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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...

Honey Crisp Apples

by up10ad | Mon Sep 28, 2009 | All (Home), Lifestyle | 0 Comments

We planted a Honey Crisp Apple tree 2 years ago and this year it finally came to fruit. They are sweet and juicy right off the tree and Sandi has made several apple pies. MMMMMmmmm. Another pretty good iPhone pic eh?

All the time deal with it up!

by Rick | Mon Sep 21, 2020 | All (Home), Fun Stuff, Funny, Lifestyle, Strange | 0 Comments

This isn't a busy site and there certainly isn't any reason for anyone, including bots, to spam my posts with comments. It still happens. Fortunately the Askimet plugin catches 99% of them and they never even make it to me for review. Some of them do slip in and they...

Storm Clouds

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

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...

I’m finally back here again

by up10ad | Sat Jun 7, 2003 | All (Home), Work | 0 Comments

Looks like I'm getting an entry in here about once every year, whether it needs it or not. I never was good at journals. Well, the Flag Creek Cafe lasted until about July 15, at which time we completely understood why the restaurant business is so different from the...

Still snow mid-May

by up10ad | Fri Jun 17, 2011 | All (Home), Homestead | 0 Comments

[pe2-gallery class="aligncenter" ] [/pe2-gallery]Catching up with some photos. May 22 has significant snow on the West Elks.

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.

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.

Visitor For Thanksgiving

by up10ad | Sun Nov 28, 2010 | All (Home), Food and Drink, Seasonal | 0 Comments

Our good friend and previous neighbor from Bakersfield, Stephanie came to visit over the holiday. We had a great time just gabbing and enjoying time and food together.

Apple Watch – Shop Apple Watch

by Rick | Sun Apr 26, 2015 | All (Home), Lifestyle, Web/Tech | 0 Comments

Stainless steel and space black stainless steel cases. The display is protected by sapphire crystal. And a range of bands in three materials. Source: Apple Watch - Shop Apple Watch - Apple Store (U.S.) I'm waiting until things mature a bit, but I think the 42mm...

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...

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.

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,...

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.

No horses were harmed in the making of this photo

by up10ad | Tue Jul 28, 2009 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

This isn't a real pic, it is actually two pics taken with my iPhone while the horses were sleeping one morning recently. I stitched them together using the iPhone app Auto Stitch, cropped and framed them with the app Photogene, and added the lightning with the app...

Christmas and New Years

by up10ad | Sat Jan 8, 2011 | All (Home), Food and Drink, Seasonal | 0 Comments

Despite the inactivity here on the site, we did indeed celebrate both Christmas and New Years. Matt, Brandy and the boys arrived on Christmas afternoon, followed shortly thereafter by Jeff and Leta. We enjoyed a fantastic Prime Rib dinner and were joined by Jim and...

Round Bales This Time

by up10ad | Fri Oct 10, 2008 | All (Home), Homestead | 0 Comments

After we cut there were several days of light rain and the hay was a bit heavy, It dried well but our neighbor thought it would be better if he used his big round baler rather than the small baler.

Morning Moon

by Rick | Wed Jan 2, 2013 | All (Home), Homestead, Landscape | 0 Comments

Original and square crop filtered. It was 2 degrees at 7am.

More snow

by Rick | Thu Feb 18, 2021 | All (Home), Homestead, Weather | 0 Comments

Another snowstorm today, 10″ plus. Took a slow-motion video out the back window. Click the square in the lower right corner to adjust to screen size.

First Cold Spell

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

From our weather station cam this morning:

Happy Birthday USA!

by up10ad | Sat Jul 10, 2010 | All (Home), Homestead, Seasonal | 0 Comments

Independence Day video from my deck in 720p HD taken with and edited on my iPhone with the iMovie app. After it starts, change to 720p mode (lower right). httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5smQ7JYvjv4

Ricky & Diane

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

NC Telecom Update

by up10ad | Thu Oct 16, 2008 | All (Home), Work | 0 Comments

Well, the judge in the NCT bankruptcy case ruled that our reorganization plan and auction should move forward as presented in our motion. He apparently did not buy the argument that the parent company or current management (moi) allowed our personal stakes in the...

mmmm, asparagus

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

All along the irrigation ditch that runs adjacent to our property we have the best volunteer asparagus. On any given day we can just take a walk and pick as much as we need for a great snack or dinner compliment. It is so yummy.

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