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By Mel Ahrens, MBA, Kelly Right Real Estate, Customized Choices for your Real Estate Needs
(Kelly Right Real Estate)
    NEW LISTING!!! Upper Hood River Valley Ranch: Views, Gardens & Fruit!   This beautiful ranch is located in the gorgeous upper Hood River Valley, just 15 minutes to Hood River and 20 minutes to skiing. The home has a great layout, has been impeccably maintained with lots of updates and is move-in ready.                               · 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1,435 sq. ft., .91 acre · Large living room with fireplace, views of Middle Mountain, open to dining area · Spacious kitchen with expansive counter space, lots of cabinets, tile floor, view to back of property · Family room/office off kitchen with slider to back · Bathrooms: new toilets, sinks and fixtures · Separate laundry room with cabinets · New paint throughout · 2 car garage & nice sized barn · New, large backyard paver patio ...
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By Mel Ahrens, MBA, Kelly Right Real Estate, Customized Choices for your Real Estate Needs
(Kelly Right Real Estate)
  Speechless Sunday - Chilling at Lake Laurence   Lake Laurence is a gorgeous, man-made lake on Mt. Hood in Northwest Oregon, just moments from the small town of Parkdale. We love to head there on warm summer days... soak up some sun, swim or in our boys' case, hunt for crawdads. It's a flawless, serene setting of green water surrounded by towering pines.  
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By Mel Ahrens, MBA, Kelly Right Real Estate, Customized Choices for your Real Estate Needs
(Kelly Right Real Estate)
  Speechless Sunday - Summer Day On Lake Lawrence   As soon as the weather forecast called for 95 degree+ temps today, we knew it was the perfect day to head to a mountain lake. We tried Lawrence Lake, a man made resevoir about five miles south of the town of Parkdale, mostly known for its hiking and fly fishing. It was a perfect day and the perfect place for the kids to splash away the afternoon. What a gorgeous setting: impossibly green water, surrounded by towering pine covered slopes. Our only complaint is that by 2 pm the place was swamped, a little too popular.      
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By Mel Ahrens, MBA, Kelly Right Real Estate, Customized Choices for your Real Estate Needs
(Kelly Right Real Estate)
  New Listing! Charming "Horse Property" on Mt. Hood This gorgeous horse property is located in the charming community of Parkdale, Oregon, just 15 minutes south of Hood River on Mt. Hood. Stunning views of the mountain frame the grounds of mature landscaping and lush pastures. The home is well cared for, nicely updated and move-in ready.         · 3 bedrooms, 2 baths · 1,100 sq. ft. · 1.93 acres · 1 car garage, plus extra tall 2 bay carport · Two stall barn, 8 ton hay storage, panel corrals and storage shed · Fenced yard and pastures · Front porch & covered back patio · Mt. Hood irrigation · Vinyl Windows, new roof 2005, new septic 2009, new water heater 2011, new pellet stove 2011. Continuous gutters 2007, exterior painted 2007, interior painted 2012. · Dead end road, great neighborho...
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By Mel Ahrens, MBA, Kelly Right Real Estate, Customized Choices for your Real Estate Needs
(Kelly Right Real Estate)
  Speechless Sunday - Blooming In The Country   Mel took this lovely photo at a new client's house this afternoon in Parkdale, Oregon. I love the peaceful, country setting behind the brilliant colors of the flowers. Watch for my blog about this new "horse property" listing in the next few days, too.      
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By Mel Ahrens, MBA, Kelly Right Real Estate, Customized Choices for your Real Estate Needs
(Kelly Right Real Estate)
  Friday's Foto - It's Going To Be a "Front Porch" Kind of Weekend!   The weather's supposed to be sunny, warm and clear this weekend... perfect for settling onto the front porch with a book, a Diet Coke and the gently tinkling windchimes. Ahhhhh, I can just hear the buzz of hummingbirds, smell the fresh cut grass and feel the warm breezes now! I may never leave.      
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By Mel Ahrens, MBA, Kelly Right Real Estate, Customized Choices for your Real Estate Needs
(Kelly Right Real Estate)
  Wordless Wednesday - Keeping An Eye On The Ball!   This is our son, Ben, batting at Tuesday night's Little League game for the Parkdale Little League Majors Team. The ball was just outside my frame, but he was concentrating on it pretty hard. I also thought it made a good reminder to all us about "keeping our eye on the ball", meaning keeping our sights on our goals to continually work toward them and success. Keep your eye on what's important to you!    
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By Mel Ahrens, MBA, Kelly Right Real Estate, Customized Choices for your Real Estate Needs
(Kelly Right Real Estate)
  Speechless Sunday - "I Pledge Allegiance..."   Yesterday was the opening ceremony for the Parkdale Little League. This is our son, Ben's team, the Parkdale Majors Team, sponsored by McIsaac's Grocery Store, during the Pledge of Allegiance, one of my favorite parts of the ceremony. Young men, showing their love and respect for their country... the photo says it all!      
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By Mel Ahrens, MBA, Kelly Right Real Estate, Customized Choices for your Real Estate Needs
(Kelly Right Real Estate)
  Play Ball! Parkdale Oregon Little League Opening Ceremony   The teams have been practicing for weeks and our team has even played two games, but the season officially got underway yesterday with the Parkdale Little League Opening Ceremony. This is what small town America is all about. The teams lined up around the baseball diamond, from t-ball (5-year-olds), to coach pitch, to minors, to the majors team (10-12 year-olds), girls and boys. Then each child was introduced over the loud speaker by name, stepped forward and proudly waved to the crowd. Our son, Ben (11), plays on the Parkdale Little League Majors team. Parkdale is a rather small town so Little League is a community event. Local businesses are the sponsors, the players parents are the coaches and board members. So the event w...
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By Mel Ahrens, MBA, Kelly Right Real Estate, Customized Choices for your Real Estate Needs
(Kelly Right Real Estate)
  Wordless Wednesday - Double Good Luck!   A double rainbow must be good luck because this one appeared just before game time on Monday evening. It was the Parkdale Little League Majors first game of the season, which the team won, 8 - 3. Our son, Ben (11), plays 3rd base and catcher on the team. Way to go, guys!      
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By Mel Ahrens, MBA, Kelly Right Real Estate, Customized Choices for your Real Estate Needs
(Kelly Right Real Estate)
  Silent Saturday - Now THAT'S What I'm Talking About!   Spring mornings just don't get better than this! Well worth waiting for. I so needed a morning like today:  Flawless blue skies, a shining mountain, the smell of fresh cut grass for the first time in five months, flip flops on the feet and dozens of Little Leaguers all pitching in to clean up their ball field in time for games to begin on Monday. Our son, Ben, plays on the Parkdale Little League Majors team, who was joined by the minors, coach pitch and t-ball teams to rake, sweep, pull weeds, trim back trees and hang sponsorship signs at Parkdale's own ball park. And all this in the shadow of glorious Mt. Hood.  
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By Mel Ahrens, MBA, Kelly Right Real Estate, Customized Choices for your Real Estate Needs
(Kelly Right Real Estate)
  Parkdale, Oregon Little League Begins... Spring's Officially Here!   You couldn't really tell by the weather, as it snowed at that first practice on Wednesday, but spring must be here because Little League has begun. Friday's practice surprised us with beautiful blue skies and sun. Spring, indeed! Our 11 year old son, Ben, plays on the Parkdale, Oregon Little League Majors team, where he plays catcher and 2nd base. We also like to brag that as a "lefty" Ben is also a switch-hitter. We admit it. We're a baseball family. Ben has played since he was three and would love to be a Major Leaguer one day. It's become a family activitiy as we hang out to watch practices and games, fundraise and volunteer in the concession stand. The team practices three to four evenings a week and league games...
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By Mel Ahrens, MBA, Kelly Right Real Estate, Customized Choices for your Real Estate Needs
(Kelly Right Real Estate)
  Silent Saturday - What A Difference 24 Hours Makes!   Thursday morning we woke up to a foot of new snow (photo one). Spring was definately having an identity crisis. Photo two is the view from our front porch today. We actually spent time outside today, reveling in the 55 degree weather, which felt so warm compared to Thursday's blizzard!      
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By Mel Ahrens, MBA, Kelly Right Real Estate, Customized Choices for your Real Estate Needs
(Kelly Right Real Estate)
  Wordless Wednesday - Happy Spring?!   Yesterday was the official first full day of spring. You couldn't prove that by me! This is the view of the road to our house in Parkdale, Oregon early this afternoon... 5 new inches of snow and there are at least a couple more since I took the photo. Another 6 to 10 inches is expected through the day and tonight.      
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By Mel Ahrens, MBA, Kelly Right Real Estate, Customized Choices for your Real Estate Needs
(Kelly Right Real Estate)
  Speechless Sunday - Mt. Hood's Snowy Grandeur   Mel took this lovely photo of Mt. Hood covered with winter snow and framed by a delicate branch. Neither of us ever seem to tire of photographing our volcano which seems so different in every season and from so many varying angles. He took this photo just a couple miles from our house in Parkdale, Oregon, but zoomed in on the mountain.  
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By Mel Ahrens, MBA, Kelly Right Real Estate, Customized Choices for your Real Estate Needs
(Kelly Right Real Estate)
  Silent Saturday - Gorgeous Winter Morning On Mt. Hood   This is the view of Mt. Hood this morning, about 1/2 mile from our house in Parkdale, Oregon. I took this at about 8 a.m. this morning. on the way to our son, Ben's, basketball game. Today promises to be sunny and gorgeous. Is it any wonder why we love living here?    
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By Mel Ahrens, MBA, Kelly Right Real Estate, Customized Choices for your Real Estate Needs
(Kelly Right Real Estate)
  SNOW DAY! Mt. Hood, Most of Oregon Slammed by Huge Amounts of Snow!   We had aleady guessed, well before the school district made the official call this morning, that it would be a snow day today. We already had two feet of snow over the last couple days, but then we got 18 additional inches just over night last night, making digging out of our own driveway interesting, what alone braving the roads. Before this storm, Mt. Hood stood at a small fraction of its "normal" snow pack for this time of year, which would not bode well for the summer water supply. Even the city of Portland got a few inches of snow (which happens generally only a couple times a year) and this morning on the banner running at the bottom of the news I counted 57 school districts closed for the day. Then a southern...
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By Mel Ahrens, MBA, Kelly Right Real Estate, Customized Choices for your Real Estate Needs
(Kelly Right Real Estate)
  Speechless Sunday - Heavy With Snow   We finally, FINALLY have a little snow. It started snowing last night and hasn't stopped yet today. This is the ponderosa tree out our side door. Such snowstorms are not uncommon here this time of year, but this year they have been few and far between. This is only the second accumulation of the year at our house in Parkdale, Oregon.  
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By Mel Ahrens, MBA, Kelly Right Real Estate, Customized Choices for your Real Estate Needs
(Kelly Right Real Estate)
  Hood River Valley 3-6th Grade League Basketball Starts   Another season, another sport begins. In our household, you can tell what time of year it is by what sport our boys are playing and we are very pleased with the variety and quality of choices available to us here in the Hood River Valley. This week, our 11-year-old, Ben, started 3-6th grade youth basketball practice with games to start in two weeks. He's on the 5th and 6th grade Parkdale team (he's in the 5th grade). This year the team is made up of 11 players and their coaches are teammates' parents who volunteer their time to these youngsters. The team focuses on learning and improving basic basketball skills, athletitism, conditioning, good sportsmanship and on good old-fashioned "having fun"! The league is organized through ...
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By Mel Ahrens, MBA, Kelly Right Real Estate, Customized Choices for your Real Estate Needs
(Kelly Right Real Estate)
  Friday's Foto - A Frosty Morning   This week brought the coldest weather of the winter (so far) to Parkdale, Oregon, dipping just below 20 degrees. It snowed on Wednesday night, but that morning, before the snow, we woke to a white frosted world. I love the intricate designs of frost on... well, anything. Here's a branch in our front yard.  
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