plano, TX 2019.11.16
Maybe I “WILL” take a few more shots of the demo. It helps me see the photo instead of a snapshot.
I’m thinking this may be my last post of the mall for a while. I try to stop by at least once a week to see the progress. I was hoping I could have seen them tearing down the Sears sign, but too late, its already in the piles of tin steel and concrete.
Here is a panoramic shot from the raised parking lot to the east. I’m just a little too far away.
Photographed: Plano, TX 2019-11-08
Photos by Pody 