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2014 

Welcome to the ongoing weekly series called Tuesday Travelogue. We are in our ninth week! Each week, some ActiveRain bloggers are spotlighted to take us somewhere we may not have been on some kind of virtual travel (and it doesn't cost a dime!). Here is the purpose:   " to enjoy the ride" "take a...
08/19/2014
Fishhawk Lake-Gift Giving Ideas  Being a photographer at Fishhawk Lake, I have scads of pictures of different seasons. Since people happen upon my blogposts and look at my copious amounts of pictures on ActiveRain as well as my website, I decided to take it a step further and use my photos as occ...
08/17/2014
Fishhawk Lake-Recent Solds Hard to Keep Up with Everything Happening! These two properties closed and recorded this week at Fishhawk Lake. Two down, six more pendings to go!    71385 Fishhawk Rd Birkenfeld OR 97016-I was the selling agent on this lakefront cabin cutie...great buyers, super excite...
08/16/2014
In our recent ActiveRain MeetUp, it was discussed that Google looks for articles that are now longer. When I wrote this eons ago, it was long then, it's long now. BUT. It spells out some of the people we are all forced to deal with and HOW to deal with them (after you understand them).  So...go g...
08/14/2014
Throwback Thursday--Christmas in Buffalo NY  Wow, do we look like one of those old sit-com families or what??  My gorgeous parents, Mickey, my dad and my mom, Pat, the daughters dressed like The Bobsy Twins (we weren't, but Mom did that to us a lot) and our very first dog, Punchy, our boxer who w...
08/14/2014
Fishhawk Lake-MeetUp! What FUN!  Tuesday, 8.12.14 Yesterday morning started with a horrific thunderstorm and 171 strikes of lightning and a power outtage all in the Birkenfeld area (my home at Fishhawk Lake). But, do you think that deterred me from heading to Camas, WA about an hour and a half aw...
08/13/2014
Fishhawk Lake-Annual Dock Crawl 2014 After the annual membership meeting, our reward for members and family is to celebrate summer with our annual progressive dinner called Dock Crawl. This year, the weather and spirits were perfectly aligned!  We had salads, a main course and dessert. Libation, ...
08/10/2014
Fishhawk Lake-The Draw of Dragonflies  Not sure what it is that people love about these bugs, but they seem to stand above many others. People are drawn to them rather than being repelled by them. They are revered in art all of the time from the physical to the fantastical. They don't "bug" peopl...
08/06/2014
Fishhawk Lake-Tuesday Travelogue August 5th   Welcome to the ongoing weekly series called Tuesday Travelogue. We are in our eighth week! Each week, some ActiveRain bloggers are spotlighted to take us somewhere we may not have been on some kind of virtual travel (and it doesn't cost a dime!). Here...
08/05/2014
Fishhawk Lake Real Estate-Another First Timer and An Offer! There seems to be a trend lately at Fishhawk Lake; come up to Fishhawk Lake, look at two homes with this full time resident/realtor, make an offer!  All in about 2 hours!  This is partially a result of my buyers doing a lot of online rea...
08/04/2014