virginia beach: Text The Kettle, Whats Next? - 12/08/09 08:35 AM
It is that time of year Virginia Beach.  Lights, decorations, presents and the bell ringers from the Salvation Army.  If you are like me you never carry pocket change or anything less than a $100 bill in your pocket.  So what do you give to the bell ringers?  Here is a thought, … (1 comments)

virginia beach: Orange You Glad You Stopped By Glenwood in Virginia Beach - 12/04/09 04:37 PM
I was out walking in Glenwood with my camera the other day and saw this orange tree.  Didn't know you could grow them here.  I go by this tree everyday and never noticed it until then.  It must have had oranges on it for a while and in past years.  How funny … (1 comments)

virginia beach: Orange You Glad You Stopped By In Virginia Beach - 12/04/09 04:34 PM
I was out with my camera the other day in Virginia Beach and saw this tree.  I go by this tree everyday and never noticed it until then.  It must have had oranges on it for a while and in past years.  How funny that you can miss something like that.
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virginia beach: Reflections in Glenwood - 11/29/09 11:11 AM
Reflections in Glenwood.  Sometimes I wonder what is real and what is just a reflection of what I think is real.  Does it matter if it is real or just a reflection if the beauty is the same?  The first picture is a reflection of the early morning sun in Virginia … (1 comments)

virginia beach: Reflections - 11/29/09 11:07 AM
Sometimes I wonder what is real and what is just a reflection of what I think is real.  Does it matter if it is real or just a reflection if the beauty is the same?  The first picture is a reflection of the early morning sun in Virginia Beach.  The reflection … (6 comments)

virginia beach: Handheld Panarama - 11/28/09 05:00 PM
I took this handheld panarama while I was walking.  This is in reality a field soon to be filled with condos and business's in Virginia Beach.  It looks so serene from here.  The reason I put it here was to show you that a handheld panarama is possible.   I did the … (2 comments)

virginia beach: Mayflower Marathon Food Drive in Newport News and Virginia Beach - 11/21/09 10:44 AM
Mayflower Marathon Food Drive in Virginia Beach & Newport News (edit/delete)
The Mayflower Marathon food drive continues today and tomorrow all day at the Sams Club in Newport News  and the Pembroke Mall in Virginia Beach.  The drive is sponsored by FM-99 and FM-106.9 The Fox is the biggest food … (3 comments)

virginia beach: Not Much Damage In Glenwood After Nor"easter - 11/15/09 11:02 AM
Not much damage in the Glenwood area of Virginia Beach after the Nor'easter.  There were some fences down, Independence Blvd had a high water area but nothing like happened in the last tropical storm we had.  Most of the damage was due to the 75 mph wind that blew for a while.  … (3 comments)

virginia beach: Robins Still Have to Eat In The Noreaster in Virginia Beach - 11/13/09 09:49 AM
Robins still have to eat during the Noreaster in Virginia Beach.  I was getting ready to take out a big plant with berries tha the birds love because it had fallen over due to the cold weather.  The storm came so the plant stayed.  Lucky for this little fellow because he came and … (5 comments)

virginia beach: Robins Still Have to Eat In The Noreaster in Glenwood - 11/13/09 09:44 AM
Robings still have to eat in the Noreaster in the Glenwood area.  I was getting ready to take out a big weed in my yard that supplies berries for the birds because it had fallen over due to the cold weather.  The storm came so the plant stayed.  Lucky for this … (0 comments)

virginia beach: Virgina Beach School Maintenance Division Breaks Wind - 11/04/09 08:22 AM
The Virginia Beach School districts maintenance division will soon break wind.  They are building a new facility on Harper's Road that will feature four wind turbines.  This will be a $20 million dollar 84,000 sq ft facility that will house the offices of the transportation personnel and buses.  The facility will be called … (1 comments)

virginia beach: How To Fix That UGLY MLS Bathroom Picture - 11/04/09 07:40 AM
Here is an easy way to fix that ugly MLS bathroom picture you were going to take.  STOP and don't do it.  Take a picture of the park instead or the gateway coming into the neighborhood or just a nice picture of an apple pie or something but please not the … (13 comments)

virginia beach: Homes With Chinese Drywall Get Tax Relief in Virginia Beach - 10/27/09 03:21 PM
City Council today voted to give homes with Chinese drywall tax relief in Virginia Beach.  The homes will basically be valued at $100 and the homeowner will pay taxes on the land.  So far just 15 homes in  Highland Parrish are affected. 
 Chinese drywall has been associated with multiple problems including deteriating … (1 comments)

virginia beach: Get Square Virginia - 10/26/09 03:24 PM
Get Square Virginia (edit/delete)
Get Square Virginia.  What a title.  I was just reading about about a program that may help some of the residents of Virginia Beach.  It a new tax amnesty program that runs during Fiscal Year 2010.  It is called "Get Square VA" and establishes a 60-day period during … (0 comments)

virginia beach: Last Flowers of Summer? - 10/24/09 10:16 AM

I was in my yard in Glenwood the other day taking in the sights and thought I would share some of the last flowers of summer even though it is the middle of Oct.  Virginia Beach is a wonderful place to live, especially for the weather.
 
 
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virginia beach: Another Bad MLS Picture - 10/23/09 01:32 PM
Here is another bad MLS picture for a house in Virginia Beach, Va.  This is not my picture but I was cleaning it up to put on my website.  With just a few minutes of Photo Shop Elements it went from a bad picture to an ok picture.
Mostly what I … (7 comments)

virginia beach: Chinese Drywall in Virginia Beach - 10/18/09 02:18 PM
There are an unknown number of homes built with Chinese Drywall in Virginia Beach and Chesapeake.  Along with all the known problems comes a new one.
Insurers are dropping homeowners or not renewing them based on the fact that a home is built with Chinese Drywall.  Homeowners are submitting claims to … (2 comments)

virginia beach: Never Too Dark in Virginia Beach - 10/11/09 10:36 AM
It is never to dark in Virginia Beach to take a picture.  I like taking pictures of the sun as it is coming up and in the evenings.  This is a picture of a lake on the Honey Bee Golf Course in the Glenwood section of Virginia Beach.  Often I get a good sky … (2 comments)

virginia beach: Why I Like A Small Sensor Camera Part V - 10/05/09 07:35 PM
I have done several posts on my camera, a Panasonic DMC-FZ18 (newest model is a DMC-FZ38), but not for a while.  For those of you who don't know what it is, it is a bridge camera.  Somewhere between a Point and Shoot and a full fledged DSLR.  The lens goes from … (7 comments)

virginia beach: Home Inspection in Virginia Beach - 09/30/09 10:33 AM
I just had a home inspection in Virginia Beach on one of my listings.  The inspector said that the toilets were leaking at the base.  The owner had just had them reset this month.  We couldn't see any leaks or see any water around the base.  I called the inspector and asked him … (5 comments)

 

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