I've really been getting a big kick out of the "Name that Photo" group here on ActiveRain. If you haven't check it out yet, take a peak; there are some amazing photos out there, and some are real puzzlers! (By the way, no one's identified the "hobbit hole" yet...) Put on your deerstalker hats, ge
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07/11/2009
Here in the Albuquerque real estate market, our luxury home sales (say, properties over $1 Million) have virtually gone Missing In Action. This year, in June, only one such sale closed in the entire Albuquerque MLS. This compare with six sales over a million in June of last year, five in June of
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07/11/2009
Did you know that there is a quick and easy way to tell whether the fruits or vegetables you buy are genetically modified? I didn't. In fact, I've thought for a long time that the government should require GM food to be clearly labeled as such. One of the folks I follow on Twitter
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07/11/2009
What is it? Where is it? What is it used for? Sorry, Frodo, it's not a hobbit hole! Hints? I took this photo within 50 miles of my house... Let's see how the Activerain "Name that Photo" group can do with it. Care to take a stab at identifying it? (If you've never been to the Land of Enchantment,
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07/10/2009
Our Albuquerque real estate statistics for the month of June have been released, and they seem to show some light at the end of the tunnel for Albuquerque home sales. First of all, our oversupply of homes on the market is definitely shrinking. There were only 5,480 single family detached homes on
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07/10/2009
Apparently Rodeo IS the state sport in both Texas and Wyoming, according to a recent article in the Valencia County News Bulletin. Why isn't it so here in New Mexico? All over my neck of the woods (Bosque Farms, in Valencia County) rodeo is a way of life for a huge segment of the population. Rode
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07/09/2009
New Mexicans can now get highly colorful "gold-certified" "green" education-- in the newly completed Pete V. Domenici Education Building at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, NM. If that sounds color-cockeyed, here's the scoop: "Green" refers to the building being environmental
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07/09/2009
The Albuquerque Botanical Gardens has scheduled a "Night Walk" for July 14, 2009. You're invited to come on out and explore the Gardens under moonlight as you take a guided tour in search of night-blooming plants, nocturnal animals and night pollinators. This guided event has only limited space,
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07/08/2009
What's NMQHA, you ask? The New Mexico Quarter Horse Association! And they'll be hosting one of their amazing Quarter Horse Shows at Expo New Mexico (on the New Mexico State Fair Grounds in Albuquerque, NM) this weekend, July 9-12, 2009 Not an equestrian? So what! Come on out and watch; you'll l
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07/06/2009