By Tiffany Hazelwood As 2023 comes to a close, one of the biggest things we will happily bid farewell to will be the fickle fate of mortgage rates! When the ball drops at midnight, join me in raising a glass to a more forgiving 2024! But let’s take a look at where we’ve been as an indication of where we’re …
By Jennifer Christian LASER (Louisa Area Students Educational Robotics) launched this year with a mission to provide students in our area with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) skills for life through robotics. LASER started their inaugural season with three teams of elementary and middle school students who are participating in Vex IQ robotics competitions (VIQRC). These competitions provide open-ended …
By Bill Siewart All homeowners want to take pride in a beautiful yard, yet generating landscaping ideas can be overwhelming and frustrating. Fortunately, you can use simple guidelines to structure your landscaping plans—follow a theme, create outdoor rooms, incorporate color and texture, and more. Plus, you don’t have to do it alone; affordable local landscapers can help you design and …
By Heather Mechler-Fickes I can’t believe another year is almost behind us! It feels like this year went by faster than ever.I always look at the new year as a clean slate. My birthday is in the beginning of January, so I always feel like it’s a fresh start. I like to think I’m one year wiser, and I’m always …
By Tracy Wimmer, a former teacher who hails from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. She currently works as a guide in Alaska – a place where she sees lots of grizzlies, but few unicorns. Obstacles make me stronger. That is a philosophy I have always tried to follow. But…not that night. Two weeks before Christmas and the only word …
By Tiffany Hazelwood, Associate Broker, Lake Homes Realty Wait, is the market stagnant? Debbie Downers who are only focused on higher-than-recent interest rates, but lower-than-historically-high interest rates would say yes. But supply-and-demand actualities reveal that there are still more buyers than homes for sale (in most markets), and with lake homes being second homes for a lot of owners, there …
By Jim McCoy One of the greatest benefits of being retired at Lake Anna is the fact that we can spend more time with our pet. Most dog lovers, know that the more time you spend with your pup, the closer your relationship will be. The downside to all of this is that we’re sort of hooked on our dog …
Recognizing Local Venues That Welcome Our Pets By Jim McCoy Here’s a question for you. Where do you go when you want to go out for a drink, dinner, a coffee or an ice cream but you also want to bring your favorite four-legged sidekick? Well, the Lake Anna Breeze™ has you covered with the 2023 Woofie Awards presented to …
By Jim McCoy It was Fourth of July weekend in 2017. Larry and Tina Merritt – who lived in Manassas at the time – were at their second home at Lake Anna when one of their sons, Jason, noticed a tiny yellow duckling floating on its side in the lake. Although Jason assumed the duckling was dead, he still retrieved …
By Jim McCoy There really are angels walking on our earth. They look just like you and me, but they are different in a very special way. They open their homes and their hearts – often for months at a time – to animals who would otherwise be “put down” or euthanized. More specifically, they volunteer for the Louisa Humane …
