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2016 

Can you think of anyone who is OVEREDUCATED?I got to thinking about this after seeing a title and post of Gene Mundt's. Educate Yourself Early and Stay That WayThis is paramount to staying young in my opinion. My granny, who lived to be 89 was constantly surrounding herself with like-minded and n...
04/14/2016
Welcome to the ongoing weekly series called Tuesday Travelogue. We are in our 88th 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 tri...
04/12/2016
Fishhawk Lake Real Estate--Appraisers are Holding Up Sales!With the onslaught of real estate business in the Portland OR area going at a frenetic pace, appraisers are being completely overloaded with appraisal bids and they're turning them away left and right, according to a loan officer for Dire...
04/12/2016
A weekend spent in Pacific City, Oregon beckoned me to take my camera and head onto the gray-hued beach for some photographic perspectives.  Beach creatures from tiny crablike beings (as if from another planet) of a half-inch in length,  to a mammoth tree festooned with constellations of barnacle...
04/11/2016
Friday's Fotos--"Morning Glory" Fishhawk Lake April 8 2016Any time of year is "beautimous" (my word) on Fishhawk Lake with each season, but April brings about a dash of greenery, sunny morns, and puts a little joy in your step because you feel a bit more ALIVE!I took this one about 7am this morni...
04/08/2016
Wordless Wednesday--A Misty Morning Romp!
04/06/2016
Welcome to the ongoing weekly series called Tuesday Travelogue. We are in our 87th 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 tri...
04/05/2016
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Excellent graphics on the different parts to a roof as well as basic info, like the fact that you need proper venting! Thanks, Dick Greenberg for sharing this. Roof moss, lack of maintenance, all of these things can play into roof problems at Fishhawk Lake. A word to the wise!  I have to admit th...
04/04/2016
Fishhawk Lake Friday's Fotos-Time to Break Out the Canoes!The sun was so bright that it didn't offer really good clarity for this one, but I still had to share it. My friends and new full-timers at Fishhawk Lake, Rick and Julie just got their canoe and took their two dogs for a peaceful passage o...
04/01/2016