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Having a beer with my little friend

by Rick | Thu Jul 23, 2015 | All (Home), Food and Drink, Fun Stuff, Funny, Strange, Wildlife | 0 Comments

He was under my table. He talked me into saving up to 15% on some great discount auto insurance.

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...

Just an update

by up10ad | 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...

Sizzle #bacon

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

Holy crap, what were they thinking?

by Rick | Mon Oct 19, 2020 | All (Home), Funny, Strange | 0 Comments

Area transportation for seniors is a laudable goal and most communities seem to have implemented something. Some contract with a local bus company to help get seniors to their doctor appointments while others establish their own systems. When I lived in Meeker, CO...

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.

WOOT! Celebrate! Today is National Weatherperson’s Day

by up10ad | Fri Feb 5, 2010 | All (Home), Weather | 0 Comments

Thursday, February 5, 2009 is National Weatherperson Day, commemorating the birth of John Jeffries in 1744. Jeffries, one of America's first weather observers, began taking daily weather observations in Boston in 1774 and he took the first (hot air) balloon...

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...

Range Call ’04

by up10ad | Wed Jul 7, 2004 | All (Home), Horses | 0 Comments

I posted a bunch of photos taken at our Range Call celebration. It is held every 4th of July (4 day event) and includes rodeo, parade, concert, dance and fireworks. This year we hosted Steve Azar. One of the best parts is the re-enactment of the Meeker...

Toddler, Baltimore, MD

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

Sunrise in rear view #sunrise #mountain

by up10ad | Thu Jan 26, 2012 | All (Home), Photography | 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...

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

Morning Moon

by Rick | Wed Jan 2, 2013 | All (Home), Homestead, Landscape | 0 Comments

Original and square crop filtered. It was 2 degrees at 7am.

Sunset over the Cimarrons

by up10ad | Sun Aug 24, 2008 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

Sandi and I went to Montrose to help Jeff and Leta paint their house and do some grading with the Bobcat. It was a fun day that culminated with dutch-oven ribs server outside under a beautiful sunset. The image below was taken looking almost straight up as the sun...

Deer outside my window eating an orange I left on the lawn.

by Rick | Thu Feb 14, 2013 | All (Home), Fun Stuff, Strange, Wildlife | 1 Comment

Old ice box to booze cabinet

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

Aardvark Topsites & PHP v7.2 Fix

by Rick | Fri Feb 8, 2019 | All (Home), Web/Tech | 0 Comments

Aardvark Topsites is a php script that was originally developed about 15 years ago, designed to present websites as a dynamic ordered list. A topsites list ranks a group of related sites by popularity. Webmasters join the topsites list and are given a button to put on...

Pumpkin?

by Rick | 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]

The sky. Right now.

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

Started a restaurant

by up10ad | Tue May 21, 2002 | All (Home), Food and Drink, Work | 0 Comments

It is now mid-may and we're still unpacking at home! We have started a business as owners of the Flag Creek Cafe, located at the Meeker Golf Course. The startup is taking an inordinate amount of our time and energy, but after two weeks we are beginning to get our...

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.

Sand Crane Streetwalkers

by Rick | Sat May 23, 2015 | All (Home), Wildlife | 0 Comments

These guys roam the neighborhood regularly. Took this just before sunset from about a foot away. No Fear.

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.

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.

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Started a restaurant

It is now mid-may and we're still unpacking at home! We have started a business as owners of the Flag Creek Cafe, located at the Meeker Golf Course. The startup is taking an inordinate amount of our time and energy, but after two weeks we are beginning to get our...

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Tue May 21, 2002

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Just an update

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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Tue May 21, 2002

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We have arrived in Colorado!

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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