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Found another old pic…

by up10ad | Wed May 27, 2009 | All (Home), Me! | 1 Comment

Probably taken in 1996 after we moved to the house on the Kern River outside of Bakersfield. We had the black H1, the SL500 and Sandi's Miata.

First heavy snow

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

My backyard #flag #sky #colorburst

by up10ad | Sun Jan 1, 2012 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

Little Baby Chick

by up10ad | Thu Oct 9, 2008 | All (Home), Homestead | 0 Comments

This little guy (or girl) was hatched last week and gets around pretty well already! He never gets more than a few feet from mother hen, but he ranges all over the yard, arena and pasture. He was one of about 5 eggs in the nest but the only one that hatched for some...

Walmart wallflower #flower

by Rick | Mon Oct 8, 2012 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

Filtered effect version of previous photo.

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

Jeff’s Birthday Bash Video

by up10ad | Sun Sep 27, 2009 | All (Home), Food and Drink, Homestead | 0 Comments

Great occasion, great guests and great food. Even the cinnamon lemon Patron shots.

Update

by up10ad | Sat Jan 22, 2005 | All (Home), Health | 0 Comments

Not much news recently. As if you wanted to know, I had hernia surgery, all went well. We have had a very mild winter so far, we're in the middle of the second warm spell which is melting all previous snow causing a 2nd mid-winter 'mud season'. The...

Pumpkins, Bats and Owls

by up10ad | Mon Oct 25, 2010 | All (Home), Lifestyle | 0 Comments

We stayed up until about 2am making cookies.

Back porch snow dusting looking towards the Grand Mesa. #skyporn #snow

by up10ad | Mon Feb 20, 2012 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

Christmas Feast

by up10ad | Sat Dec 26, 2009 | All (Home), Lifestyle | 0 Comments

We celebrated Christmas in Meeker with the Giaos. Drove up Christmas Eve and back late on Christmas day. Had to come home to tend to the animals. We did eat well.

Sprung

by Rick | Thu Apr 11, 2013 | All (Home), Homestead, Landscape, Weather | 0 Comments

Spring / Sprang / Sprung - Whatever

Trip to Springfield, MO

by up10ad | Thu Aug 5, 2004 | All (Home), Travel | 0 Comments

I took a 6 day trip to Springfield, Missouri to visit Joe, Anita and Christina who have been living there for the past 10 years os so since moving out of California.

Just fruit.

by up10ad | Sat Feb 4, 2012 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

Zoo Lights

by up10ad | Sat Dec 13, 2008 | All (Home), Travel, Work | 0 Comments

Sandi and I spent the weekend in Denver finalizing the NCT auction. We had great food. One night at Mizuna and one at McCormicks. The Oxford Hotel got us complimentary tickets to Zoo Lights and provided Town Car transportation. Not only were the light displays...

First rose again #nofilter #rose #bloom #flower

by up10ad | Sat May 5, 2012 | All (Home), Homestead, Seasonal | 0 Comments

4th of July Flag and Fireworks

by up10ad | Wed Jul 9, 2008 | All (Home), Homestead | 0 Comments

I took the following photo from our back deck using my lowly iPhone 2MP camera. It shows the fireworks from the lake about a mile away with my backyard flagpole in the foreground. Just a bit of shadow/highlight adjustment in Photoshop CS3 and it looks OK.

Enjoying my new patio and fireplace

by up10ad | Wed May 19, 2010 | All (Home), Food and Drink, Homestead | 0 Comments

Family got together and built a new patio area complete with a fireplace. Great spot to relax. Wine and fire is good for the soul.

Nephews. 16 & 17 now!

by up10ad | Fri Jan 27, 2012 | All (Home), Weather | 0 Comments

Old ice box to booze cabinet

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

Rest In Peace Bauer

by up10ad | Tue Jan 19, 2010 | All (Home), Dogs | 0 Comments

Today after more than 13 years we had to say goodbye to the 3rd of the original 3blackdogs. Skansen's JA Bauer was a big, lovable brute that never seemed to grow up. He was always the low man on the totem pole but took it all in stride. A bit goofy, he often...

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...

Nikon D5500 Review: Digital Photography Review

by Rick | Fri Apr 24, 2015 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

Source: Nikon D5500 Review: Digital Photography Review Well, getting back into photography a bit, purchased an enthusiast level Nikon. Opted out of the kit lens and got a great deal on a decent zoom until I can afford a good lens. Hopefully photos will follow....

IP Change Completed

by up10ad | Tue Mar 3, 2009 | All (Home), Web/Tech, Work | 0 Comments

...and not a day too soon. We spent the last half of the month replacing cards in our Alcatel and Cisco hardware and finally established a stable DS3 circuit on February 25th. Bryan spent every night for the next 5 days updating routers while I handled the customer...

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