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Mowing

by up10ad | Tue May 15, 2012 | All (Home), Homestead, Seasonal | 0 Comments

My Adoring Fans

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

It’s Too Dang Cold!

by Rick | Sat Jan 12, 2013 | All (Home), Homestead, Weather | 0 Comments

Look at forecast! Headed to -13 degrees!

We’re famous! Look at us!

by up10ad | Sun Aug 23, 2009 | All (Home), Strange | 0 Comments

^^ Sandi was featured in a gallery exhibition in Denver. ^^ They put me on a gate fence just at the entrance, I drew quite the crowd. Hehehe, actually it is just a new free iPhone app called PhotoFunia that embeds your photos in a number of different and fun...

Sharpening our Skills

by up10ad | Tue May 4, 2010 | All (Home), Health, Sports | 0 Comments

We're starting to visit the Montrose Rod & Gun Club indoor (and outdoor) range more regularly. Sandi is a natural with her Glock and Combat Commander.

A New Baby Colt

by up10ad | Thu May 13, 2010 | All (Home), Homestead, Horses | 0 Comments

Sandi acts as the breeding and babysitting facility for our babies as well as her brother and sister-in-law. This fella is from Dollie, one of Jeff and Leta's mares. No name yet.

Cedaredge Apple Festival

by up10ad | Tue Oct 6, 2009 | All (Home), Lifestyle | 0 Comments

One of the carnies showing off the Euro Bungee. It rained.

Spring is here

by up10ad | Wed May 2, 2007 | All (Home), Weather, Work | 0 Comments

Spring came early this year. By late March it was somewhat comfortable for a few days, and April was very nice indeed. The mud season didn't amount to much more than a few days of melt-off and it was over. Things turned green very early and spring is...

I Want One Of These (redux)

by up10ad | Tue Oct 20, 2009 | All (Home), Web/Tech | 0 Comments

Spring is here

by up10ad | Sun Apr 6, 2008 | All (Home), Horses, Weather | 0 Comments

It came about mid-month and the days have been getting warmer ever since. We are well on our way to completing projects around the house, something we couldn't even thing about doing this time of year up in Meeker. Today I burned the irrigation ditches in the front...

Christmas season has started

by up10ad | Thu Dec 3, 2009 | All (Home), Me! | 0 Comments

I thought I'd launch the season with a pic taken in 2004 or 2005. I dressed up as Santa at the NC Telecom offices and greeted kids and adults alike. Bad Santa.

Prep for 5K tomorrow

by Rick | Fri Jul 3, 2015 | All (Home), Food and Drink, Weather | 0 Comments

Had some weather during my carb loading... Clouds are real, lightning and temp overlay via InstaWeather app.

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...

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...

Captive in my own home

by up10ad | Thu Sep 4, 2008 | All (Home), Health, Homestead | 0 Comments

Although my recovery is coming along fine, my mobility is limited by abdominal tenderness. I've been on the couch or in bed for days on end and it is annoying to say the least. The other night brought a beautilul sunset with bright long shadows that enticed me from...

A Taste of Sanford

by Rick | Sat May 9, 2015 | All (Home), Wildlife | 0 Comments

Went to the food and music festival A Taste of Sanford 2015 and got some nice photos. Lots of local food, great band playing and fun stuff for the whole family. Even the local birds got a treat. Another view of the same bird was captured against the sky,...

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

The sky. Right now.

by up10ad | Thu Dec 29, 2011 | All (Home), Landscape | 0 Comments

Great dinner

by up10ad | Mon Jul 14, 2008 | All (Home), Food and Drink | 0 Comments

Scallops on a bed of rice and romaine. This is part of the reason why I have dropped form a high weight of 282 in December of 2007 to 229 this week, My goal is to get to about 190 lbs.

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...

First Cold Spell

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

From our weather station cam this morning:

We have a new baby!

by up10ad | Sun May 23, 2004 | All (Home), Horses | 0 Comments

After waiting 11 months we finally have our new baby pony. Even before leaving California we tried to get Zanna pregnant but had little success with artificial insemination. The original stud just didn't have good swimmers I guess. Well, last summer we...

Myrtle Beach/Missouri Trip

by up10ad | Sun Sep 20, 2009 | All (Home), Travel | 0 Comments

Took a trip and visited my sister and some friends. The weather was beautiful all week, spent every day in the ocean, 82 degree water. After leaving Myrtle Beach I headed for MO to visit Joe, Anita and Christine. Although it rained most of the time, it was perfect...