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Sprung

by Rick | Thu Apr 11, 2013 | All (Home), Homestead, Landscape, Weather | 0 Comments

Spring / Sprang / Sprung - Whatever

Little Baby Chick

by up10ad | Thu Oct 9, 2008 | All (Home), Homestead | 0 Comments

This little guy (or girl) was hatched last week and gets around pretty well already! He never gets more than a few feet from mother hen, but he ranges all over the yard, arena and pasture. He was one of about 5 eggs in the nest but the only one that hatched for some...

Losing weight and lowering BP

by Rick | Sat May 9, 2015 | All (Home), Health, Lifestyle, Runkeeper | 0 Comments

Regular exercise like walking 2.5-5K a day and eating right is paying off! Goal for now is to drop 47 pounds, hope to be there by mid August.

Just fruit.

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

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

My backyard #flag #sky #colorburst

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

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

3 degrees this morning

by Rick | Fri Dec 28, 2012 | All (Home), Homestead, Landscape, Weather | 0 Comments

Update

by up10ad | Sat Jan 22, 2005 | All (Home), Health | 0 Comments

Not much news recently. As if you wanted to know, I had hernia surgery, all went well. We have had a very mild winter so far, we're in the middle of the second warm spell which is melting all previous snow causing a 2nd mid-winter 'mud season'. The...

Are Ya Bored With Cycling Posts Yet?

by Rick | Sat Jan 2, 2021 | All (Home), Health, Runkeeper | 0 Comments

After several days of rain it finally warmed up a bit (48°) so I took a long ride to Sandy Hook Gateway National Recreation Area. Total of about 21 miles. There were some Kite Surfers in the cold waters on the bay side. [video width="1920" height="1080"...

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...

Ran across an old photo of my Hummer H1. What a beast.

by Rick | Wed Oct 17, 2012 | All (Home), Fun Stuff, Lifestyle | 0 Comments

E-Bikes Need Batteries

by Rick | Wed May 19, 2021 | All (Home), Health, Lifestyle, Runkeeper | 0 Comments

I've been having battery issues with my bike for the last month or so. When I hit a hard bump it just shuts down, no display or power. I discovered that I can get it active again by banging on the side of the battery, suggesting that something is disconnecting inside....

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...

Nests #egg #breakfast

by up10ad | Fri Mar 16, 2012 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

Ricky & Diane

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

Christmas Greetings

by Rick | Fri Dec 18, 2020 | All (Home), Dogs, Lifestyle, Seasonal | 0 Comments

Merry Christmas from Willow Street, Port Monmouth, New Jersey Drago is actually a very friendly boy who is trained well. In the photo above he was just responding to the "speak" command. He is passing along best wishes to everyone for the...

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.

Back porch view. West Elks Range #mountains #skyporn #landscape

by up10ad | Mon Feb 20, 2012 | All (Home), Homestead, Landscape, Weather | 0 Comments

Some iPhone 3G S Photos

by up10ad | Thu Jul 23, 2009 | All (Home), Homestead, Horses | 0 Comments

Took a few shots yesterday while working around the house. Got a fine pic of our vegetable garden showing how well the corn is doing, and another of the bunny that escaped from our neighbors kids. That bunny is going to be hard to catch.