ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS

2011 

Flowers for you on Monday We had a rainy weekend in Maryland. Between showers on Saturday, I walked through our Kentlands neighborhood to see what flowers are blooming. These are some of the pictures that I took on the walk. Kentlands is a neo-traditional community in Gaithersburg, Maryland and i...
05/15/2011
A rainy day for Kentlands flowers Dolores and I live in Kentlands. a neo-traditional community in Gaithersburg, Maryland. This location is the heart of Montgomery County and the major employment centers in Suburban Maryland.  Montgomery County is the preferred location for home purchases by those...
05/14/2011
Rainy Saturday Flower Photographs We have a rainy morning in Maryland.  My wife, Dolores, and I visited visited the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, Virginia on a rainy Saturday in April.  When you are in the Richmond area, you will want to have this special place on you list of things ...
05/13/2011
17 Comments
Rainy Day Beauties We are expecting some rain over the weekend in Maryland.  It will be time again to focus on the beauty of flowers in the rain.  Take a walk between showers and capture those special moments when the rain droplets add excitement to the flowers in your community.  Some photograph...
05/13/2011
Anna "Banana" Kruchten shares a photograph of cactus flowers and tells us what attracted her to the Phoenix area.  Some Maryland residents are ready to retire their snow shovels and Phoenix may be a preferred location.  Blooming for you!ActiveRainPhotoBlogger Contest - Discovering Inner Beauty In...
05/13/2011
If you wish to improve your skills as a blogger, you might wish to take time to review some of the posts in the current ActiveRain contest. Thanks to William Johnson for sharing his skills to help ActiveRain members polish their blogging and photographic skills.  Blooming for you!ActiveRain Showc...
05/13/2011
You might want to relocate to Florida after you read this blog and see the photograph provided by ActiveRain blogger Toni Weidman. It is a good reminder to take stock of the beauty that surrounds us and take time for some special moments with a camera in hand.  Blooming for you! In the early morn...
05/13/2011
Friday 13th flower photographs from the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden These spring flower pictures were taken during a recent rainy Saturday morning visit to the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, Virginia. It is a wonderful place to visit. The conservatory and gardens are beautiful. We a...
05/12/2011
Chris Canfield offers some very good advice for home sellers. Get rid of the clutter in the cabinets and drawers. You are going to move anyway and might as well get a head start and make the home more attractive at the same time.  Blooming for you!Today's Free Staging Tip Yes, I like staging tips...
05/12/2011
Nick and Trudy Vandekar provide some good advice on Lyme Disease. In Maryland, almost everybody has friends that have suffered with Lyme Disease. Please take these precautions seriously to protect your family members.  Blooming for you!Lyme Disease is a bacterial infection carried by ticks and tr...
05/12/2011