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Beer. Is. Food.

by Rick | Fri Oct 12, 2012 | All (Home), Lifestyle | 0 Comments

Fly fishing

by up10ad | Sun Jul 20, 2008 | All (Home), Me! | 0 Comments

Went to a local spot outside of Hotchkiss with Sandi, Jimmy, Eva, Jeff, Leta, Justin & Dakota. We fished 4 of the 8 ponds and caught a variety of cutthroat, brown and rainbows.

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...

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;...

Some Gave All…

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

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

by Rick | Thu Feb 14, 2013 | All (Home), Fun Stuff, Strange | 0 Comments

Panzer the Poodle

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

Hyperlapse Video

by Rick | Wed Mar 31, 2021 | All (Home), Lifestyle, Runkeeper, Work | 0 Comments

About 7 minutes of Hyperlapse video of my 40 minute ride home from work at the Matawan Aberdeen Library. It starts off on surface streets for about 1.5 miles but the balance of about 6 miles is on the Henry Hudson Trail which parallels the Ocean, sometimes only a...

Wings n fries n beer

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

Moon over Elms

by up10ad | Tue Mar 10, 2009 | All (Home), Homestead, Horses, Weather | 0 Comments

Great full moon last night We're expecting Zana to give us a baby pony this week followed by another from Punkin within 30 days or so.

The bridge at Confluence Park

by up10ad | Thu Oct 14, 2010 | All (Home), Travel | 0 Comments

My daily walk/run takes me through Confluence Park just a few miles from home. This swaying bridge is in the wooded section and crosses over the Uncompahgre River, just about where it joins the Gunnison River. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbQJt3-M0E0 [mappress...

Preparing for big yard/moving sale. Yes, those are pigs on MC on my head.

by Rick | Thu Oct 18, 2012 | All (Home), Fun Stuff | 0 Comments

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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!

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...

Mac the mini

by up10ad | Sun Jul 11, 2010 | All (Home), Horses | 0 Comments

Leta's champion

Ricky & Diane

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

Took some flag pics…

by up10ad | Mon Jan 17, 2011 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

Back porch snow dusting looking towards the Grand Mesa. #skyporn #snow

by up10ad | Mon Feb 20, 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...

#cloudporn Roads End

by Rick | Sun Mar 17, 2013 | All (Home), Landscape, Weather | 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...

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