ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS
2012
ANOTHER Sale Pending in Hood River! Who Says It's "Off Season"?!? That's right... this lovely Hood River cottage went under contract this week... after only a month on the market, we might add! This summer and fall was the best selling season in the Columbia River Gorge in 5+ years and that m...
11/13/2012
Hood River Warming Shelters Open Dec. 2, 2012. Volunteers Needed! Once again, local churches will open their doors to help shelter and protect some of the most vulnerable in our community. The shelter opens each evening at 6 p.m. and is open through 7 a.m. the next morning, providing a place...
11/12/2012
Speechless Sunday - Clouds Over Hood River Valley High School I never tire of photographing clouds and I especially love this photo of clouds... I can't imagine what caused such an interesting cloud formation. I took this on an early autumn morning, just as the sun was beginning to rise and j...
11/11/2012
Join "Empty Bowls": Help Build A FISH Food Bank in Hood River, Nov. 15 It truly takes a community to build... and maintain... a food bank to help take care of those less fortunate in our community. This innovative new fundraiser is a great way to get involved. On November 15th, 6:30 p.m. at t...
11/11/2012
LAST Hood River Farmer's Market of The Year, Thursday Nov. 15 Yes, all good things must come to the end. The Gorge Grown Farmer's Market is a time-honored tradition in Hood River. Held every Thursday afternoon, from early spring to late fall, the farmers market at Hood River Middle School will ...
11/11/2012
Is It Real Estate "Off Season"? Why You Should List Your Home NOW! Most people know that the "busiest" season in real estate is over. In most areas the busiest season runs early spring to late fall. But that certainly does NOT mean you shouldn't try to sell your home now, in the "off-season"....
11/11/2012
Friday's Foto - Hood River Valley Color Galore This is one of my all time favorite autumn photos of our boys, taken about four years ago. I still can't get over how brilliant and all-encompassing the fall yellows are... practically unreal. I took this about 5 miles south of the town of Hood R...
11/09/2012
Hood River Parents: Give Input On Hiring New School Superintendent The Hood River County School District is in the process of searching for its new Superintendent of the district. Before it does hire its new leader, the district wants input from parents district-wide. What could be more impor...
11/09/2012
Warren Miller's US Tour of Film "Flow State" Hits Hood River Here in the Hood River Valley, we love our snow sports. Let's face it... we're a skiing and snowboarding community and it wouldn't be ski season without kicking it off in style with Warren Miller's annual snow sports extravaganza. T...
11/09/2012
Speechless Sunday - Jessa Chihuahua's Halloween 2012 Costume Another Halloween, another chance to dress up my chihuahua, Jessa. This year she rocked a skeleton outfit, also matching our 12-year-old son who was a skeleton/zombie (with a knife through his head!). Then the two hit downtown Hood ...
11/04/2012
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