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Winter is here

by up10ad | Sun Nov 20, 2005 | All (Home), Weather, Work | 0 Comments

Well, winter arrived early as usual. We usually get snow on or around Halloween and this year was no exception. Everyone is healthy and things are going well. The company I work for filed Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in October and I've been handling the process with the...

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.

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...

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.

Holmdel Park & Bell Works Ride

by Rick | Mon Mar 22, 2021 | All (Home), Me!, Runkeeper | 0 Comments

Longest ride to date. Left around 1pm and headed to Holmdel Park. Only took about 45 minutes. After cruising aropund there a bit on the wooded trails we rode to Bell Works, just over a mile away. What a neat place. Grabbed some coffee and headed home. Nice 3 hour trip.

Geese on Lake

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

Photos taken with iPhone 4 and post-processed on iPhone using PhotoStudio and sometimes Photogene2. Watermarks from iWatermark.

More Sandhill Cranes

by Rick | Wed Jun 3, 2015 | All (Home), Wildlife | 0 Comments

Took a walk around the neighborhood and found these two near the recharge basin.

I Really Enjoyed Yesterday’s Sunset

by up10ad | Mon May 25, 2009 | All (Home), Weather | 0 Comments

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...

Oakridge Gun Range

by Rick | Fri May 15, 2015 | All (Home), Lifestyle | 0 Comments

Haven't been out shooting in a few years. Picked up a box of shells and went with a few friends to see how much edge I have lost. To my surprise I seem to be at least as accurate as I was when I was going regularly. I'm not really great, but I can still hit the...

New Baby Pics

by up10ad | Sun Apr 12, 2009 | All (Home), Horses | 0 Comments

I have been remiss in posting pics of our new baby girl. She is about 2 weeks old and we are expecting another around Mother's day.

Some Gave All…

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

Wood Stork

by Rick | Mon Jun 1, 2015 | All (Home), Wildlife | 0 Comments

Spent some time at the lake at the Orlando Fairgrounds watching wildlife. The Wood Storks were content to stand nearby and splash in the shallows, but eventually took off for parts unknown. Below: Splashing in the water Below: Finally got camera shy and...

Yard work break #cigar

by up10ad | Sun Apr 15, 2012 | All (Home), Me! | 0 Comments

SOA or SOB?

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

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...

Rode my bike to Work!

by Rick | Thu Mar 11, 2021 | All (Home), Health, Lifestyle, Me!, Runkeeper, Work | 0 Comments

Had our first day of warm weather (65 degrees) so I decided to ride my bike to work. The Library is about 8 miles from home, but the first 7 miles is on the Henry Hudson Trail. The last mile or so is on surface streets but the traffic isn't too bad. It was dark coming...

Long Fall Shadows

by up10ad | Fri Oct 17, 2008 | All (Home), Homestead | 0 Comments

I just thought that the evening shadows were delightful. Fall is here.

Sizzle #bacon

by up10ad | Mon Dec 19, 2011 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

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,...

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...

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.

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.

Happy Easter!

by up10ad | Sun Apr 12, 2009 | All (Home), Seasonal | 0 Comments

Just a quick note to say Happy Easter to everyone.

Changed from Running to Cycling

by Rick | Thu Dec 17, 2020 | All (Home), Health, Runkeeper | 0 Comments

Well, it happened. This year I discovered that my body just doesn't handle the impact of running any longer. I've been using Runkeeper to track my running and walking activity since July of 2010. In that time I've tracked over 500 runs for a total of 980 miles. It was...

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