tucson: Friday's Photo: A Living Statue In My Backyard! - 10/09/09 10:32 PM
My folks lived in Clavarack, New York for three decades. When I'd go visit them, I got used to seeing concrete statues of deer people had placed in their front yards.
I never understood the desire to do that. I'd much rather have my back yard graced by the presence … (34 comments)
tucson: Value Added For Your Home: Don Ross of Tucson, Arizona is an Artist In Steel - 10/08/09 10:28 PM
Don Ross is the owner of Designs In Steel, a Tucson company that designs, fabricates, and installs some of the coolest functional art you've ever seen.
Quiet, unassuming, and tremendously competent, he's just the kind of person you want to hire to create a blend of beauty and functionality for … (14 comments)
tucson: Unusual Wildlife In Tucson, AZ: "A Wonderful Bird Is the Pelican" - 09/20/09 01:31 AM
A pelican in Tucson, Arizona?
I was shooting a video with REALTOR Kevin Wood, Realty Execs just down the street. Sitting at the kitchen table with the Flip Video camera, I was asking Kevin about the home he had just listed.
"Just down the street, there's a lake" he said. … (34 comments)
tucson: Photo of the Week: Desert Storm Over Tucson's Avra Valley - 09/08/09 06:01 AM
Desert Storm on Labor Day, 2009: Hiking in the Tucson Mountains, I followed the progression of a desert thunderstorm from its early stage (right) to its maturity (above.)
The remains of Hurricane Jimena have left significant moisture in the air here in Tucson over the past four days.
Combine that … (44 comments)
tucson: Rainers - I Need Your Help - 3 Office Suite In Central Tucson, AZ Needs A Tenant - 08/24/09 10:27 AM
For two years now, I've turned to my friends on The Active Rain Real Estate Network for help, and I've never been disappointed.
You read my post on 7/11, Unemployed At 60 (But Not In The Least Discouraged). You rallied around me with the most encouraging comments, phone calls and … (15 comments)
tucson: Please Welcome Arizona's Newest Rainmaker: Sandy McKee with Sunstreet Mortgage - 08/12/09 08:20 AM
"I'm first and foremost a father and a husband..."
When I read those words on Sandy McKee's profile page on the Active Rain Real Estate Network, I knew I was going to like this man.
Sandy's passions include golf, and Tucson's one of the world's premier destinations for the sport. … (8 comments)
tucson: Icon of the Desert: The Giant Saguaro Cactus - 07/28/09 12:17 AM
2,000 of those tiny seeds, when dried out, will easily fit into the cap of your canteen. Oh. You're not from the desert southwest, and you don't have a canteen. Okay. They'll fit into the plastic cap of your G-2 sport drink bottle.
Either way, what you're looking at there … (31 comments)
tucson: Tucson, Arizona: The Old Pueblo - 07/22/09 12:03 AM
Tucson, Arizona. The Old Pueblo. The volcanic basin that contains the city itself is 30 miles square. That's a lot of territory. There aren't too many cities in North America that take up 900 square miles.
I took this monsoon photo this evening at 6:30 p.m., on my way home … (13 comments)
tucson: Desert Bighorn Sheep On Pusch Ridge, Oro Valley, AZ - 07/04/09 04:21 AM
The granite promontory (above) is the identifying feature of Pusch Ridge, an upthrust of rock that runs north from Tucson to Catalina, AZ, and overlooks Arizona's Catalina State Park. This photo was taken from the community of Honeybee Ridge in Oro Valley, AZ.
Pusch Ridge is home to the last … (34 comments)
tucson: Collecting Moonbeams in the Tucson Mountains - 03/10/09 11:59 PM
I was walking late this evening as the moon rose over Cat Mountain. At first, it's bright white orb was all I could see. Then, as the moon climbed higher in the sky, inky black cloud edges caught the silver moonbeams, making the invisible visible. The beauty of the cloud … (22 comments)
tucson: So You Thought You Knew Something About Tucson, Arizona? (1 of 10: Origins) - 01/25/09 10:30 PM
It's the county seat of Pima County in Southern Arizona. Second largest city in Arizona. Great golf. An hour from Mexico.
That's what most people know about Tucson, AZ. There's a whole lot more, and I'd like to introduce you to the city that captivated my Darlin' and me [no, it's … (26 comments)
tucson: Arizona Holds The World Record for Diamondbacks, and It's Not Baseball! - 01/20/09 10:10 AM
I've posted about the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake previously. The Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum has a program to introduce people to these reptiles, native to Arizona. We've even had what I thought was a large specimen (between four and five feet long) in our back yard for a summer. (We knew where … (21 comments)
tucson: Go Green: Do You Have A Favorite Nursery? - 11/20/08 10:49 PM
Mine's on Pima Street just west of Craycroft in Tucson. It's called Terra Designs. Chefs come here to buy herbs.
There's something about a plant nursery that attracts optimists. I'm one of those. An optimist.
I don't remember ever meeting anyone in a nursery, browsing among the plants, and thinking to … (20 comments)
tucson: Officer, Can You Give Me Directions... - 11/14/08 10:48 PM
Tucson REALTOR Ted Adamczyk and I drove from Tucson to Scottsdale last Saturday to attend a Treat 'Em Right Seminar with five hundred other "senders of cards" from as far away as Hawaii. (I use Send Out Cards as my primary database and contact manager.)
Mapquest usually does a good job … (30 comments)
tucson: Distinctive Architecture: Tucson's Presidio - 11/07/08 08:28 PM
If you're thinking Paris, it's the Eiffel Tower. Chicago? The Sears Tower. San Francisco? The Opera House. In the Old Pueblo, it's the distinctive tiled dome of the downtown Presidio.
When you think old west, you might not bring this distinctive dome to mind, but it overlooks El Presidio Plaza … (8 comments)
tucson: Unique Photos for Listing Agents: Hire an Aerial Photographer on the Cheap: 2 of 2 - 10/17/08 11:38 PM
Part 1 explained how Aerial Kite Photography is done. Part 2 is about the usefulness of aerial photography, and the answer to the question all of you are asking: "How much does it cost?" (Not much. We'll get to that in a moment.)
This is the photographer's home on the eastern flank of … (26 comments)
tucson: Please Welcome My Friend Brad Duecker, Old Pueblo Appraisals, to Active Rain! - 10/09/08 02:46 PM
Brad Duecker (pronounced DEE-KER) hates to make cold calls. Don't we all! But he contacted me by email yesterday through Active Rain, and I called him. (I don't mind cold calling.)
Brad and I set an appointment for this morning first thing at my office, and by the time we were … (17 comments)
tucson: Silly Saturday Post with a Lesson: Let Yourself Be Three Again! - 10/04/08 11:49 PM
Grandpa learned a lesson the other night at the boardwalk with 1/10th of the clan of grandkids. Little Darlin' just turned three, and she was sooo excited to visit the boardwalk with "Grandpa Oso."
Grandpa Oso was pretty excited himself. None of the little ones live in Arizona, and this was … (19 comments)
tucson: Credit Bailout Bill Contains Fingerprint Provision - 09/27/08 06:18 AM
With all the hoopla, crisis intervention talk, and chest beating in the media about the proposed Federal bailout bill, few have noticed that there's a provision in the bill to fingerprint loan officers.
Maybe they already do this in your state. I'd like to know. Arizona at present doesn't even license … (22 comments)
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