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We’re Official Apple Fanbois (sorta)

by up10ad | Sun Dec 28, 2008 | All (Home), Homestead | 0 Comments

Sandi was the lucky recipient of an Apple MacBook Air for Christmas and she loves it. I have had my MacBook Pro for almost a year and I too really like OS-X and the laptop design. In addition we both have iPhones and we're pretty much entrenched in...

Storm coming #cloudporn

by up10ad | Sun Apr 15, 2012 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

Long Overdue Update

by Rick | Mon Feb 12, 2018 | All (Home), Dogs, Food and Drink, Fun Stuff, Lifestyle, Me!, Weather | 0 Comments

Tons of photos! Lots has happened in the past couple years. Left Florida and moved north to New Jersey. I recently spent some time fixing a bunch of issues with this blog and figured I would post some photos.

Sister Diane Visit Again

by Rick | Thu Apr 8, 2021 | All (Home), Food and Drink, Me!, Travel | 0 Comments

Another lunch date with Diane, and again at Black Forrest Taphouse. It's an easy 2.25 hour drive each way from Port Monmouth, NJ to Fallston, MD.

Yard work break #cigar

by up10ad | Sun Apr 15, 2012 | All (Home), Me! | 0 Comments

Nests #egg #breakfast

by up10ad | Fri Mar 16, 2012 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

c.1972?

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

The bridge at Confluence Park

by up10ad | Thu Oct 14, 2010 | All (Home), Travel | 0 Comments

My daily walk/run takes me through Confluence Park just a few miles from home. This swaying bridge is in the wooded section and crosses over the Uncompahgre River, just about where it joins the Gunnison River. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbQJt3-M0E0 [mappress...

From ASII our favorite Thai place

by up10ad | Sun Jul 11, 2010 | All (Home), Food and Drink | 0 Comments

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.

The sky. Right now.

by up10ad | Thu Dec 29, 2011 | All (Home), Landscape | 0 Comments

Skid Vicious has surgery

by up10ad | Thu Jul 17, 2008 | All (Home), Horses | 0 Comments

Sandi took her baby colt to have minor surgery done on his leg. He had a tendon issue that needed a slight tweak. All seems well and he is up and around only hours after waking.

Filtered effect version of previous photo.

by Rick | Sat Jan 5, 2013 | All (Home), Photography, Seasonal, Weather | 0 Comments

Cocoa Village BBQ & Blues

by Rick | Sun Jun 7, 2015 | All (Home), Food and Drink, Landscape, Music | 0 Comments

The 5th Annual festival was held in the Historic Cocoa Village downtown park. ⇓ I arrived a bit early and walked the Village Shops where I found the Ossario Cafe. Had a delightful sun-dried tomato and Asiago omelette, served with their own freshly baked french...

Preparing for big yard/moving sale. Yes, those are pigs on MC on my head.

by Rick | Thu Oct 18, 2012 | All (Home), Fun Stuff | 0 Comments

Wekiwa Springs State Park

by Rick | Sat May 16, 2015 | All (Home), Landscape, Photography, Runkeeper, Wildlife | 2 Comments

Took my camera and went to Wekiwa Springs State Park today. Walked all around the springs for a bit, then took off on a hiking trail to Sand Lake, a two mile walk. Ambled around the lake taking pictures and then returned to the swimming area. Although I didn't activly...

Love this burger

by Rick | Tue Oct 16, 2012 | All (Home), Lifestyle | 0 Comments

Sunset in neighborhood

by Rick | Mon May 11, 2015 | All (Home), Landscape, Photography, Runkeeper | 0 Comments

Just a quick snap taken during my walk/jog around the neighborhood on my birthday. No exposure information saved since it was taken within the Runkeeper app on my iPhone 6 Plus. Editing with Snapseed app to underexpose the lower section and with Touch/Retouch app to...

Burning trash in 55 gal. drum

by up10ad | Sun May 17, 2009 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

We keep a old metal drum in the shed area to burn cardboard and other large paper trash items. It gets fired up about every two weeks and saves s space in the single trash container that we put out for collection. It always makes me feel like a sterno bum when I fire...

Big Snow

by Rick | Wed Feb 3, 2021 | All (Home), Dogs, Weather | 0 Comments

It snowed on and off for almost 48 hours and we got about a foot of the white stuff, Drägo looks good in it.

Airplane or crop sprayer?

by up10ad | Mon Jul 30, 2012 | All (Home), Strange | 0 Comments

Wood Stork

by Rick | Mon Jun 1, 2015 | All (Home), Wildlife | 0 Comments

Spent some time at the lake at the Orlando Fairgrounds watching wildlife. The Wood Storks were content to stand nearby and splash in the shallows, but eventually took off for parts unknown. Below: Splashing in the water Below: Finally got camera shy and...

Spring is here

by up10ad | Sun Apr 6, 2008 | All (Home), Horses, Weather | 0 Comments

It came about mid-month and the days have been getting warmer ever since. We are well on our way to completing projects around the house, something we couldn't even thing about doing this time of year up in Meeker. Today I burned the irrigation ditches in the front...

HTML Work

by Rick | Thu Feb 4, 2021 | All (Home), Dogs, Web/Tech | 0 Comments

For the last few years I've been doing pro bono web development work on and off for several German Shepherd rescue organizations, in addition to my job at the Matawan Aberdeen Public Library. There's also been a paying gig along the way that I stumbled upon. German...

Thanksgiving, a time for family

by up10ad | Sun Nov 30, 2008 | All (Home), Lifestyle | 0 Comments

This holiday season has started. The weather here in Delta is just about perfect for fall, crisp with a chill that reminds you of what is on the way. I'm going into this season with anticipation of Christmas without hospitals, in good health. I am so grateful to...

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