~ Poppies and Lupine on the King Canyon Trail ~
Just opposite the Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum is the trailhead for the King Canyon Trail. It's one of Tucson's easiest hikes, as the first mile of the upper trail follows an old mining road. The desert wildflowers can be seen in abundance right now.
Who can identify this one? I don't know what it is.
I've lived in the desert for the past 14 years, and every year brings a new discovery. I haven't been able to identify this plant. It has a reclining growth pattern, and the flower is about 1 1/4" across.
(Maybe you know what it is; please help me identify it.)
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~ Ancient Ironwood at Sunset ~
While Seattle is dealing with an unusually snowy winter, Tucson is basking in glorious warmth, and today will be in the mid-seventies.
This sunset photo, taken at the Ironwood Picnic Area in Tucson Mountain Park, is a visual blanket to wrap around yourself as you're pouring the morning cup of coffee.
Come visit! We have great home prices, world-class real estate agents, and some of the best interest rates available since you were born.
Oh! And I forgot to mention that Tucson has the lowest gasoline prices in the nation!
...and world-class golf resorts.
...and world-class birding.
You get the idea! Good morning! Plan a visit soon.
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~ Looking East From Gates Pass at Sunset ~
Days are getting shorter, so I planned to be at Gates Pass for sunset. Off in the distance, the city of Tucson is painted in blue shadow, highlighted by the pink Rincon Mountains at day's end. The last rays of the setting sun paint the Tucson Mountains where I stand a deep ochre-red, and the contrast punctuates the peaceful quiet of the desert floor at the end of day. I expect an amazing sunset!
And I'm not alone in my expectation! My zoom lens captures a couple silhouetted against an amazing sky.
~ Looking West From Gates Pass at Sunset ~
Life is good! Enjoy each moment!
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~ Dust Storm Sunset at Saguaro National Park TMD~
They're called Haboobs ~ rolling dust storms that suck the dirt from the face of the earth, throw it high into the atmosphere, and move it miles away before dropping it back down again.
We're not talking a dust devil or two. A haboob can move hundreds of tons of earth, and when it rolls over you, the sky becomes black as night.
I took the photo on the right last Friday afternoon at 5:00 pm, the end of the day for Saguaro National Park's Red Hills Visitor Center. You can see that the wind was whipping the flag as we lowered it.
Fifteen minutes later, I took the photo above. I had no problem pointing my camera straight into the sun.
Remember seeing cowboys in the old western movies carrying bandanas? They're still a western fashion accessory. Bandanas served a utilitarian purpose when a cowboy was caught out in the open in a dust storm--they made it possible to breathe.
There's a stretch of Interstate 10 just north of Tucson near Picacho Peak where the open desert stretches for miles to the west. Other places have tornado warnings and severe weather warnings. We have dust storm warnings, and the visibility can go from severe clear to zero in a matter of minutes when one of these storms rolls across the desert. Here's one recent story from last month:
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~ Tucson's Most Fantastic Ice Cream! ~
Domenic and Isabella Johnson have the coolest ice cream truck I've seen in my life. What you can't see in this photo is that the top of this truck is coated with solar cells which provide the electricity that keeps the freezer and all of that scrumptious ice cream cold.
Isabella served up the cold stuff at National Geographic's Bio-Blitz, here seen in the parking lot of the Red Hills Visitor Center of Saguaro National Park West.
My favorite flavor was Isabella's 'Brazilian Coffee.' Mmm... Scrumptious!
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NMLS #223495
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I show up ON TIME. I do WHAT I SAY I'm going to do. I FINISH what I start. If I mess up, I 'FESS UP & I fix it. In the mortgage business, these 4 things are why you'll want to do business with me.
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Your file is never more than 40' from my desk.
Our HVCC compliant group of Appraisers are ALL local. We don't have out of town (or worse ~ out of state) appraisers valuing your home.
I communicate with all parties in the transaction on a weekly basis at minumum.
Having been a licensed Arizona REALTOR®, I understand what a REALTOR® needs from the lender from the REALTOR's® perspective.
Self-employed borrowers face specific challenges in the mortgage world. Doctors, Dentists, Realtors and Small Business Owners plow a lot of money back into their practices and businesses. As a result, income on last year's 1040 isn't the whole picture. (See "26 things" above.) I specialize in qualifying self-employed borrowers for the home they want.
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"Mike Jones was very helpful in securing my loan. I was working outside the country [USA] at the time, and he always surprised me by contacting me quickly over the phone or by email. He was very professional, and worked quickly and efficiently. This is the 3rd home I have closed on in the last few years, and Mike was by far the best loan officer I have ever worked with. If you ask me who I am going to work with in the future, it is definitely Mike Jones!"
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"I have financed or refinanced my home in Tucson 8 times over the past 24 years....most recently, in January with Mike Jones.
Doing business with Mike produced the quickest, smoothest, and most trouble-free mortage transaction I've experienced.
I trust Mike, his advice, and his business expertise, and highly recommend him as a mortgage broker and as a friend."
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