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ActiveRainPhotoBloggerContest Sleeping Beauty Safe and Peaceful This is my youngest daughter Sierra.   We traveled half the way around the world to find her in the  "small" farming community of Yueyang, Hun'an, China. Left in a small basket, on the morning she was born,  at the doorstep of the to...

Minks to Sinks, a Wilton, CT. treasure trove.Twice a year, in the spring and fall, we here in Wilton, CT. are host to a monumental bargain hunting event. Under the big tents down by the schools on route 7, Minks to sinks draws in the curious and thrifty alike for a long weekend (Saturday 5/7-Mond...

Downsizing and moving for seniors in Fairfield County CT. Yesterday I received a call from a Stamford, CT. woman asking if we at Turning Point Estate Services could also help her. She had seen the recent article in the Connecticut newspapers about how we help executors and trustees with closing d...

Enhancing the curb appeal of your Fairfield County CT. home. It surprises me to find so few gardens dedicated to food production in this area. Most homeowners in these parts have meticulously cared for flower beds, ornamental shrubs and grasses, but not so much of the food producing variety. I kn...

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The essential spring yard clean-up. Ahhh...spring cleaning. Where mom slung the rugs over the lowest branch of the backyard maple tree and we beat the crap (quite literally) out of them until it was hard to see the neighbors house through the dust cloud. There is no more important clean-up than t...

My week away from ActiveRain. Fellow ActiveRainers, I have returned from the sunny shores of the Treasure Coast of Florida. Vero Beach is lovely this time of year. I know that my absence has been a hardship on the throngs of subscribers who eagerly await my latest words. I would like to personall...

Winter's wrath and the sorry state of your yard. Here in southwestern Connecticut, the last winter was a hard one. Even I, a dyed-in-the-wool snow lover, had had enough after the 8th. or 9th. storm. The pure joy of shoveling out my mailbox for the 10th time is hard to describe. Negotiating the s...

Attached is a short Power Point Presentation that we at Turning Point have given to local real estate groups. I am sharing with all in the Hyper-Local Connecticut, Fairfield County area.   TPESgaryppt   We work in Concert with Agents and Brokers to Repair & Prepare Homes for Sale in Fairfield Cou...

Closing Down a Fairfield, CT. Estate. I know I am not the first to point this out but here in Connecticut the cost of driving is getting dangerously high. And to think the seasonal price hikes have yet to be reflected in the current number. Thankfully, AR Realtors can help prospective buyers narr...