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2010
Residents of Tucson Estates II have to look no further than their backyard to find ARIZONA WILDFLOWERS. December rains trigger a profusion of spring flowers in the Arizona desert. Our gated community, Tucson Estates II (Zip Code 85713) is surrounded by a natural preserve of more than 20,000 acr...
03/24/2010
I bought a new camera on Saturday. Sunday evening, west of Three Points, Arizona, and halfway to Ajo, I found some beautiful flowers by the roadside. We've had a lot of rain since the first of the year (over five inches, and we only get 12" for an entire year on average.) Thanks for stopping b...
03/23/2010
"Did I just say that?" MJ Jensen smiled as she pointed to me and said "Write that down. That's good!" "Marketing that surpasses the masses!" She told me to write it down. I did! MJ Jensen is the Chief Idea Officer of her company, IdeaMagic Visionary Marketing. Landmark Title invited her to...
03/20/2010
Champagne Marketing on a BEER Budget! Landmark Title hosted the seminar, and they did it up right! St. Patrick's Day. Green eggs & ham. (Green eggs tasted better than they look.) Featured speaker MJ Jensen congratulated the room on surviving the downturn, then asked us to share our challenges...
03/19/2010
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Like most of the rest of you, I need my morning coffee! Early morning yesterday found me in Green Valley to help a REALTOR friend. I was driving back north toward Tucson at 7:30 a.m. when I spotted this tractor trailer in front of me. Out came the camera; I just had to share it with you. Word...
03/11/2010
Pat Randles of SUNSTREET MORTGAGE, LLC is a businessman as well as a loan officer. He and his wife own a manufacturing company in Tucson. Patrick is a problem solver. His most recent post addresses a problem that loan officers and REALTORS grapple with on a regular basis, and Patrick offers a...
03/09/2010
Just like people, Saguaros within the National Park boundaries are subject to a census every 10 years. Kurt Repanshek, a modern day John Muir, is a freelance journalist who writes about land use issues, especially in the Rocky Mountain West. His January 7th post for the National Parks Traveler ...
03/08/2010
It rained like the dickens all afternoon! I drove out to Ryan Airfield to see a new airplane. Driving home from Ryan Airfield, I saw Janice Kauffman's Tierra Antigua Realty Sign at the guardhouse entrance to Tucson Estates II. "OPEN HOUSE" 1951 S Diamond D Drive, Tucson, AZ 85713 You already k...
03/07/2010
Honeybee Canyon, Oro Valley, AZ. Honeybees are alive and well in the wilds (and not-so-wild parts) of the Sonoran Desert. It's rare to find honeycomb in the desert, as rare for me today as it was for the ancient Amerindians whose petroglyphs adorn this waterway in our beautiful desert. Honeybe...
03/06/2010
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The Giant Saguaro is one of my favorite plants, and it's the predominant tree of the Sonoran Desert. They can live to be 200 years old, and grow to weigh many tons. The root system, however, is shallow, as the desert floor does not absorb rainwater well. Saguaros handle predictable well, but ...
03/06/2010
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