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Just an update

by | Tue May 21, 2002 | All (Home), Weather | 0 Comments

Spent a bit of time updating the pics pages and moving the site as a sub-web of my weatherweather.net site.  I've always been interested in weather phenomenon and after leaving Bakersfield it dawned on me that I'm finally living in an area that actually HAS...
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IP Change Completed

by | Tue Mar 3, 2009 | All (Home), Web/Tech, Work | 0 Comments

...and not a day too soon.  We spent the last half of the month replacing cards in our Alcatel and Cisco hardware and finally established a stable DS3 circuit on February 25th.  Bryan spent every night for the next 5 days updating routers while I handled the customer...
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Still snow mid-May

by | Fri Jun 17, 2011 | All (Home), Homestead | 0 Comments

[pe2-gallery class="aligncenter" ] [/pe2-gallery]Catching up with some photos. May 22 has significant snow on the West Elks.
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Not quite spring yet…

by | Sat Feb 9, 2008 | All (Home), Health, Weather | 0 Comments

It's been a cold and wet winter here in Delta compared to normal.  For us it's still a lot milder than Meeker and we are enjoying it daily.  We get a lot of light snow that melts off the same day.  The temps are normally well into the 40's by now but...
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Clouds and snow #cloudporn

by | Wed Oct 17, 2012 | All (Home), Seasonal, Weather | 0 Comments

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Pumpkin?

by | Sat Sep 8, 2012 | All (Home), Lifestyle | 0 Comments

Not a fan of pumpkin ale. Don't like most 'flavors' added to my beer or cigars or pipe. [shrugs]
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More Sandhill Cranes

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

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

by | Tue Oct 16, 2012 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

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#cloudporn Roads End

by | Sun Mar 17, 2013 | All (Home), Landscape, Weather | 0 Comments

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Dam Brewery, Dillon, CO #clouds #sky

by | Mon Dec 12, 2011 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

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We have arrived in Colorado!

by | Sun Oct 28, 2001 | All (Home), Horses, Travel | 0 Comments

Well, we completed our move from Bakersfield to Meeker on November 1, 2001.  Everyone arrived safely and the people, dogs and horses are all fine.  We live about 3 miles outside of town on County Road 4, on the mesa overlooking Meeker and the White River...
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Update

by | 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...
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Just updating…

by | 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...
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Yard work break #cigar

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

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Sunset in neighborhood

by | Mon May 11, 2015 | All (Home), Landscape, Photography, Runkeeper | 0 Comments

Just a quick snap taken during my walk/jog around the neighborhood on my birthday.  No exposure information saved since it was taken within the Runkeeper app on my iPhone 6 Plus.  Editing with Snapseed app to underexpose the lower section and with Touch/Retouch app to...
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Cedaredge Apple Festival

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

One of the carnies showing off the Euro Bungee.  It rained.
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Walking Confluence Park

by | Sun Sep 5, 2010 | All (Home), Health | 0 Comments

I've been walking almost daily for the past couple months and my latest location is a 5 mile loop around the lake and next to the river.You can check my progress at RunKeeper.com
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Great New Email Client

by | Fri Feb 26, 2010 | All (Home), Web/Tech | 0 Comments

And then there was Postbox. I don't usually plug software on this blog but I have to make an exception for Postbox.  I switched from Outlook several months ago and I love this alternative written by some of the key developers from Mozilla and Thunderbird who have now...
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Long Overdue Update

by | Mon Feb 12, 2018 | All (Home), Dogs, Food and Drink, Fun Stuff, Lifestyle, Me!, Weather | 0 Comments

Tons of photos! Lots has happened in the past couple years. Left Florida and moved north to New Jersey. I recently spent some time fixing a bunch of issues with this blog and figured I would post some photos.
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A New Baby Colt

by | 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.
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Jeff’s Birthday Bash Video

by | Sun Sep 27, 2009 | All (Home), Food and Drink, Homestead | 0 Comments

Great occasion, great guests and great food.  Even the cinnamon lemon Patron shots.
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Ran across an old photo of my Hummer H1. What a beast.

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

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Winter is here

by | 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...
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YASP – Yet another sunset pic

by | Fri Dec 5, 2008 | All (Home), Homestead, Seasonal | 0 Comments

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34° this morning

by | Fri Oct 4, 2013 | All (Home), Homestead, Landscape, Seasonal, Weather | 0 Comments

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NC Telecom Update

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...

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Thu Oct 16, 2008

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Little Baby Chick

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...

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Thu Oct 9, 2008

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Bonfire for Jeff’s birthday

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....

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