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2010
Gates Pass Road winds through a forest of Giant Saguaro cacti, and joins Tucson with the Avra Valley. The structure you see in the photo is built of rock, and has a stone picnic table and benches inside. Drive west on Speedway, and this is where you'll top out going over the pass. It's part of...
08/28/2010
~ Monsoon Evening in Tucson AZ ~ ___________________ (I don't copyright my photos anymore. I use them mostly for blogging and creating greeting cards for friends.) Right click on an image, copy and use it! Click the Send Out Cards logo below. Send a real card to someone you love. (Card and pos...
08/25/2010
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HAFA ~ What is it, and how can it help you? One in seven mortgages in the United States is not being paid. Yours may be one of them. If so, you need a REALTOR who understands HAFA. The Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternative (HAFA) is a government program designed to help homeowners who can't ...
08/25/2010
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190,000 Active Rainers! That's where we'll be by next week. That blows me away! And we did it one by one. One by one by one by one... Just like that August field in the photo above, watered by summer rain and blanketed with sunshine. Does one make a difference? These are difficult times. Di...
08/24/2010
I take Continuing Education courses to keep up with the REALTORS I serve. This week, I took a 3 hour course entitled Anti-Deficiency, Short Sales & Trustee Sales. Taught by members of Phoenix based Thomson Law PLC, the course was an eye-opener, as many REALTORS represent themselves as "Expert...
08/20/2010
~ Nightfall in the Arizona-Sonoran Desert ~ Kinney Road, Tucson Estates II ___________________ (I don't copyright my photos anymore. I use them mostly for blogging and creating greeting cards for friends.) Right click on an image, copy and use it! Click the Send Out Cards logo below. Send a rea...
08/18/2010
What you're looking at is part of the Riparian Corridor at Tucson's Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. I was here to learn about bats~the world's only flying mammals. (Flying squirrels can't really fly; they're just real good at gliding.) Think of it [the water] as a runway for for airplanes to do "...
08/14/2010
Bloom where you're planted! (If you're a pessimist, move on.) Compare and contrast the environment for two identical, thriving cacti. The little guy on the left has all the luck! Of course it's doing well! He sprouted where there's soil for his roots, shade from that bush on the right, and l...
08/12/2010
The perspective from which we view the world changes everything! The circle of brilliant pink flowers caught my eye as I was hiking in Tucson Mountain Park. Without the flowers, I might not have noticed the cactus. From six feet up in the air, this little cactus was a pretty insignificant part...
08/11/2010
Monsoon Afternoon ~ Monsoon Sunset ___________________ Like my photos? I don't copyright them anymore. (Please use them, and email me the results.) Right click on the image, copy and enjoy! Click my Send Out Cards logo! Send a real card to someone you love. (It's free ~ on me. Thanks for readi...
08/08/2010
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