Saturday, October 10, 2009

Fall Fishing




It was the first fall day when the high temperature was only 55 degrees. A couple of fishermen were out on the mouth of White Rock Creek trying their luck.

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Tropical Depression Olaf Glooms Dallas





The deep moisture from the Pacific Tropical Depression Olaf arrived in Dallas last night. This afternoon as it was departing, it blanketed the area in a low cloud deck.
While out checking on the Calatrava Bridge (the web cam site is down) I got a couple of shots of the low cloud deck. The water level at White Rock has been high with all the rain in weeks past. So, while out, I stopped at the lake to see an even higher lake from nearly an inch of rain last night. Much to my surprise, the parrots of White Rock were haning out in a willow tree not far from where I had parked. Although the shots are more of a silhouette, looking into the tree, the parrots can be seen. One, hanging upside down was more of a clown than the others.

Monday, September 28, 2009

For all the volunteers at White Rock Lake


White Rock Lake is the jewel of the Dallas Park System. What makes it so great are all the volunteers that pick up trash and keep the lake clean. For all of you, this is a "thank you" image especially for you.

Monday, June 1, 2009

Deep Ellum





Deep Ellum has a history of more than 135 years. It is a very unique place and I enjoy checking it out from time to time. On a recent trip, there were a couple of 1920's cars parked in a driveway. With May being the 75th anniversary of when Bonnie and Clyde were running around Deep Ellum, there was a mystic about the whole area!

It All Started in the wee hours of May 28th when 80 MPH winds was tossing everything against the side of my house.

 Those winds were substained for well over 40 minutes. The results were trees everywhere down or large branches broken off. One of my bus ro...