1051 10th Avenue NE, Owatonna, MN 55060 - 06/16/08 02:56 PM
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Signs of Spring Around Owatonna - 06/07/08 11:47 AM
For those of you in Minnesota, you understand the delayed Spring we've experienced with cooler temps and plenty of rain.  This is graduation weekend in Owatonna, with plenty of parties in every neighborhood as families celebrate their high school graduate's accomplishments.  The weather has been pretty unsettled, and I hope that it'll stay clear (or at least tornado-free) for the duration of the weekend.
Anyway, just to reinforce in my own mind that Spring is actually here I scouted a few areas that showed the evidence that the warmer season had, in fact, arrived.  I love the flowering trees that show … (8 comments)

Every Neighborhood Has A Story - 06/02/08 10:11 PM
If any of you are like me, you'll find yourself thinking and talking about houses as you walk/ride or drive past them with your friends and family.  If you've been in the real estate business for for than a few years you've, by now, probably gotten to know hundreds of homes in your area.
As I'm walking or driving through a neighborhood I'll remember specific things about the houses I've been in, written an offer on, sold, and listed.  I think about things like "that's the house where a young plumber removed the asbestos without any protection to the homeowner or himself".  "That's the house … (19 comments)

Rice Lake State Park, Owatonna Minnesota - 06/02/08 09:10 PM
We are so fortunate to have a State Park about 7 miles from our backyard.  Yesterday a friend and I biked about 26 miles out and about in our rural landscape.  On our journey we rode to Rice Lake State Park which is a wonderful spot to visit for a weekend or a day.  There are 42 camping sites at the park, with 3 of them accessible only by canoe. 
According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources State Park  website - American Indians harvested wild rice from this lake where today, the shallow waters and marshy edges of Rice Lake attract … (0 comments)