Realtor, Author & Neighbor: Battle Creek, Michigan

This morning is Friday morning.  It is also the first morning of February.  It snows a lot here in Michigan, so it is nothing unusual to wake to snowfall on your car, etc.  Some mornings it seems more pristine than others though, and more peaceful.  As I write this blog entry, the snow is falling...

As January comes to a close, and snow continues to fall outside my window I think it is so easy to forget January as a month in a year, simply because it is the first.  It comes after the rush of the holidays in December, and people are generally working off the hang over of the holiday frame of ...

In October of last year I went on a business trip to England with a company that I work for.  In previous times when I went to Europe, I usually spent the first day of my arrival sleeping, even though it was recommended that you wait until that night to acclimate to the time.  This time I was det...

Good morning Active Rain Realtors!  I would like to ask you the ultimate question: What is the best city or place to live in the Southern U.S.? I have a close friend who has asked me to help them find a location in a warmer climate in the U.S. for health reasons.  They are not doing well economic...

This morning it is snowing in Southwest Michigan where I live.  Rather than write about the snow, I thought I would write a blog about a tree that has facinated me since the first time I ever laid eyes on one.  It is the Dogwood tree.  I first saw these in Georgia when I moved there in 1984.  My ...

Today the NFC Championship and the AFC Championship games in the National Football League will be played.  The winners of each will go onto the Super Bowl in New Orleans on February 3rd.  The Atlanta Falcons will host the San Franscisco 49ers in the NFC Championship, and both teams are coming to ...

Recently I was at a City park in Battle Creek taking some photos of our feathered friends.  I saw these geese standing near the drive as I was pulling away, and rolled down the windoe for a few parting shots.  I did not notice it at the time, but when I got home and looked at the images I found t...

Have you ever witnessed something that just strikes you as funny?  I was out driving by this park that has a large population of ducks and geese this morning, and they were all out on the ice.  Some were floating in the water and others were standing on the ice, and carrying on.  I thought this p...

I was out driving around the countryside this morning in the cold of a January winter.  I had to go look at a house in Dowling, Michigan.  When I was driving there, on my way back I decided to take a few photos of some of the cows alongside the road.  They were a little furry with their winter co...

I drove by this interesting tree stump today, and just had to take a photo.  This stump is all that remained of a once large and vibrant tree I would imagine.  It was quite a big one as you can see by the trunk, and it was backed up against this field.  Even though it is dead, and not coming back...