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3rd and final hay cutting

by Rick | Mon Sep 24, 2012 | All (Home), Dogs, Homestead, Landscape | 0 Comments

Bette discovered TV

by up10ad | Sun Sep 26, 2010 | All (Home), Dogs | 0 Comments

After 6 years Bette has decided that she likes watching NatGeo and Animal Planet.

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.

Burning trash in 55 gal. drum

by up10ad | Sun May 17, 2009 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

We keep a old metal drum in the shed area to burn cardboard and other large paper trash items. It gets fired up about every two weeks and saves s space in the single trash container that we put out for collection. It always makes me feel like a sterno bum when I fire...

Panzer and Dad. Ride in the pickup.

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

Storm Clouds

by Rick | Tue Sep 4, 2012 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

Ricky & Diane

by Rick | Wed Feb 1, 2012 | All (Home), Your Host | 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;...

My backyard #flag #sky #colorburst

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

Almost May; snow in Meeker

by up10ad | Sun May 1, 2011 | All (Home), Weather | 0 Comments

I'm really happy we don't live there any longer. Delta is much more temperate.

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.

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.

Alfalfa ready to be baled.

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

Breakfast!

by Rick | Mon Oct 15, 2012 | All (Home), Lifestyle | 0 Comments

iPhone v3.0 Software Announced

by up10ad | Wed Mar 18, 2009 | All (Home), Web/Tech | 0 Comments

Scheduled for release in June or so. Major new features.

More iPhone stuff and NCT update

by up10ad | Wed Apr 8, 2009 | All (Home), Web/Tech, Work | 0 Comments

As if you were interested. I've been running the v3.0 beta for weeks now and it is nice. But the really exciting news is the new hardware that is probably going to be released, probably in June. I plan on pushing my current 16GB 3G phone to...

More running in the field

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

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...

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...

A Classic Explanation

by up10ad | Fri Oct 30, 2009 | All (Home), Music, Strange | 0 Comments

Just a Sunday Ride

by Rick | Sun Mar 14, 2021 | All (Home), Food and Drink, Lifestyle, Music, Runkeeper | 0 Comments

Bike ride on the Henry Hudson Trail, first stop was Off The Hook Restaurant & Bar for a quick Yuengling. On the way back home stopped at Water Witch for a coffee. Great local jam, lots of blues and a great rendition of the Stones Dead FLowers.

Irrigation ditch work

by up10ad | Sun Apr 19, 2009 | All (Home), Homestead | 0 Comments

Spent a few days building an irrigation diversion box and began the installation yesterday. Had to break out the side of the concrete V-ditch to make a connection to the new diversion box. I'll post some 'after' pics in a few days, but this is one taken during the...

Just an update

by up10ad | Tue May 21, 2002 | All (Home), Weather | 0 Comments

Spent a bit of time updating the pics pages and moving the site as a sub-web of my weatherweather.net site. I've always been interested in weather phenomenon and after leaving Bakersfield it dawned on me that I'm finally living in an area that actually HAS...