When Will Sedona See Temperatures Dip Below Freezing? (Above) - December 1st, 2021- Leaves Are Falling  Watching the Japanese Maple helps give us some understanding of previous peak color seasons and why the peak may vary each year.  In the last two years,  our peak color on the Japanese Maple has gone well into December.  It really makes for a wonderful Thanksgiving because the color is pretty vivid.  This year, it made it through Thanksgiving but that weekend we got some unusual wind and the tree lost a lot of leaves. Within 3 days, leaves were falling on their own. This blog post explains why the leaves can fall at different times during Autumn or Winter.   One of my favorite things ... One of my favorite things to watch on my Japanese Maple is that the filtered sunlight can make a r... 12/06/2021

What is the most important to thing to do to make a home SELL or to make you feel good about the place you live?  SMILE! (Photo Smiling Baby- Pixabay)Make a home "SMILE"!A baby's smile is inviting, your home should be alsoYou heard right! Same as a cute baby, or in an interview. Smile, sparkle, make the interviewer like you. Same thing with your home, to attract a buyer....make it smile! As a REALTOR®, I see the things that others may overlook that will make a home memorable and standout from the hundreds of other similar homes for sale. I remember the homes that smile. Whether I am coaching a seller or helping a buyer see the potential in a home. Some things are so simpleAs a REALTOR®, I look to make a house SMILE and inviting so the Buyer says....."I remember THAT one" You know it wor... 12/01/2021

Christmas in 1962 was a scary time to be a kid. A new Christmas Carol was written in October 1962 with a Call For Peace...."Do You Hear What I Hear"...with symbolism as A Call from God or was it Streaming Missiles?For some reason we (as kids) did not really understand we had air raid warnings at schools and we had to get underneath our school desks until the sirens ended. We were in the middle of the "Cold War" and Russians had nuclear warheads in Cuba pointed at the US Mainland. This was only 21 years after the sneak attack (80 years ago today) at Pearl Harbor by the Japanese resulting in the use of Nuclear Warheads to end World War 2. Missile silos were placed all around the world and we in America were dreading streaming missiles and their plume tails flying across the sky destroying... 12/07/2021

Have you thought of living in one of the  best places in the US for you and your family? Think Scottsdale Arizona right here in the Phoenix metro suburbs. The Wallet Hub survey is out and Gilbert Arizona (#7) and Scottsdale Arizona (#9) were both in the Top 10 in best cities in the United States to raise a family. Scottsdale Arizona Single Family Homes For Sale on the MLSHere are the always up to date Scottsdale Homes For Sale on the MLS, click for a FULL PAGE View or to create your own Arizona FREE MLS SEARCH PORTAL.  Scottsdale Police and Fire Headquarters on Indian School Road Best Places to Raise a Family Per Wallet Hub, "Families move often and for various reasons. In fact, the average American can expect to move an estimated 11.4 times during his or her lifetime. Moving can be a s... 12/05/2021