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Tucson Night Blooming Cereus
2008-06-08 03:58:00
One night this past week I had the opportunity to photograph a Night Blooming Cereus cactus. Each bud only blooms for one night. They start to open just before sunset. The cactus I was photographing had 3 opening the same night and a single bloom the following night. It is only the third or forth time this cactus has bloomed in 17 years.
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Tucson Rain Water Harvesting
2008-06-06 00:26:00
The Tucson Monsoon season is just 10 days away (now that we have an official start date of June 15, 2008). This yearly period in nature brings about a renewed interest in Rain Water Harvesting.
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Tucson MLS Closed Transactions Pass 1025 for May 2008
2008-06-05 02:26:00
Just a quick update on how the Tucson Real Estate Market faired for May 2008 . It looks like Average and Median Sale Prices are going to be reported lower than April. Pending contracts appear to be up, New listings down slightly and Active listings under 9000 for the month.
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Skype for the budget minded and hearing impaired
2008-06-02 06:54:00
Last week I was part of a conference call. Many of you probably don't know this but I'm hearing impaired. I got a bad cold when I was 27 and the virus destroyed some of the nerve endings in my left ear which left me with a major hearing loss and a very loud ringing sound that never goes away.
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Termites in Tucson Not Terminal
2008-05-27 17:48:00
Everyone says about Tucson and termites: "If you don't have them you will get them." They are that prevalent in our environment. They are subterranean and as the saying about vampires goes "They can't stand the light of day" neither can these termites so they build themselves little tunnels to stay out of the sunlight.
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Living Memorials on Memorial Day
2008-05-25 19:00:00
An interesting thing about history. Anything in history that happens before we are aware enough to experience it is all lumped together.
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Winter Weather Returns to Tucson this weekend
2008-05-23 23:13:00
Winter weather? Well winter weather here means anything between 50 and 80 degrees. But, it is unseasonably cold this weekend. We woke up in the low 50’s and it is only 66 degrees outside as I write this. If I wanted to sensationalize the weather the way the media does the ...
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A Coat for a Cup and Moccasins or a Home
2008-05-20 16:57:00
What we need and what we want are different, but you often can’t tell that from today’s society. Have you heard the saying “The more you have the more you want.”? It is true. I hear and read about the credit crunch, the housing crunch, and the lack of affordable housing. There is a huge disconnect in this nation between what we want and what we need. I read awhile back about the woes of a family loosing there home because they could no longer “Afford” to make their payments on the home and had gone into foreclosure. Yes, they were about to be without a home. But the big concern to the family besides being homeless was where to store their 4 cars, 4 ATV’s their boat and motor home. They were making payments on all of these. Apparently, these things they could “afford”. It was the home that was un-affordable. I read everyday in the paper about how bad the economy is. Folks the economy is far from bad. How do I know this?...
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If You Build it They will Come
2008-05-19 16:07:00
If you build it will they come is more like it This saying is from a movie. Hello, I’m saying this again. THIS IS FROM A MOVIE. I know some think movies are reality and can’t make the distinction between the two. Ever been to a Star Trek convention or a service at a Jedi church? In reality, If you build it and they don’t come you file for bankruptcy. This is happening now in reality all across the country. Of course new housing starts are down. It appears they will be that way for some time to come. Just because the “Arizona Daily Star” reports there are 2 bright spots soften otherwise grim economic picture doesn’t mean it is all over and construction is going back to what it was in the past few years. Far from it, it looks like we could never see it again like it was and that is a very good thing. New home permits in Tucson edged up in April, (this is a bright spot?) This is no big deal, so a few more permits were pulled in April over ...
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Tucson Oleanders White And Red
2008-05-18 20:07:00
Oleanders are a popular choice for landscaping in Tucson . It can be a bush, a hedge even a tree of sorts. It blooms long through the summer and is hearty against the heat. It tends to be a bit dirty and trashy but even the leaves it drops with flower petals have a beauty of their own.
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Tucson Trees Get Haircuts
2008-05-17 21:26:00
The monsoon season is around the corner and the trees are getting a spring trim. The Palm trees as well as many others get trimmed, some on a regular basis. This great looking trim can be found in Tucson ’s Reid Park. Along with some other well shorn friends. The barber comes to the tree, there’s ...
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Tucson Reid Park Air Show
2008-05-16 20:28:00
I had a little time yesterday between appointments so I headed over to Tucson 's Reid Park .
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Tucson Pending Contracts April 08
2008-05-15 17:26:00
It has been a while since we took a look at Tucson ’s Pending Contracts . The last page of the Tucson MLS Statistic Report released each month contains a summary sheet which is very useful for getting a quick snapshot of where the Tucson Real Estate Market is headed in the near future. Here is a ...
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The Tucson Racquet Club
2008-05-14 17:56:00
The Tucson Racquet Club and Fitness center is located at the North end of Country Club. The Racquet & Fitness Club has been a Tucson family tradition since 1967 and it is open 24 hours a day.

Tucson Real Estate Market Are You Nervous
2008-05-13 16:31:00
Do you find yourself reading the national and local news wondering what is going on in the Tucson Real Estate Market . Do you assume you know "How BAD it is". Everyday I see Google searches coming to our sites with search terms like:
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Tucson Mobile Homes Average Price $6728 Sq. Ft.
2008-05-12 21:01:00
Anyone working with statistics knows it only takes a single small change to make a LARGE change in the stats.For example: Enter 1 mobile home transaction with the square footage reported as 1 sq. ft. and it will take you from $81 a sq. ft. to $6,728 sq. ft. very quickly. This is for the overall average for all mobile homes sold in April 2008.
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Tucson Home Sellers Going Green might turn you Blue
2008-05-10 17:33:00
"GREEN" is the buzz word for 2008. Lots of people are working to reduce their other buzz word "Carbon Footprint".
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Sonoran Desert in Bloom
2008-05-09 07:15:00
All over the Sonoran desert cactus of different size color and varieties are in bloom this spring. They bring a special kind of color to the desert. This image is a pair of buckhorn cholla taken late in the evening. To see more images of cactus in bloom click the flower or the link ...
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Tucson Ironwood Trees in Bloom
2008-05-06 21:01:00
This week I'm seeing the ironwood trees full of blossoms. They are an amazing tree and not far from where I live there is a 20 acre preserve for them. The high school just down the road is "Ironwood High School". This is the time of year they are easiest to identify because of the purple and white blossoms.
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Tucson I?m not worried about the price of rice
2008-05-02 00:40:00
I was listening to NPR Morning Edition on the way to breakfast the other morning when I heard that Costco and Sam’s Club were limiting the amount of rice that could be purchased at any one time. Food Rationing in America? Are you kidding me. I listened on with interest. The limits were ...
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Tucson When A Bad Omen Isn?t So Bad
2008-05-01 02:01:00
I don't usually write about foreclosures or rates of foreclosure. But I want to address the article that topped the business section of this mornings "Arizona Daily Star".
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LUX WIMPs Dark Matter and The Stimulus Package
2008-04-29 02:06:00
There you have it. Proof Dark Matter exist. We don't need a mine shaft or 600 gallons of Xenon. We will see the effect faster and more often than one particle of dark matter a week. (If Lucky).
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Tucson Blue Palo Verde
2008-04-26 00:51:00
I thought I was seeing yellow early this year; after a little research it appears yes, the Blue Palo Verde usually bloom in May and June. I've been seeing them for the past two weeks and feeling the results of all those blooms for about the same amount of time.
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Can You Help We Have to Get Rid of Holly
2008-04-24 02:07:00
It was Monday morning, the start of a new week or the continuation of a long month, depends on how you look at it. The phone rang and I could tell from the one side of the conversation it was something to do with a letter one of our sellers got from their Home Owners Association.
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Tucson Real Estate Is DEAD!
2008-04-21 21:22:00
You have been reading about it in the paper for months. Now it is time for someone to come right out and say it. Tucson Real Estate as you have known it for the past few years is DEAD! Instead of grieving and wringing our hands we should be cheering. Like a multi-headed ...
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Tucson Air Show 2008
2008-04-19 19:38:00
THE NEXT DM AIR SHOW WILL BE IN 2009. The show is held on alternating years and has proudly hosted the Thunderbirds, Blue Angels and a variety of first class performers.
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A Lesson in Staging from the Tucson Desert
2008-04-18 20:18:00
Before you head out of the house each morning ask yourself "Is the house Buyer Ready?" You never know, today might be the day your buyer comes to see the house, be ready.
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Lakeside Ridge by Lakeside Park Tucson
2008-04-16 22:02:00
Every Saturday the New Homes section of the paper comes out. It is one of those sections many agents pull out and check to see what is happening in Tucson New Home Construction. I was reading an ad for Lakeside Ridge a new subdivision being built by TJ Bednar Homes.
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Tucson Real Estate Market Calling Bottom
2008-04-14 22:38:00
I get asked all the time if I'm calling bottom in the Tucson real estate market. The usual reply not only by me but others is: "You can only call bottom after it has already happened"
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The Tax Man Cometh
2008-04-10 21:47:00
April 15, 2008 is now less than a week away. There are still many, many people that haven't filed their 2007 tax returns yet (that would be me included : ) and one thing on their minds this week rather than real estate is "Do I have to Pay?"