Livermore, CO

Don't forget to turn your clocks back an hour before going to bed tonight. Most of the U.S. will return to Standard Time on Sunday November 6, 2011 at 2:00 a.m.

At first, it's difficult to adjust to those time changes! At least for this time change, we will be EARLY instead of LATE and Sunday's sundown will be early too!

Now is a good time to change the batteries in your Smoke Alarms and Carbon Monoxide CO Detectors.

Stay safe and enjoy that extra hour of sleep tonight!

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Mary Douglas, your Mountain Broker-Associate and REALTOR®

United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, CO

www.marydouglas-redfeatherlakes.net

800-531-2195

“A Day in the Mountains will always soothe your city soul”

I specialize in the Red Feather Lakes area, Crystal Lakes and Glacier View Meadows Subdivisions, if you are interested in buying or selling your mountain home, please give me a call, I’m here to help you.

The information contained in Mary’s blog is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed and the opinions and views expressed in these articles are solely those of the author.

Nature’s Drugstore & Cowboy Toilet Paper

It started out with a few photos of these curious plants; I thought they were pretty, especially with the fall colored scenery behind them.

A few days later, at the Glacier View Meadows office, I learned the plant’s name: Common Mullein (Verbascum Thapsus) -sometimes called the Great Mullein because they grow up to 6 feet tall.

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At the GVM office there was a small handout stating some concern that this Common Mullein is cropping up more frequently in our meadows and on our hillsides.

Just one Mullein plant can produce 300,000 to-500,000 seeds and those seeds can survive 50-80 years in the soil before germinating!

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A little more research on this unusual plant revealed that it has healing properties and is used as an herbal remedy for sore throats, coughs, lung disease and a variety of other ailments.

Mullein tea is made from the leaves (the seeds are poisonous) and a tinture made from the flowers can be used to help migraine headaches.

In Nature’s Drugstore, you can find a cough, sore throat and headache remedy on Aisle 3 County Rd 74E in Livermore, Colorado.

I could have lived the rest of my life happily unaware of this fact;

but in the mid-western United States (including Colorado) Mullein is commonly known as Cowboy Toilet Paper (because the leaves are soft and velvety).

I hesitated to include that information here but, you never know when this tidbit of knowledge may come in handy

and Real Estate Agents have a duty to disclose all known facts. :-]

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Mary Douglas, your Mountain Broker-Associate and REALTOR®

United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, CO

www.marydouglas-redfeatherlakes.net

800-531-2195

“A Day in the Mountains will always soothe your city soul”

I specialize in the Red Feather Lakes area, Crystal Lakes and Glacier View Meadows Subdivisions, if you are interested in buying or selling your mountain home, please give me a call, I’m here to help you.

The information contained in Mary’s blog is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed and the opinions and views expressed in these articles are solely those of the author.

Some people might think that the small grass fire was a non-event. After all, it was small. It didn’t make the front page news and that’s something to be thankful for.

Monday night, lightning caused the small grass fire on the hill behind our house. We watched the Glacier View and Livermore Fire Departments work to keep us all safe and even though we weren’t in any immediate danger, I was making a mental list of things to pack in case the winds picked up or the fire got out of hand. We could only see our side of the ridge but the fire was on the other side too. It was exciting to see the tanker from the Colorado State Forest Service circle, dive and drop the fire retardant on the area.

The firefighters made it look easy and thankfully the fire was contained to just a little over an acre.

When it was time to go to bed, a few hours after the fire was out, I slept easily because I saw a vehicle up there in the dark. Someone was keeping vigil on that hill to be sure that the fire didn’t kick up again.

Some might think that the small grass fire was a non-event. It didn’t make the front page news but that means the Volunteers did their job well – and that’s something to be thankful for.

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Mary Douglas, your Mountain Broker-Associate and REALTOR®

United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, CO

www.marydouglas-redfeatherlakes.net

800-531-2195

“A Day in the Mountains will always soothe your city soul”

I specialize in the Red Feather Lakes area, Crystal Lakes and Glacier View Meadows Subdivisions, if you are interested in buying or selling your mountain home, please give me a call, I’m here to help you.

The information contained in Mary’s blog is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed and the opinions and views expressed in these articles are solely those of the author.

Last Saturday, Livermore residents in the Glacier View Meadows Subdivision had an opportunity to see and learn about the Northern Colorado Med-Evac Helicopter.

The Northern Colorado Med-Evac service has been in operation since 2008. They fly 2 Bell 407 choppers within a 300 mile radius of Greeley, CO; serving Northern Colorado, Southern Wyoming and Western Nebraska and fly over 1500 missions per year.

The crew consists of a pilot, a registered nurse and a paramedic. They can transport one critically ill or injured patient to the nearest appropriate facility in record time.

Flying 160 miles per hour, the Med-Evac helicopter bridges the distance to the nearest hospital for our mountain residents and people in need of emergency medical services, reducing drive time of 45 minutes (to Poudre Valley Hospital) to just 10 minutes!

First responders, like our Fire Departments, Sheriffs or Paramedics in the area are the ones who usually call for the NCME transport.

It was interesting to see it land and when the coast was clear, our grandson was one of the first to jump in.

He was disappointed that they weren’t giving any free rides that day!

Although this is a ride none of us ever hope to take, it’s good to know that Northern Colorado Med-Evac is there when needed.

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Mary Douglas, your Mountain Broker-Associate and REALTOR®

United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, CO

www.marydouglas-redfeatherlakes.net

800-531-2195

“A Day in the Mountains will always soothe your city soul”

I specialize in the Red Feather Lakes area, Crystal Lakes and Glacier View Meadows Subdivisions, if you are interested in buying or selling your mountain home, please give me a call, I’m here to help you.

The information contained in Mary’s blog is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed and the opinions and views expressed in these articles are solely those of the author.

Here's a snapshot of the Livermore, CO Residential real estate market for the first half of 2011. Homes are selling in Livermore and particularly in Glacier View Meadows for the first half of 2011. Still, if we keep up the same pace for the remainder of the year, we would have a 2 year supply of inventory. They say what doesn't kill us just makes us stronger - we've been lifting weights all winter!

22 properties SOLD in the first half of 2011:

Presently there are 100 Active Listings in Livermore - 7 sales are pending or in Active/Backup status.

Average Days on the Market are 186, Average Cumulative Days on the Market 280.

61 active listings are in Glacier View Meadows

34 homes are situated on 35 acres or more

Prices in Livermore range from $81,190 to $1.75M

Summertime and fall traditionally show the best numbers for sales in Livermore. It's a great time of year to buy and sell mountain property - and summertime is finally here!

Not all areas of Livermore are specifically listed here - if you would like to know more about the market in your specific area, please let me know.

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Mary Douglas, your Mountain Broker-Associate and REALTOR®

United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, CO

www.marydouglas-redfeatherlakes.net

800-531-2195

"A Day in the Mountains will always soothe your city soul"

I specialize in the Red Feather Lakes area, Crystal Lakes and Glacier View Meadows Subdivisions, if you are interested in buying or selling your mountain home, please give me a call, I'm here to help you.

The information contained in Mary's blog is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed and the opinions and views expressed in these articles are solely those of the author.