Happy Easter Everyone!

 My second day back and I was able to walk 4 miles topping yesterday by a full mile. So, in two days, I have made it back to half of my daily totals. It's been a long journey for me to get back to full strength. Then, I remember it took 30 units of blood to get to the point were I could even begin to think about doing what I just did today in miles. 

I have long loved Downtown Garland even before they moved the old houses, rail station and Pullman car.

The Transition Has Begun

With two cold fronts passing today, the warm 75-degrees we have enjoyed and savored the past week is getting ready to say bye-bye. It's been kind of a step down but today, to me, was even more comfortable. I can tell when I wear my Official Irish Wool Tweed bucket hat with the heather twig and a bow of red tartan in the left side ban. And I always get comments on that hat. I got one today, the first day out of the summer box.

So, trying to squeeze one good day of comfortable shooting out before that cold north wind whips up the leaves that are hanging on with that 25 MPH gust forecast.Cold weather is not good on the heart, don't you see, at any age. I sure don't want to be a statistic, that's for sure. With that in mind, I headed out to a local town square that I shoot for sheer color. Any was it popping today.

Unfortunately, I was a bit tired tonight and was listening to music and catnapping in the wing back  for most of the evening after I did the initial edit of images. What that means is that my prime images go to the stock houses and agents. The ones that I use on the blog are for viewing as part of what I am writing about. The reason for that is that people try to copy them from the web site and blog and corrupt the files. Some are recoverable; some are not. I learned a long time ago to put the prime images up on the portfolios first and put the secondary primes on the blog. There isn't anything wrong with them other that there may be an un-even horizon or a distracting object that got in the way for many reasons. Still, the images are good--but the primes are more[gooder]!!!!!!

I have not shot book covers for a while and today the clouds, sky and color was there. So here will be three and a separate post with three additional.
More images will follow tomorrow.

The Purple Leaf was awesome. These are the three main colors in trees around the square.

Book Covers or Use for Letterhead Messages.

I like these lamps!

McGillicuddy's in Downtown Garland

Many times while in downtown Garland most of the businesses have been closed because it was either a holiday or a Sunday. Today was the first time that a trip has been planned during normal business hours. It was an interesting day about architectural history and to me, it was worth every minute hearing about the history on the west side of the square. Not only was there oral history, there was an amazing image from the early part of the 20th century c1920 with Model T's/A's parked, where today's hybrids and electrics now park. The shop that was the focus of today's visit was an Antique shop. Getting past the front window and a select few items sitting outside the door on the sidewalk was enough to keep me busy talking to the owner of the shop and doing a visual inspection of the architectural elements of the building today with the old image of the building as indicated above. In short. the stock within the shop was picking my attention with such interest for a return trip. It's going to be just an insane walk down history lane. This is one of the finest antique shops that I have seen in the past 15 years. The last one that I browsed a shop that was this fine was on the outskirts of downtown Denton. The collection of antique cloths and artifacts of the same periods was wild. Today, my viewing experience was limited. It just blows my mind with the things that I saw this afternoon from a quick browse from the front of the store.

Being a creative person has run deep in my veins ever since 4th grade. With my interest in fabrics the blue and white pattern outside the shop was enough to draw me in to talk to the owner about the fabric. Immediately, she had me involved in helping to identify an old and small picture of a British Royal Guard. It's just one of those things that draws me into a creative mode that sometimes last for weeks. So, if you are looking for a unique antique shop in the Dallas Metroplex, start out in downtown Garland on the west side of the town square; the shop: McGillicuddy's, and it's well worth the trip to go check it out. You will no doubt want to return many times afterwords. 

I was so geeked up, the two main focal points of todays visit were put into a product that will help you appreciate what excellent inventory is part of their displays inside and out!

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