It's Wednesday, so it's time to enjoy some of the beauty in the world around us. But this is a real estate blog. So instead of the usual odd, or beautiful, or unique, or silly type of photo I feature each week; this week we're going to stick to this subject. And it is still beautiful. But it's also part of a house I have listed for sale in Daytona Beach, FL *wink, wink* So enjoy this photo.... then if you care to, you can follow the links to view ALL the photos of this house on my real estate web site. Now doesn't this sparkling, screened pool look inviting? And you can walk to the beach too! (Only $184,900)

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This is another photo, courtesy of my friend Nick. The incoming storm clouds remind me of our real estate market... the last few years, and the current climate; with lenders underpricing the foreclosures, thus driving our values down even more. But then, every cloud has a silver lining. And if you look beyond the storm clouds, there's a clear sky yet to come. I'm sure we all look forward to that time!

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Hottober in Daytona Beach - Florida.

These are the last days of the most incredible October I can remember. A commentator on local TV station called it Hottober. Daily temperature are either record high, or close to that for at least 3 weeks straight.

Yesterday's high of 89 was a tie with the record temperature in 2005. Water in the ocean is very warm, we are having a second summer, less hot and much more pleasant.

89F may sound hot, but couple degrees less than in August already feel better for us, and we enjoy it.

Right now at 6 PM on Saturday it is 83F and it feels like 88F. It is perfect. I enjoy every minute of it.

How different it feels in the spring and in the fall. When it hits 80 in the spring, it is so hot, and you feel that you are dying without the AC. And in the fall when the temperature suddenly drops to 82F, it feels cool and pleasant, and you turn off the AC and open the windows.

What surprises me is that Daytona Beach is empty when it is the best weather. Back in Russia on the Black Sea they called it a velvet season when school started and kids had to leave. There were fewer people on the beach, which meant that finally you could find where to put your foot.

Because in my native Russia they use centigrade, I do not really compare the temperatures, it is a tricky formula, and I never do it. But it would be interesitng to compare. I got the online conversion table and figured it all out.

So, in Florida average temperature for January is 69.8F. Average July temperature is 84.2F. In Moscow, where I lived last two years before emigrating to US, July average is 64.8F - less than in Florida in January. And Moscow average temperature in January is 18.5F. Sounds cold? Not really. Let me check average temperatures in Vorkuta, the place above the Arctic Circle, where we lived 14 years prior to moving to Moscow. Average July temperature is 53F. Average January is - 5.1. But cold temperatures are 9 - 10 months and annual average is 20F.

Forget about the Arctic. It is warm and green in Florida. It is a velvet season in Daytona Beach now. Come and enjoy Hottober. Are we going to have Hotember?

Want something different to do in Daytona Beach?

Walk With Ghosts in Daytona Beach

The Daytona Ghost Walk is a tour down historical moolit streets in the Daytona Beach area. What makes it so unique is that the owner Dusty Smith is a Certified Ghost Hunter and Certified Paranormal Investigator.

• She's authored books on the paranormal.

• Featured on Discovery Channel's series A Haunting

• A tour of Pinewood Cemetery

• No folklore here...stories shared are documented hauntings

• Bring your cameras and see if you can capture some paranormal activity!

Reservations are required. Call (386) 253-6034 to reserve your spot today! The tour leaves from the gas station parking lot on the northwest corner of the Main St. and Peninsula intersection at 7:30 PM nightly.

Have A Safe Halloween!

Midori Miller is licensed in the State of Florida, BK645709 and currently hangs her real estate license with CENTURY 21 Sundance Realty. Midori is also a real estate trainer and an ActiveRain Ambassador and specializes in short sales for Daytona Beach real estate sellers. If you are in the market to buy or sell real estate in Daytona Beach, Florida..please contact us!