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Airplane or crop sprayer?

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

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...

Clouds and snow #cloudporn

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

Getting settled in

by up10ad | Sat Dec 8, 2007 | All (Home), Weather | 0 Comments

Believe it or not, we are still unpacking stuff. I worked all day in the garage today and didn't make a dent. A few weeks ago I did get my weather station installed and it is operating with almost all features enabled. I still have to hang the lightning detector,...

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...

We’re Official Apple Fanbois (sorta)

by up10ad | Sun Dec 28, 2008 | All (Home), Homestead | 0 Comments

Sandi was the lucky recipient of an Apple MacBook Air for Christmas and she loves it. I have had my MacBook Pro for almost a year and I too really like OS-X and the laptop design. In addition we both have iPhones and we're pretty much entrenched in...

Obtuse Bronze Sculpture

by Rick | Mon Dec 24, 2012 | All (Home), Food and Drink, Funny, Strange | 0 Comments

I can't tell what this statue is all about. Is she being arrested and going to get frisked? Or is she preparing for position 78 in the Kama Sutra?

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...

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...

Filtered effect version of previous photo.

by Rick | Sat Jan 5, 2013 | All (Home), Photography, Seasonal, Weather | 0 Comments

Watermelon 5K – Independence Day

by Rick | Sat Jul 4, 2015 | All (Home), Fun Stuff, Runkeeper | 0 Comments

Got up early and drove north of downtown to the City of Winter Park for the Hunter Vision Watermelon 5K. There were over 3,300 runners and we all got free watermelon! I increased my run/walk interval to 3min/1min and it felt great. Beat my previous 5K time...

My backyard #flag #sky #colorburst

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

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...

Sandy Hook

by Rick | Mon Feb 21, 2022 | Landscape, Lifestyle, Photography | 0 Comments

Here's a few recent pics to keep things updated. Taken at Sandy Hook on a blustery, cold day using my Insta360 One X2.

Just fruit.

by up10ad | Sat Feb 4, 2012 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

SOA or SOB?

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

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.

More running in the field

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

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.

Bankruptcy hearing in Denver

by up10ad | Tue Sep 23, 2008 | All (Home), Strange, Work | 0 Comments

I've recently returned from testifying in the NCT case and it reminds me why I was happy to leave the legal arena. For the last three years I have steadfastly tried to guide NCT forward for the benefit of the creditors, local community and ultimate new...

Foggy Snow Dusting

by up10ad | Sat Jan 23, 2010 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

What a beautiful morning it was!

I’m eating well…

by Rick | Tue Jun 30, 2015 | All (Home), Food and Drink, Lifestyle | 0 Comments

First rose again #nofilter #rose #bloom #flower

by up10ad | Sat May 5, 2012 | All (Home), Homestead, Seasonal | 0 Comments

Zoo Lights

by up10ad | Sat Dec 13, 2008 | All (Home), Travel, Work | 0 Comments

Sandi and I spent the weekend in Denver finalizing the NCT auction. We had great food. One night at Mizuna and one at McCormicks. The Oxford Hotel got us complimentary tickets to Zoo Lights and provided Town Car transportation. Not only were the light displays...