ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS

2014 

An easy way to expand your reach on Facebook   I am a very active member of Facebook. Yes, I have thousands of Facebook friends that see the posts on my Facebook timeline. However, my Facebook friends are only a small part of my Facebook followers. The easy way to expand your reach on Facebook is...
07/09/2014
Share photographs of the daylilies in your garden   Daylilies are blooming in Kentlands, our home neighborhood in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Hopefully, they are also blooming in your community. Take some photographs when you are out and about and share them in your ActiveRain blogs.  Everybody love...
07/09/2014
ActiveRain Traffic Skyrockets Over 65% In The Last Three Weeks This is very good news for members of ActiveRain. Take advantage of this offer to earn additional points. Please go to the original blog if you wish to leave comments. ActiveRain Traffic Skyrockets Over 65% In The Last Three Weeks I'v...
07/09/2014
Can you identify this flower?   I like to take photowalks through Kentlands, our home community in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Frequently, I take photographs of flowers and plants that I am unable to identify.  This is a very small flower and I was attracted by the color and the light. Can you identi...
07/09/2014
Co-Signers on Defaulted FHA Loans Are Getting New Mortgages   “When reporting defaults and claims on government-insured single-family mortgages, the Federal Housing Administration identifies the primary borrower to a government database, but rarely provides the names of the co-borrowers.” – Mortg...
07/09/2014
Have you missed some of my blogs?   I have been testing the new ActiveRain policy that increased the number of blogs that receive Leaderboard points credit from 10 to 20 blogs each week. You gain more internet exposure. I Tweet my blogs, add them to Google + and LinkedIn and pin the photographs o...
07/09/2014
The Grand Union Flag   The Maryland Historical Society newsletter shares some interesting historical trivia. Prior to the 1777 Flag Act, rebelling colonists rallied under the "Grand Union Flag." I hope you are a good student of American history and already know about this flag.   The Grand Union ...
07/09/2014
Carroll County Farmers’ Market, Saturday, July 12th   This Saturday, July 12, 2014 is the date for the Christmas in July event at the Carroll County Farmers’ Market in Westminster, Maryland. The summer market hours are from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. each Saturday until September 6, 2014. Many of the Chris...
07/09/2014
CFPB ruling to help heirs to avoid foreclosure   “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued guidance Tuesday aimed at making it easier for surviving family members who have inherited a property due the death of a loved one to be added to the mortgage, allowing them to seek modificati...
07/08/2014
Imagination on a Stormy Night   As I write this short blog, we are having a severe thunderstorm in Maryland as we end a day of very hot weather. I've been editing flower photographs taken during my photowalks through Kentlands, our home community in Gaithersburg. This is a gazania from our home g...
07/08/2014