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My First Carlsbad Photos of 2023

By Jeff Dowler, CRS

Real Estate Agent with eXp Realty of California, Inc. CA DRE #01490977

January 01, 2023 05:31 PM

First Photos of the New Year

They aren't anything special, but I realized when I took them that they are my first photos of the New Year.

No doubt they will be followed by many hundreds more, if my camera history in Carlsbad repeats itself.

I would have liked a bright sunny day to start the New Year. However, it was quite blustery and chilly, but not an unusual winter day for us.

1st photo of 2023 in Carlsbad

And we were blessed with a couple inches of rain overnight so I really shouldn't gripe. We need it desperately, and more is due.

We were out running errands and drove along Armada Drive which overlooks the Carlsbad Flower Fields (due to open March 1st) and the ocean in the distance. More on the Fields as we get close to blooming time. They WILL look like the FEATURE PHOTO in the next couple of months.

The top photo is also my first of this particular view without the iconic Encinas Power Plant that was a fixture on the Carlsbad coast for decades (SEE FEATURE PHOTO from 2020). Completion of the tear-down was mid last year. It's still odd to drive along the coast road and not see it any longer.

2nd photo of 2023 in Carlsbad

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George Souto

George Souto NMLS #65149 FHA, CHFA, VA Mortgages - Middletown, CT

Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Jeff there is very little color around here right now and it will be a few months before we see color again. So your photos are are a good reminder of what we can look forward to in the Spring.

Jan 01, 2023 05:39 PM

Roy Kelley

Gaithersburg, MD

Jeff Dowler, CRS

It was a VERY gray day here today George Souto but for a good reason!

Jeff

Jan 01, 2023 07:30 PM

Kathy Streib

Cypress, TX

Home Stager/Redesign

Hi Jeff- I recognize that feature photo!!! Your post made me want to check my first photo of the year. It was taken through the windshield as we drove to walk.We had a heavy foggy morning.

Jan 01, 2023 06:42 PM

Roy Kelley

Gaithersburg, MD

Jeff Dowler, CRS

Hi Kathy Streib

We get what we get, don't we?!

Such fun to hear you on the radio show with Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400 today!

Happy New Year to you and Larry!

Jeff

Jan 01, 2023 07:33 PM

Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400

HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD

Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

Thanks, Jeff Dowler, CRS for calling the show today. It was like a zoom without a camera. ActiveRain was well represented!

Jan 01, 2023 08:15 PM

Roy Kelley

Gaithersburg, MD

Jeff Dowler, CRS

It was great fun, Margaret. Wish I could have stayed for the entire show!

Jeff

Jan 01, 2023 10:05 PM

Bob Crane

Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI

Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Happy New Year Jeff,

You are ahead of me, so far I have not pulled out a camera this year, though I suspect my photos would all include snow.

Wishing You Health, Wealth and Happiness in 2023 and beyond!!!

Bob

Jan 01, 2023 09:45 PM

Roy Kelley

Gaithersburg, MD
Kat Palmiotti

Kalispell, MT

Jeff Dowler, CRS

Thank you Bob Crane No snow here, and that's fine with me...except on the distant mountains.

Happy New Year!

Jeff

Jan 01, 2023 10:06 PM

Endre Barath, Jr.

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties - Beverly Hills, CA

Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002

jeff the top photo reminds me of your photo every year, quite frankly you could use that over and over again and we would not know it was a new photo:)) Happy 2023 to you Endre

Jan 01, 2023 10:58 PM

Roy Kelley

Gaithersburg, MD

Jeff Dowler, CRS

Thanks Endre Barath, Jr.

And Happy New Year 2023.

Jeff

Jan 02, 2023 08:46 AM

Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP

DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX

Selling Homes Changing Lives

Jeff Dowler, CRS - Happy New Year. I like that you showed us your first photos for 2023. They are all lovely. I find that candid shots are very interesting.

Jan 02, 2023 12:37 AM

Roy Kelley

Gaithersburg, MD

Jeff Dowler, CRS

Thank you for the kind words Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP I love whipping out my phone camera when something inspires me although the photos don't always turn out well.

Jeff

Jan 02, 2023 01:57 PM

Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP

Jeff Dowler, CRS - You have a creative eye for taking photos. Your inspiration, gives me inspiration. Thank you.

Jan 02, 2023 05:12 PM

Brian England

Ambrose Realty Management LLC - Gilbert, AZ

MBA, GRI, REALTOR® Real Estate in East Valley AZ

I remember driving by these fields and I thought about the photos you have shared as I was doing so.

Jan 02, 2023 04:36 AM

Roy Kelley

Gaithersburg, MD

Jeff Dowler, CRS

Hi Brian England

They are pretty memorable especially when they are in bloom. I look forward to it every year!

Jeff

Jan 02, 2023 04:22 PM

Michael Jacobs

Pasadena, CA

Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Hello Jeff - although it's been a few years since I have driven in or through Carlsbad California, your photos reminded me that many memories of the area mean seeing a scene that combines landscape as well as the adjacent ocean. Happy New Year!

Jan 02, 2023 05:05 AM

Roy Kelley

Gaithersburg, MD

Jeff Dowler, CRS

So true, Michael Jacobs

And that's a nice combination in my mind.

Happy New Year!

Jeff

Jan 02, 2023 04:23 PM

Nina Hollander, Broker

Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC

Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Good morning, Jeff... so just how chilly was it in Carlsbad yesterday? I get the feeling of something missing when you drive by where the power plant used to be. I feel that way when in New York City and no longer see the twin towers... like something is missing.

Jan 02, 2023 05:41 AM

Roy Kelley

Gaithersburg, MD

Jeff Dowler, CRS

Nina Hollander, Broker Well, I thought it was cold because of the low 50-degree temp and the brisk damp breeze from the ocean...others would no doubt laugh at my use of the word cold.

I haven't been in NY since before 9-11 and the loss of the Twin Towers - we have a CD with a picture of the towers, and a piece of art work from our former gallery with them in the background. It's always rather haunting to see images of the towers (e.g., movies, photos).

Jeff

Jan 02, 2023 05:26 PM

Nina Hollander, Broker

Jeff Dowler, CRS hi Jeff... I get it... we also think in Charlotte when it drops below 50 in winter we are having a cold spell! :)

As for the Twin Towers... it's one thing to imagine them gone, see them gone on pictures... a whole other experience to see them gone with your own eyes... I was in total shock the first time I went to NY City and didn't see them as I drove over the Triborough Bridge into town.

Jan 03, 2023 04:00 AM

Kat Palmiotti

eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT

Helping your Montana dreams take root

Happy New Year! I look forward to seeing more of your Carlsbad photos in 2023!

Jan 02, 2023 05:42 AM

Roy Kelley

Gaithersburg, MD

Jeff Dowler, CRS

Thank you Kat Palmiotti Happy New Year to you as well.

No doubt I will be sharing more Carlsbad photos this year.

Jeff

Jan 02, 2023 05:27 PM

Roy Kelley

Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Good Monday morning, Jeff. Have a great day and an outstanding week as you prepare for the challenges of this new year.

Jan 02, 2023 08:59 AM

Jeff Dowler, CRS

Thank you Roy Kelley and to you as well!

Happy New Year!

Jeff

Jan 02, 2023 05:27 PM

Sheri Sperry - MCNE®

Coldwell Banker Realty - Sedona, AZ

(928) 274-7355 ~ YOUR Solutions REALTOR®

Hi Jeff Dowler, CRS - I always enjoyed going to the beach this time of year. Happy New Year!

Jan 02, 2023 01:13 PM

Jeff Dowler, CRS

Sheri Sperry - MCNE®

There were very few people at the beach yesterday, I suspect because it WAS so windy, chilly and rainy. But yes, off season can be a wonderful time to visit the beach and enjoy the solitude.

Jeff

Jan 02, 2023 05:30 PM

Mark Don McInnes, Sandpoint-Idaho

Sandpoint Realty LLC - Sandpoint, ID

North Idaho Real Estate - 208-255.6227

Top of the morning Jeff. I enjoy viewing changes thru the camera lens over time as well. Always fun to look back and see the changes soon forgotten after completed. mdm

Jan 04, 2023 08:40 AM

Jane Chaulklin-Schott

TEAMCONNECT REALTY - (407) 394-9766 - Orlando, FL

TeamConnect Luxury Homes - Orlando, Florida, 32836

It might have been a 'VERY gray day,' Jeff, but love the pictures and color. Nice job! Did wonder where the Encinas Power Plant would have been in the pic. It is said that 'curiosity killed the cat,' well I am not a cat so perhaps 5 minutes to ask Siri.

Jan 06, 2023 01:08 PM

Jeff Dowler, CRS

Thanks Jane Chaulklin-Schott

Here's a photo of the Flower Fields with the Power Plant in the background from 2020.

Jeff