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2011 

Police Warn of Credit Card Theft Incidents Targeting Elderly Victims 11/20/11 Kentlands Neighborhood Watch Officers from the Montgomery County Police 4th District are investigating several incidents in which elderly citizens have become victims of credit card theft. On September 9, the wallet of ...
11/20/2011
Adjust the Attitude with Flower Photographs Some of us get very busy with business activities that lead to a need for an attitude adjustment.  I have found a simple solution.  Pick up you camera and photograph a beautiful flower.  It is very easy to put aside the problems of the day when you focu...
11/19/2011
Lender Owned Foreclosures & Short Sale Pre-foreclosures Our associate Craig Rosenfeld has posted an excellent report on the residential real estate market in Montgomery County, Maryland.  It is interesting to note that the 90 active listings of lender owned foreclosures represent only 2.9% of the...
11/18/2011
Northern Bay Recipe Maryland real estate professional and ActiveRain blogger Keith Gilkey also has the reputation of being a good cook.  In this post, he shares a favorite recipe.  Let us know if you try it. Enjoy the season of Thanksgiving and be sure to have your camera in hand for those specia...
11/18/2011
Congress Increases FHA Mortgage Loan Limits 11/18/11 Real estate professionals and their home buyer clients will be pleased when President Obama signs  the bill that Congress just passed to restore the FHA loan size to a maximum of $729,750. The loan limit dropped to $625,500 on October 1, 2011 a...
11/18/2011
Blue Cayman Iguana at the National Zoo - Dolores and Roy Kelley Photographs Dolores and I visited the National Zoo in Washington, DC last Sunday.  It was a perfect day to visit the zoo.  The Blue Cayman Iguana was one of my favorite creatures to photograph. Take time to visit your local zoo, with...
11/17/2011
Burmese Python at the National Zoo - Dolores and Roy Kelley Photographs This morning, I posted a blog and photographs of a beautiful tiger at the National Zoo in Washington, DC.  In one of the comments, I was asked if they still have snakes in the exhibits of the National Zoo.  The answer is a de...
11/17/2011
Tiger at the National Zoo - Roy and Dolores Kelley Photographs 11/17/11 Dolores and I took advantage of the beautiful Maryland weather on Sunday and drove into Washington, DC to visit the National Zoo.  The zoo is only 21 miles from our home in the Kentlands community in Gaithersburg.  The Tiger ...
11/16/2011
Chrysanthemum Festival at Longwood Gardens 11/16/11 You still have time to visit Longwood Gardens, in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania to see the Chrysanthemum Festival.  Be sure to have your camera in hand and plan to stay several hours to see the beautiful flowers.  Longwood Gardens is one of our f...
11/16/2011
Lion in the Autumn Sun - Roy and Dolores Kelley Photographs 11/16/11 Sunday was a beautiful day in Maryland so Dolores and I drove into Washington, DC to the National Zoo to enjoy the exhibits and take a few photographs.  The National Zoo is about 21 miles from our home in the Kentlands area of G...
11/16/2011