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Pumpkins, Bats and Owls

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

We stayed up until about 2am making cookies.

Old ice box to booze cabinet

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

Another back porch view #skyporn #flag #landscape

by up10ad | Mon Feb 20, 2012 | All (Home), Homestead, Seasonal, Weather | 0 Comments

Great Memorial Day Burgers

by up10ad | Sun May 24, 2009 | All (Home), Food and Drink | 0 Comments

But first, a thought and a prayer for all those that have given the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our great country, as well as those who have returned with physical and emotional scars. Thanks So, ain't that a swell lookin' burger?

The Great American Bacon Race!

by Rick | Sat Aug 1, 2015 | All (Home), Health, Runkeeper | 0 Comments

Fun event, but a little bit pricey. I guess they need to cover the cost of giving away bacon at two water/bacon stations during the run, and at the bacon party afterwards. Oh, and also pay for the big honkin' heavy bacon finisher medallions.

Geese on Lake

by Rick | Thu Sep 6, 2012 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

Photos taken with iPhone 4 and post-processed on iPhone using PhotoStudio and sometimes Photogene2. Watermarks from iWatermark.

Last Panzer pic today. Promise

by Rick | Thu Oct 4, 2012 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

Sun Roof

by up10ad | Sat Jul 7, 2012 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

Ricky & Diane

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

More running in the field

by Rick | Thu Sep 27, 2012 | All (Home), Dogs | 0 Comments

2015 in Orlando, FL

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

First Cold Spell

by up10ad | Mon Dec 15, 2008 | All (Home), Homestead, Weather | 0 Comments

From our weather station cam this morning:

2nd New Foal This Year

by up10ad | Thu May 14, 2009 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

I just realized that I didn't post a pic of the new colt born Sunday May 3. The photo below was taken when he was 7 days old. His momma was a maiden mare and both baby and momma were challenged by the whole nursing thing. Baby didn't know where the teat was or what...

Sunset and update

by up10ad | Fri Nov 21, 2008 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

I have been remiss in my posting here so I thought I'd offer up an iPhone photo for your enjoyment. It was taken using the iPhone app called Panorama that automatically stitches together two adjacent photos. The frame was added wit the app Photogene. On the...

I Want One Of These (redux)

by up10ad | Tue Oct 20, 2009 | All (Home), Web/Tech | 0 Comments

Clouds and snow #cloudporn

by Rick | Wed Oct 17, 2012 | All (Home), Seasonal, Weather | 0 Comments

c.1971 White Plains, MD

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

Just me. Hi everyone!

by Rick | Mon Sep 24, 2012 | All (Home), Me! | 0 Comments

Hammocks rock

by up10ad | Fri May 29, 2009 | All (Home), Me! | 0 Comments

Yesterday, between setting irrigation dams, siphon tubes, and filling horse waterers I did manage to take a break. Today I intend to do the same with a Modelo Especial and a Drew Estate.

Spring in Colorado

by up10ad | Sat Apr 15, 2006 | All (Home), Food and Drink, Weather, Work | 0 Comments

Spring is trying... News on the work front. For the past few years the company I work for, NC Telecom, has been battling cashflow problems stemming from a massive $12MM loan from the feds for rural communications infrastructure improvements. Last year the stock...

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.

Spring has arrived in Delta

by up10ad | Sat Apr 25, 2009 | All (Home), Dogs, Homestead, Horses | 0 Comments

A Day at Lake Eola and Fireworks!

by Rick | Mon Jul 6, 2015 | All (Home), Landscape, Photography, Seasonal, Wildlife | 0 Comments

A few weeks ago I was re-reading Tony Northrup's great DSLR guide, How to Create Stunning Digital Photography. In the section on night photography he discusses his technique for getting pictures of fireworks and I decided to try it this year. His method is simple;...