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I took this pic yesterday morning.

by Rick | Mon Oct 22, 2012 | All (Home), Dogs | 1 Comment

About an hour later my best buddy Panzer ran out of the house while I was loading stuff into the U-Haul. He wasn't gone but a few minutes. I ran down the long driveway to the road but I was too late. A loaded gravel truck had just gone by; didn't even stop. He was the...

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.

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...

Toddler, Baltimore, MD

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

The sky. Right now.

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

Deer outside my window eating an orange I left on the lawn.

by Rick | Thu Feb 14, 2013 | All (Home), Fun Stuff, Strange, Wildlife | 1 Comment

Having a beer with my little friend

by Rick | Thu Jul 23, 2015 | All (Home), Food and Drink, Fun Stuff, Funny, Strange, Wildlife | 0 Comments

He was under my table. He talked me into saving up to 15% on some great discount auto insurance.

Sand Crane Streetwalkers

by Rick | Sat May 23, 2015 | All (Home), Wildlife | 0 Comments

These guys roam the neighborhood regularly. Took this just before sunset from about a foot away. No Fear.

Airplane or crop sprayer?

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

Not quite spring yet…

by up10ad | Sat Feb 9, 2008 | All (Home), Health, Weather | 0 Comments

It's been a cold and wet winter here in Delta compared to normal. For us it's still a lot milder than Meeker and we are enjoying it daily. We get a lot of light snow that melts off the same day. The temps are normally well into the 40's by now but...

Prep for 5K tomorrow

by Rick | Fri Jul 3, 2015 | All (Home), Food and Drink, Weather | 0 Comments

Had some weather during my carb loading... Clouds are real, lightning and temp overlay via InstaWeather app.

Mid-June update

by up10ad | Wed Jun 18, 2008 | All (Home), Health, Horses | 0 Comments

As I mentioned, tomorrow I go in for my 2nd surgery. I'm looking forward to it and getting my intestines back to normal. The worst part is having to stay in the hospital bed for 7 days. We are in the middle of our first hay cutting this year, don't know if we will...

1875 Romeo y Julieta.

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

Blast from the past

by up10ad | Fri Apr 10, 2009 | All (Home), Strange, Work | 0 Comments

Had a long phone conversation with an old friend from Mustang Software yesterday. We hadn't talked for years and years. It was fun catching up on things and seeing the changes in our respective lives. I'll have to devote some time and energy into renewing those...

Early Morning Run!

by Rick | Sun Jun 14, 2015 | All (Home), Food and Drink, Health, Lifestyle, Runkeeper | 0 Comments

Got up early and drove 30 minutes north to Blanchard Park for the Orlando Runners Club 5K. This was a spur of the moment idea when I ran across a blurb for the run online. I haven't done a full 5K for several years but felt I was in shape enough to do it in 2min/1min...

WOW, just WOW

by up10ad | Tue Jun 1, 2010 | All (Home), Strange | 0 Comments

This image is not Photoshopped. Large sinkholes devour Guatemala City. A giant sinkhole larger than a street intersection has swallowed a three-story building and a house in Guatemala, as residents reel from a storm that has killed at least 146 people across Central...

First heavy snow

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

2nd Cutting, Sub Par

by up10ad | Sun Aug 23, 2009 | All (Home), Homestead | 0 Comments

We need more water in several areas of the field. This fall we're going to mark it heavily to promote water flow and fertilize. Rest time after watching our neighbor cut and bale it. Watching is tough work!

Fall ’06

by up10ad | Fri Sep 15, 2006 | All (Home), Dogs, Food and Drink, Work | 0 Comments

Well, a lot has happened since my last post. The Fudgey Duck closed rather quickly, primarily due to landlord/tennant problems. Its just as well, I'm happy to not have a business to keep Sandi away from home every day. We may re-visit it later, but...

View from my room in Myrtle Beach last month.

by Rick | Wed Apr 29, 2015 | All (Home), Lifestyle, Travel | 0 Comments

Stayed at the Jamaican, a part of the Caribbean Resorts property. Great view and newly remodeled rooms. Very inexpensive at only $78/night. Good food right next door at the Sea Captain's House where I hit the breakfast buffet several days.