The Monarch butterflies are late in our area this year. In 2024 we had butterflies hatching in early May but something was different this year. Have no fear...our Monarch butterflies came back this year just recently and we now have 20 caterpillars as of today on our 2 milkweed plants. Clearly w
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06/07/2025
What’s the Value of my Solana Beach Home? Solana Beach Home Sales in May 2025 Solana Beach is a coastal town south of Cardiff by the Sea and Encinitas, and is one of the more expensive communities along the North San Diego County coastline. It’s important that buyers and sellers have current info
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06/07/2025
San Diego County Fair Opens June 11, 2025 The San Diego County Fair, one of the nation’s largest fairs, opens Wednesday June 11, 2025, just a few days from now. The San Diego County Fair will run through July 7th. Gate hours are 11 am to 10 pm daily Wednesdays through Sundays. Some activities re
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06/06/2025
What’s my Encinitas Home Worth? Encinitas Market Report for May 2025 Encinitas sellers and buyers need to have up-to-date information about local market conditions, and the effect they have on buying and selling, in order to make informed decisions about Encinitas homes for sale. Here’s what hap
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06/06/2025
What’s the Value of My Carlsbad Home? Carlsbad Market Report for May 2025 The Carlsbad real estate market continues to evolve, with changes from April and from 1 year ago. Private sales, mobile homes and multi-family housing are not included (the numbers are taken from the MLS and believed to be
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06/05/2025
The DM Gallery - A Vision My vision for the ActiveRain Points Store is to establish The DM Gallery, named for the initials of our last names – mine (Dowler) and my wife’s (Meckes), alphabetical of course! The feature photo, part of our collection, is a large oil on canvas (using a palette knife)
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06/02/2025
What’s the Value of My Cardiff-by-the-Sea Home? Cardiff by the Sea Home Sales for May 2025 It’s essential that buyers and sellers in the Cardiff real estate market have up-to-date information about local market conditions. When planning to buy or sell this helps you make informed buying and selli
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06/02/2025
Make Music Day is June 21, 2025 All are welcome to come celebrate Make Music Day on June 21st at the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad from 10 am until 5 pm. Fête de la Musique originated in France in 1982 and now is celebrated on June 21 in more than 1000 cities in over 120 countries. The origi
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05/29/2025
We have some beautiful chalk art in our driveway, thanks to 2 of our 2 younger grandkids and my wife. Our younger daughter, her husband, and the 2 younger granddaughters were visiting for the Memorial Day holiday and to celebrate the older granddaughter's birthday a few days early. The 2 girls s
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05/28/2025
Carlsbad Art in the Village - UPDATED 5/28/2025 ~ 2025 Fair ~Art lovers in Carlsbad will be thrilled the 27th Annual Art in the Village Fair will be here soon, 2 days after the 1st day of summer. This popular and well-attended fine art event will feature more than 130 local and regional artists.
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05/23/2025
