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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...

I’m done with snow in spring

by Rick | Wed Apr 17, 2013 | All (Home), Homestead, Seasonal, Weather | 0 Comments

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...

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!

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...

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...

Sandi is the Pied Piper

by up10ad | Thu Aug 14, 2008 | All (Home), Homestead, Strange | 0 Comments

Sandi and the geese get along great. They sit in her lap and peck lightly at her rings and bracelet as she pets them. After a bit they quiet down and just relax and poop on her LOL.

Maryland Blue Crabs

by up10ad | Thu Aug 5, 2010 | All (Home), Lifestyle | 0 Comments

Before: After:

Nature Is Beautiful

by up10ad | Sat Aug 1, 2009 | All (Home), Homestead | 0 Comments

Unless otherwise noted, all photos are taken with my iPhone and post-processed with iPhone applications. I seldom carry my Canon 20D anymore except in situations where I need to use the big 400mm telephoto lens.

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...

First rose again #nofilter #rose #bloom #flower

by up10ad | Sat May 5, 2012 | All (Home), Homestead, Seasonal | 0 Comments

First Spring Ride

by Rick | Fri Apr 22, 2022 | Food and Drink, Lifestyle, Runkeeper | 0 Comments

A quick ride on the first warm day

Sun Roof

by up10ad | Sat Jul 7, 2012 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

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...

Spring in Colorado

by up10ad | Sat Apr 15, 2006 | All (Home), Food and Drink, Weather, Work | 0 Comments

Spring is trying... News on the work front. For the past few years the company I work for, NC Telecom, has been battling cashflow problems stemming from a massive $12MM loan from the feds for rural communications infrastructure improvements. Last year the stock...

Sister Visit

by Rick | Thu Oct 29, 2020 | All (Home), Food and Drink, Lifestyle | 0 Comments

A few weeks ago I visited my sister Diane in Maryland. She wanted to get a tattoo and since she was with me when I got my first, I was excited to accompany her. We had a great lunch with Cosmos and then headed for Flesh Tattoo in...

Bonfire for Jeff’s birthday

by up10ad | Wed Oct 1, 2008 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

Sandi and I invited Jeff and Leta for dinner for his birthday and lit up a huge pile of brush and other stuff we had gathered from around the property over the summer. It was quite a display! I snapped this great silhouette of Jeff while he was tending the fire....