Where The Griffith Family Lives

Nearly every home buyer I work with will ask where I live. It happened just the other day and I went into the details; I live in Bonita Springs in Bonita Farms, thirty plus years in Bonita Springs in a dozen homes, …

Beauty Is In The Eye of The Beholder of The Camera

Totally got jacked up taking a picture of this by a not so nice person, at the not so Louvre, who demanded this or that and wanted to walk me to the door. I asked if every …

Enjoy The Day However You Celebrate

Save the Cheerleader, Save the World 

For years we had a family inside joke “save the cheerleader, save the world”. It’s a line from the cancelled sci-fi TV show, Heroes. Since we had a diehard cheerleader in the family it was the perfect smart alec thing to say …

Mushroom Farming in Bonita Springs Florida

For the record, I’d replaced this real estate sign about two months prior … I just forgot to throw it out. Today, when I saw it growing mushrooms on it, I realized it was two months late for trash collection. Wondering if …

Sunscreen Would No Longer Be Necessary

Get Your Cookies Before It’s Too Late

So, I saw someone mention buying their Girl Scout Cookies online and thought that I should get some. After a shout out on Facebook a fellow real estate agent I know said, “My daughter is a girl scout, what would …

Phone Books Cluttering Up a Home Near You

Ever hear that old wives tale; if you touch a frog, you’ll get warts? What do you have to touch to get a half dozen unsolicited phone books dumped on at your front door every year.

You may …

Happy Thanksgiving Southwest Florida

A few weeks ago my daughter came to me with the realization that we needed to formulate a plan for Thanksgiving dinner. My mother had organized and cooked Thanksgiving the last few years. She passed away at the end of February and it …

Capturing The Opening Blossom

There’s a light on my mailbox post that has been burned out for some time. Since I live in a home owner association all of the mailboxes are the same and a local resident maintains the light situation if one burns out. Well, there’s a passiflora …