new mexico: Name that Photo, you yellow-bellied...Sherlock! - 07/13/09 05:07 PM
I'm looking forward to more of these "Name that Photo" entires... They're lots of fun! In the mean time, can you ID this subject of this photo?
Once again, it was taken here in New Mexico...
See what you think.
If you know anyone relocating to … (21 comments)
new mexico: June Real Estate Statistics in Edgewood - 07/13/09 02:57 PM
Real estate statistics for Edgewood, NM for the month of June, 2009 are a mixed bag. There are reasons for both optimism and pessimism about the Edgewood real estate market. Here's why:
The average sales price of single family residential homes that closed last June was actually UP from the figures … (2 comments)
I took it here in New Mexico on Saturday, but you sure wouldn't have to be in the Land of Enchantment to find one for yourself (unlike the flowery entry I made a couple of days ago, which no one has … (8 comments)
new mexico: Why isn't Rodeo our State Sport? - 07/09/09 07:12 PM
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 … (1 comments)
new mexico: NMQHA show this weekend! - 07/06/09 05:10 PM
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 … (0 comments)
new mexico: Think you're Sherlock? Figure this out... - 07/03/09 11:31 AM
Thought it might be fun to start a new series of posts asking readers to turn detective and identify the subject and location of a photo.
Here's the first in the series. I'll give you a hint--- it was taken somewhere in New Mexico!
Two questions for you sleuths out there:
What … (15 comments)
new mexico: Take me out to the Ball Game... and the Fireworks! - 07/03/09 11:08 AM
You've got no excuse to be a sour stay-at-home this 4th of July in and around Albuquerque, NM--- there's plenty to do, and plenty of venues for a super-fabulous fireworks display!
Check out an "American-as-apple-pie" ballgame at Albuquerque's Isotopes Park. The Isotopes will take on the New Orleans Zephyrs at 7:15, … (0 comments)
new mexico: Green Idea: Rainwater Catchment Systems! - 06/27/09 02:20 PM
I've always recognized that rainwater catchment systems are a great green idea, paraticularly in our arid New Mexico climate, but I always thought of them as being useful just for the recycling effect, and for supplementing a "normal" water source such as a well or city water. Then my husband took a new listing … (0 comments)
new mexico: Bad News For Neighborhood Association - 06/27/09 01:56 PM
Folks in the San Clemente neighborhood of Los Lunas, New Mexico, have been fighting back against a decision by the Valencia County Commission to rezone 30 acres of land to I-3, "Hevay Industrial Use" to accomodate a bulk fuel terminal (see my blog post http://activerain.com/blogsview/1040106/residents-are-fighting-back-against-valencia-county-commission for mor details.)
The neighborhood association … (2 comments)
new mexico: Get Your Ticket to Space Now! - 06/27/09 12:56 PM
Move over, Luke Skywalker and the Enterprise crew!
This is no joke! "Spaceport America," just outside Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, just broke ground last week, and tickets are already available to book your personal flight into space!
All you Trekkies, would-be Jedi, and Hitchhikers of the Galaxy, you actually … (1 comments)
new mexico: C'mon downtown for Summerfest in Albuquerque! - 06/19/09 07:37 PM
You can't claim there's "nothing to do" on a Saturday night in Albuquerque, New Mexico--- not with our terrific Albuquerque Summerfest happening in Civic Plaza each Saturday evening from 6:00 to 10:30!
Albuquerque Summerfest is an outdoor festival featuring live music, dance, and other family entertainment. There's plenty for both kids and adults, with … (0 comments)
new mexico: New Mexico's Mine That Bird loses out to another "Bird" - 06/08/09 08:38 AM
New Mexico thoroughbred Mine That Bird had a Cinderella victory in the Kentucky Derby, and jockey Calvin Borel thought he'd have another win in Saturday's Belmont Stakes, but it was the turn of another "Bird" to shine, instead. Summer Bird, another offspring of Birdstone, swept past his front-runner half-brother to win the … (3 comments)
new mexico: Waterfowl in my desert NM backyard! - 06/03/09 02:18 PM
Probably sounds ridiculous to those not really familiar with the Albuquerque, NM area, but our New Mexico desert is actually home to loads of water birds!
More particularly, my backyard right here in Bosque Farms, New Mexico, hosts loads of waterfowl on a regular basis!
The key, of course, is water, … (2 comments)
new mexico: Chautauqua at Old Town, Albuquerque! - 06/03/09 01:23 PM
Last weekend, Old Town, Albuquerque offered a program called Chautauqua on the Plaza, sponsored by the New Mexico Humanties Council.
These events were billed as a "Celebrations of New Mexico History and Cultures on the Old Town Plaza" in honor of our upcoming Centennial as a state.
I spent part of … (1 comments)
new mexico: Make some time tracks---at the Natural History Museum! - 05/13/09 05:41 PM
Got an urge to time travel? Head over the the New Mexico Museum of Natural History in Albuquerque, New Mexico!
Located right near Albuquerque Old Town, the Natural History Museum offers a wide range of permanent exhibits to attract the young and the young at heart!
Here's a sampling of some … (0 comments)
new mexico: New Mexico loans down payment money 'til your $8000 gift from Uncle Sam arrives! - 05/11/09 02:14 PM
Are you a first-time homebuyer? Or someone who has not owned a home in 3 years?
If so, you should be aware of a couple of BIG handouts the government is offering:
1) Uncle Sam wants to GIVE YOU, free and clear, up to $8000 to buy a home!
2) The … (4 comments)
new mexico: Make it "Yours" That Bird, and dream your dreams! - 05/08/09 01:30 PM
The Kentucky Derby this year was an incredible, fairy tale event. Most everyone now probably knows that the jewel of horse racing's Triple Crown was won by a New Mexico non-entity, a 50-to-1 longshot called Mine That Bird, an unknown, and a gelding, of all things, who'd originally cost his owners … (3 comments)
new mexico: Need a job? Check Albuquerque! - 05/08/09 12:50 PM
Albuquerque, New Mexico has been hit much more lightly than most areas in the recent economic downturn. The Albuquerque real estate market, while significantly slower than it has been in the past, has seen only a very slight drop in average prices, and some areas around Albuquerque have even had slight … (0 comments)
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