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Photo Challenge: Blur

Life has seemed a blur lately. I shouldn’t skip my annual eye doc appointment! See the weekly photo challenge here.

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A Two-Fer

Find the updated single-family home price trends and employment trends here. It’s a busy time in the good old San Francisco Bay Area. The economies of communities surrounding the bay are in overdrive while things are a little less peachy … Continue reading

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Job Growth POPS!

A month ago the Bay Area labor market appeared to have flatlined. Now! To the Moon, Alice! (Alert: Honeymooners reference) See the latest summary here. Top Statistics Statewide – January 2015 Unemployment Rate: 6.9% | -0.2 Labor Force: 18,936,200 |   … Continue reading

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Photo Challenge: Orange you glad it’s photo challenge time?

This week Michelle W. gave us a photo challenge to… “wow us with punchy pops of orange.” I know you’ve seen this structure. It’s steel and concrete. It spans a windy straight that’s about 300 feet deep under the surface … Continue reading

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Photo Challenge: Reward

This week Krista gave us a photo challenge to provide a graphic representation of Reward. This story starts one summer in the mid-1960s. I was a kid living in a small town in South Jersey. I was about to cross … Continue reading

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Will Housing Prices Wither?

The real estate markets have become fickle beasts. Capital markets bubble and burst taking it out on the little guy. January is a fickle month, too. We saw very few home sales in January in the San Francisco Bay Area … Continue reading

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Photo Challenge: Rule of Thirds

Oh, yes, rules ARE meant to be broken! But they do work. This week Jen Hooks has challenged us to recompose relying on the Rule of Thirds. It’s good to be a little off center. 😉 See the Weekly Photo … Continue reading

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Photo Challenge: Symmetry

This week we’ve been challenged to show an image with symmetry by Cheri Lucas Rowlands. Appropriate for Friday the 13th of February. 2+13=15. It appears Cheri likes balance in her life ;-). From a graphics standpoint… symmetry is about balance … Continue reading

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Job Growth Stalls

Employment in the San Francisco Bay Area has stalled at just over 3.7 million over the past four months. There is general optimism for 2015 but housing prices and rents have also slowed. Should be an interesting spring! See the … Continue reading

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Photo Challenge: Scale

This week we’ve been challenged to visualize scale by Michelle W. Let’s ponder size relationships. I’ll leave you to draw your own conclusions about what that means! I first asked my Grandkitty Otis to assist. I can say that all … Continue reading

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