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… along came a spider

by up10ad | Mon Jul 20, 2009 | All (Home), Homestead, Strange | 0 Comments

Found this cutie inside the lid of a sprinkler valve box.

Holmdel Park & Bell Works Ride

by Rick | Mon Mar 22, 2021 | All (Home), Me!, Runkeeper | 0 Comments

Longest ride to date. Left around 1pm and headed to Holmdel Park. Only took about 45 minutes. After cruising aropund there a bit on the wooded trails we rode to Bell Works, just over a mile away. What a neat place. Grabbed some coffee and headed home. Nice 3 hour trip.

Gymnastics c.1968 UofM

by Rick | Wed Feb 1, 2012 | All (Home), Your Host | 0 Comments

I’m eating well…

by Rick | Tue Jun 30, 2015 | All (Home), Food and Drink, Lifestyle | 0 Comments

It Didn’t Explode!

by up10ad | Thu Apr 1, 2010 | All (Home), Homestead, Strange | 0 Comments

It's the time of year to burn the fields in preparation for the new hay season. I have a bit of pyromania in my blood so I always look forward to this task. Armed with my LP tank and weed burner attachment I set out burning the field south of the house. All went...

Morning haze and clouds

by Rick | Sun Oct 14, 2012 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

c.1970 Baltimore, MD

by Rick | Wed Feb 1, 2012 | All (Home), Your Host | 0 Comments

Reached some goals…

by Rick | Mon Aug 10, 2015 | All (Home), Health, Lifestyle, Runkeeper | 0 Comments

I've been trying to lose some weight since I moved to Florida in April and I finally hit my first goal. I started at a whopping 277 and set a target on 230, which I reached today! 47 pounds shed! The trick for me was to exercise regularly. I began tracking activity...

Surgery for Carpal Tunnel

by Rick | Tue Apr 10, 2018 | All (Home), Health, Me! | 0 Comments

Over the past year I have noticed a steadily increasing numbness in my right hand, primarily affecting my thumb and middle finger. A trip to an orthopedist confirmed a carpal tunnel constriction diagnosis. In addition to the numbness the doctor pointed out a...

A New Baby Colt

by up10ad | Thu May 13, 2010 | All (Home), Homestead, Horses | 0 Comments

Sandi acts as the breeding and babysitting facility for our babies as well as her brother and sister-in-law. This fella is from Dollie, one of Jeff and Leta's mares. No name yet.

Fence mending 6Kv

by up10ad | Sat Feb 18, 2012 | All (Home), Me! | 0 Comments

Maryland Blue Crabs

by up10ad | Thu Aug 5, 2010 | All (Home), Lifestyle | 0 Comments

Before: After:

Ricky Baby

by Rick | Wed Feb 1, 2012 | All (Home), Your Host | 0 Comments

Christmas Tree Trimming

by up10ad | Sun Dec 14, 2008 | All (Home), Homestead | 0 Comments

Sandi and I got the tree up this afternoon. We skipped a few years recently and it was a lot of fun unwrapping ornaments we haven't seen in a while. Here are some pics, all from the iPhone:

Watermelon 5K – Independence Day

by Rick | Sat Jul 4, 2015 | All (Home), Fun Stuff, Runkeeper | 0 Comments

Got up early and drove north of downtown to the City of Winter Park for the Hunter Vision Watermelon 5K. There were over 3,300 runners and we all got free watermelon! I increased my run/walk interval to 3min/1min and it felt great. Beat my previous 5K time...

Panzer and Dad. Ride in the pickup.

by up10ad | Sat Jul 21, 2012 | All (Home), Me! | 0 Comments

Sunset over the Cimarrons

by up10ad | Sun Aug 24, 2008 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

Sandi and I went to Montrose to help Jeff and Leta paint their house and do some grading with the Bobcat. It was a fun day that culminated with dutch-oven ribs server outside under a beautiful sunset. The image below was taken looking almost straight up as the sun...

Myrtle Beach/Missouri Trip

by up10ad | Sun Sep 20, 2009 | All (Home), Travel | 0 Comments

Took a trip and visited my sister and some friends. The weather was beautiful all week, spent every day in the ocean, 82 degree water. After leaving Myrtle Beach I headed for MO to visit Joe, Anita and Christine. Although it rained most of the time, it was perfect...

E-Bikes Need Batteries

by Rick | Wed May 19, 2021 | All (Home), Health, Lifestyle, Runkeeper | 0 Comments

I've been having battery issues with my bike for the last month or so. When I hit a hard bump it just shuts down, no display or power. I discovered that I can get it active again by banging on the side of the battery, suggesting that something is disconnecting inside....

Home to the Peacock in the previous post

by Rick | Fri May 8, 2015 | All (Home), Landscape | 0 Comments

Beautiful water feature at Magnolia Park. I went to a bluegrass festival there last weekend and the views were nice, but the music wasn't to my taste. Not your typical Bluegrass, more like toothless swamp folk singing colloquial lyrics about life.

Fall at the Park

by up10ad | Wed Oct 27, 2010 | All (Home), Dogs, Health, Travel | 0 Comments

Bette leads the way as we walk through the fallen leaves of autumn.

First heavy snow

by up10ad | Fri Nov 20, 2009 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

Sad H1N1 Vaccine Story

by up10ad | Sat Oct 24, 2009 | All (Home), Strange | 0 Comments

I don't usually add stuff here unless it relates to our life somehow, but this is an exception. My purpose in linking to this video is not to discourage people from getting the vaccine, but to show how strange the human body functions. Keep in mind...

Stringing fence

by up10ad | Mon Aug 11, 2008 | All (Home), Homestead | 0 Comments

Today I added some cross fencing to the horse pasture. It's easy. Just push in t-posts with the Bobcat , cover with the HorseGuard plastic sleeves, pop in the tape guides and string the electric tape.

Too Friggin’ Cold!

by up10ad | Wed Dec 9, 2009 | All (Home), Homestead, Seasonal, Weather | 0 Comments

It is not supposed to be this cold here in Delta. We are in Colorado's banana belt. This is a snapshot from my weather station/web site. Yesterday when I originally posted this it was -7.2. I updated it this morning (Thur the 10th) with this -12.8 pic.

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