Steffy's Notes

March is  a lovely month in Tempe Arizona - the weather is warm, no need for heating, and no need for A/C to be turned on.Flowers and trees are starting to bloom. Yellow and orange seem to be the predominant colors for the month.The creosote bush has tiny yellow blooms, some of the acacia trees, ...

 This is a lovely 4 bedroom , 2.5 bathrooms home in the park-like Brentwood-Cavalier neighborhood, a central Tempe AZ location, which is a biking distance to down town and Arizona State University, grocery shopping and many restaurants.The home has been meticulously updated for a year - every inc...

What a collection of colors those clouds produced in the East Sky in the evening hours. The first photo was taken at 5:38 pm. In about half an hour I noticed how dramatically the colors were changing, every minute.  The second, third and fourth photos were taken minutes apart. There is something ...

Single Family - Detached - $210,000Beds/Baths: 3 / 2.5Approx SqFt: 1,401 / County AssessorPrice/SqFt: $149.89 Year Built: 2007Pool: Community OnlyRecent contruction, attractive finishes,  fresh paint.   This hidden gem in the lovely Town Square at Desert Village is now under contract with multipl...

 I love taking twilight photos - it's a short window of time during which those photos can be taken as the natural light changes so quickly at this time of the day.   This is a coming soon listing - 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath home which the Sellers are still metuculously renovating. The easy-to-maintain...

Just Listed Updated 2bedroom/ 2-bath home in Broadway Terrace Condominiums1,008 sq.ft.Car port and additional parkingYear Built 1982Price $185,000The kitchen has granite countertops and granite backsplash, upgraded cabinets. The washer/ dryer are inside. the two bathrooms have been updated recent...

 What a lovely rainy day today turned out! Warm, drizzly and cloudy! Perfect for a brisk walk on a favorite trail. I think a lot of people must have felt that way - the paths at the Botanical Garden were full of visitors. I did my one mile and felt like doing another one. 

 It was my first visit to the Arizona Vegetarian Food Festival, but the events has been going on for 5 years now. The vendor booths offered delicious food and drinks samples, there were Chef demos and food trucks, as well as speakers on wellness activities, and live music entertainment.  I came b...

One of my favorite pastimes is to visit the Phoenix Art Museum, to stop at the tokonoma (see my blog from 2016 here)  and to snap a photo of the current ikebana flower arrangement. After so many years and visits, my own photo collection developed and I visit it often - on my computer screen - to ...

This week's Broker Tour of homes for sale in Tempe AZ included again a great variety of homes, floor plans, price ranges, locations - from 1350 sq.ft. to 4,074 sq.ft, priced between $319,000 to $1,100,000. Below are several glimpses of the homes, included in the tour. One of them was about 1400 s...