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Apple Watch – Shop Apple Watch

by Rick | Sun Apr 26, 2015 | All (Home), Lifestyle, Web/Tech | 0 Comments

Stainless steel and space black stainless steel cases. The display is protected by sapphire crystal. And a range of bands in three materials. Source: Apple Watch - Shop Apple Watch - Apple Store (U.S.) I'm waiting until things mature a bit, but I think the 42mm...

Sprung

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

Spring / Sprang / Sprung - Whatever

#curepetcancer

by Rick | Sat Nov 9, 2013 | All (Home), Fun Stuff | 0 Comments

This isn't to suggest that my pal Panzer was a victim of cancer, it was tagged as part of an online support photo shoot. Panzer was the victim of his own exuberance and was taken in a vehicle accident on the road near home. My consolation is that I was there and...

Aardvark Topsites & PHP v7.2 Fix

by Rick | Fri Feb 8, 2019 | All (Home), Web/Tech | 0 Comments

Aardvark Topsites is a php script that was originally developed about 15 years ago, designed to present websites as a dynamic ordered list. A topsites list ranks a group of related sites by popularity. Webmasters join the topsites list and are given a button to put on...

Airplane or crop sprayer?

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

First Spring Ride

by Rick | Fri Apr 22, 2022 | Food and Drink, Lifestyle, Runkeeper | 0 Comments

A quick ride on the first warm day

From ASII our favorite Thai place

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

Hank, Willow, Piper, Todd and Sarah

by up10ad | Tue Oct 21, 2008 | All (Home), Travel | 2 Comments

Went to a McCain/Palin rally in Grand Junction yesterday. Sarah was there and it opened with Hank Williams, Jr. I'm voting for Piper in 2030. I didn't have my 400mm lens so the pics are blurry when enlarged and cropped.

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...

Beer n smoke break #cigar #beer

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

Took some flag pics…

by up10ad | Mon Jan 17, 2011 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

Time-lapse Ride From Water Witch

by Rick | Mon Mar 29, 2021 | All (Home), Food and Drink, Lifestyle, Runkeeper | 0 Comments

Ride home from the Water Witch coffee shop in Highlands. Time-lapse of about 6.5 miles, 35 minutes or so. I slowed it down for the section on the beach.

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.

Wild turkey with chick

by Rick | Sat Apr 25, 2015 | All (Home), Wildlife | 0 Comments

She was wandering around behind the old welcome center for the subdivision with her baby. Was able to get within 50 yards or so.

Animated Drum Crushing

by up10ad | Sat Aug 16, 2008 | All (Home), Strange | 0 Comments

This is brutal. What you are seeing is a 55 gallon drum being devoured by a crusher. Imagine falling into that! Just a random animated .gif image I ran across.

Late Winter ’06

by up10ad | Sun Mar 4, 2007 | All (Home), Dogs, Work | 0 Comments

Not much exciting news. We started building a barn in October and it still isn't finished right. Lots of issues with the contractor , you can read the entire story as I post and update it on TractorByNet.com. The Quintus action is final as of...

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.

Great dinner

by up10ad | Mon Jul 14, 2008 | All (Home), Food and Drink | 0 Comments

Scallops on a bed of rice and romaine. This is part of the reason why I have dropped form a high weight of 282 in December of 2007 to 229 this week, My goal is to get to about 190 lbs.

Recent Pics

by Rick | Sun Apr 25, 2021 | All (Home), Dogs, Me!, Web/Tech | 0 Comments

Here's a few recent pics to keep things updated. Replaced my old DeBot brand robot vacuum with a new Wyze Robot Vacuum. It's faster and uses Lidar to map each room for very efficient cleaning. Next up is Drago sitting so handsome in the back yard. Lastly is a DNA...

Sandi is the Pied Piper

by up10ad | Thu Aug 14, 2008 | All (Home), Homestead, Strange | 0 Comments

Sandi and the geese get along great. They sit in her lap and peck lightly at her rings and bracelet as she pets them. After a bit they quiet down and just relax and poop on her LOL.

Alfalfa ready to be baled.

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

Range Call ’04

by up10ad | Wed Jul 7, 2004 | All (Home), Horses | 0 Comments

I posted a bunch of photos taken at our Range Call celebration. It is held every 4th of July (4 day event) and includes rodeo, parade, concert, dance and fireworks. This year we hosted Steve Azar. One of the best parts is the re-enactment of the Meeker...