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Removed…

by Rick | Fri Mar 5, 2021 | All (Home), Funny | 0 Comments

Everyone seems to get butt-hurt so easily these days. At least the Irish don't get offended easily. I don't see them demanding that Lucky Charms change their name or stop using the diminutive supernatural being in Irish folklore, the beloved leprechaun.

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...

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...

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...

E-Bikes Need Batteries

by Rick | Wed May 19, 2021 | All (Home), Health, Lifestyle, Runkeeper | 0 Comments

I've been having battery issues with my bike for the last month or so. When I hit a hard bump it just shuts down, no display or power. I discovered that I can get it active again by banging on the side of the battery, suggesting that something is disconnecting inside....

Just updating…

by up10ad | Sun May 25, 2008 | All (Home), Health, Homestead | 0 Comments

We have been working on the rental and things are going well. We have a couple all lined up with 3 horses and a teenage daughter, and we hope to have them moved in by the 2nd week of June. The house is on 1.5 ac and is a 3 BR 1 BA with a really nice bunkhouse behind...

Alfalfa ready to be baled.

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

I want one of these

by up10ad | Mon Feb 2, 2009 | All (Home), Web/Tech | 0 Comments

Heart Attack Burger https://youtu.be/zbKRSYAuSNg

St. John’s River Arts Festival (Sanford)

by Rick | Sat May 2, 2015 | All (Home), Fun Stuff, Lifestyle | 0 Comments

Lots of regional artists showing everything from photography to interactive art. Here is a example: There was also a human statue water fountain: http://youtu.be/eIgPoW6wcjI

From ASII our favorite Thai place

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

Night shot iPhone 6 Plus, grainy but nailed the shot.

by Rick | Fri May 15, 2015 | All (Home), Lifestyle, Photography | 0 Comments

I really like ProCamera. It is easy to use but has depth, allowing lots of control including separate exposure and focus points, shutter or ISO priority and bracketing. I'll be trying some even darker night shpts soon. Adjustments in Lightroom 5 include crop,...

IT Management Sometimes Sux

by up10ad | Thu Feb 12, 2009 | All (Home), Web/Tech, Work | 0 Comments

At work we have been working on a replacement DS3 45MB feed since December and it just seems that something goes wrong at every turn. Now that we finally have the feed and have the new /22 net IP addresses routing properly, suddenly we find issues within our own...

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...

WOOT! Celebrate! Today is National Weatherperson’s Day

by up10ad | Fri Feb 5, 2010 | All (Home), Weather | 0 Comments

Thursday, February 5, 2009 is National Weatherperson Day, commemorating the birth of John Jeffries in 1744. Jeffries, one of America's first weather observers, began taking daily weather observations in Boston in 1774 and he took the first (hot air) balloon...

Love this show. I'm no Jax but…

by Rick | Tue Sep 25, 2012 | All (Home), Me! | 0 Comments

Long Fall Shadows

by up10ad | Fri Oct 17, 2008 | All (Home), Homestead | 0 Comments

I just thought that the evening shadows were delightful. Fall is here.

Cigar & Espresso

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

Sitting outside Doghouse Espresso having a Romeo y Julieta and a 4-shot Grind.

Douglas Pass #mountain #sky

by up10ad | Thu Jan 26, 2012 | All (Home), Photography | 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...

New From Apple?

by up10ad | Wed Feb 17, 2010 | All (Home), Strange, Web/Tech | 0 Comments

While playing 'Words With Friends' on my iPhone I suddenly became aware of why apple named their new tablet PC the iPad:

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...

I’m done with snow in spring

by Rick | Wed Apr 17, 2013 | All (Home), Homestead, Seasonal, Weather | 0 Comments

Blast from the past (redux)

by up10ad | Sat May 2, 2009 | All (Home), Me! | 0 Comments

Taken sometime in fall of 1968 is my best guess. Joanne (first wife) and I met at UM College Park. The Zonker raced at Capitol Raceway and posted high twelves.

Photos From The Past 1

by up10ad | Sat Feb 5, 2011 | All (Home), Me! | 1 Comment

Nature Is Beautiful

by up10ad | Sat Aug 1, 2009 | All (Home), Homestead | 0 Comments

Unless otherwise noted, all photos are taken with my iPhone and post-processed with iPhone applications. I seldom carry my Canon 20D anymore except in situations where I need to use the big 400mm telephoto lens.

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