July 2008
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I know this might come as a shock to many of you, or maybe not, but we aren’t going to the summer Olympics in China this year. We have never gone before and it was the obvious choice this year as well.
I don’t remember the last time I even saw an Olympic event on the [...]
Next to the Night Blooming Cereus the Echinopsis Cactus blooms are one of the prettiest. These cactus are not native to Arizona. They come from various parts of South America. They are legal in Arizona and make a wonderful addition to landscaping which includes cactus.The flowers are delicate in appearance and like the night blooming [...]
Trader Joe’s in Oro Valley is doing some very smart marketing in the way they are branding their shopping bags. They are also displaying a great sense of humor also.
Monsoon season is in full swing and the Texas Rangers are blooming all over Tucson. I read up on them last year and found one passionate grower asking people to “please don’t trim them to look like gumdrops” I’m sure we have all seen them trimmed exactly like gumdrops.
I’ll tell you right off, till I read what it was I had no idea. To Barbara and I it looked like a cigar with wings, a bad cigar with a wing, but that was all we could get out of this thing. We drive by it all the time going in and out of the bank. Not even once did it strike us as a telescope.
Oro Valley real estate statistics are not easy to cover
There are several reasons why it is hard to isolate Oro Valley real estate statistics.
Many homes in Oro Valley have a Tucson mailing address
This means when the home is entered into the Tucson MLS system it will be listed as Tucson and not Oro Valley. Doing [...]
Like two pioneer children coming into town for supplies. This is the depiction of the events as they might have appeared in Oro Valley 100 years ago. That is if there had been an Oro Valley 100 years ago.
This new park and art are located at the back of the parking lot between [...]
There are currently two Ace Hardware stores in Oro Valley. This map will show you the locations. Click on the location at the bottom and the map will go to that location.
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I was down at the GOVAC office gathering information about the Oro Valley Public Arts program. Did you know they are putting together a bus tour for next year? On my way home from their office I saw a lot of flashing lights. We all love flashing lights to rubber neck at while driving talking [...]
Oro Valley has a new fire station. It is one of our communities most hidden assets. Unless you have a reason to drive behind the Walgreen’s at Lambert and La Canada you might not even know it is there.