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The Annual Balloon Festival at Chatfield Reservoir occurred today. 60 balloons lifted off, but didn’t go very far. Just the same it was fun to see the colorful balloons fill the sky.
Monthly Archives: August 2006
Rocky Mountain Balloon Festival ~ 2006
Snow in August
It’s August, albeit the end of the month, but still summer. Last night there was snow above 11,000 feet. We were up in Summit County in Dillion when I shot this photo this morning. The snow didn’t last long, but it was a reminder, ski season is just around the corner.
Living in the Denver [...]
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Naming Names
Names are important they help us identify in life. Naming a baby becomes a monumental task to many parents, much so they spend hours researching and discussing the most appropriate label for their progeny. This process is sometimes made easier by reclaiming names of one’s ancestors. If that doesn’t work, there is always the Internet. [...]
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Social Conscience
There is a viral marketing effort to hold McDonald’s to a higher standard of conscience. Currently they are promoting Hummers to kids in the popular Kids Meals.
Sign-o-matic developed this website, for you to make your own sign and pass it on.
It’s viral marketing at its best.
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Interest rates
Has anybody noticed the interest rate dropped down a bit. A 30-year fixed is at 6.125% with a jumbo at 6.375%.
If you are sitting on the fence…now may be the time.
We’ve got the inventory!
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European Cows
In 2000 I took a little bike trip around the world. When I was in Salzburg, Austria the city was celebrating with a CowParade similar to the one currently going on in Denver. There too the cows were delightful to look at. If you would like to see the Salzburg Cows of 2000 go here.
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Denver Home Sale Statistics
July 2006
Metro Denver Prices:
Metro Denver Prices:
Single Family Average Price: (Detached Dwelling)
 
July 2006
$328,721
 
 
June 2006
$335,111
 
 
July 2005
$318,527
Condo Average Price: (Attached Dwelling)
 
July 2006
$194,705
 
 
June 2006
$184,566
 
 
July 2005
$184,288
Combined Average Price:
 
July 2006
$299,680
 
 
June 2006
$303,573
 
 
July 2005
$291,498
Percent of Sales Price Change:
from July 2005 to July 2006
 
Single Family:
+3.20%
 
 
Condo:
+5.65%
 
 
Combined
+2.81%
Total Combined Number of Homes for Sale:
 
July 2006
31,989
 
 
June 2006
31,900
 
 
July [...]
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Stapleton Herd
We had a fun day walking around Stapleton, enjoying the herd of cows grazing around the town center and park. If you would like to see more of the herd you can visit the photo album.
Picking a Favorite Cow is hard. I love the cow names as much as the artist and creative cow figures. [...]
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Denver CowParade
This month Denver is celebrating it’s past with a CowParade full of Cow Memoo-rbilia. Patterned after the famous Zurich CowParade in 1998, that attracted more than one million visitors from throughout Europe, Denver is exhibiting 100 bovines in three different pastures.
Where can you see these beautiful bovines?
Throughout metro Denver in Cherry Creek North and the [...]
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The International at Castle Pines Golf Club
This the a big weekend in Douglas County. August 7-13 golfers from all over the world convene at the Castle Pines Golf Club for a PGA Tour event. Retief Goosen will be back to defend his title along with Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia, Earnie Els and many other notables.
Next year the International dates will be [...]
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