The Agave

This agave or commonly called century plant is blooming on my street. There are two of them blooming right now and they are spectacular with the spike rising 30' above the plant. It takes all the plants energy to produce this once in a life time bloom and then it dies. Does the plant really live to be 100 years old before it blooms? I'm afraid not, they are usually in the 10 year old range, but it may happen at anytime. Even though the host plant dies the agave is self spreading and usually has many smaller plants continuing to fill the landscaped space.
~Jennise Phillips, Associate Broker

Placitas Appreciation Day

Saturday, June 5th was one of the hottest days on record for June. We reached 100 degrees! It was also Placitas Appreciation Days which was held at The Merc. This is the fourth time I have attended it and it is always so much fun! Teresa (our Transaction Coordinator) and I served up over 200 snow cones. Jim Maduena and Ken Koch helped us most of the day. It was great serving up icey treats on such a hot day! Lauren Herman, Gail McGough-Maduena, Julie Denison, Lynn Koch and Jaime Coulter also helped. Teresa's husband, Loren Morrison, my husband, Vince Leonard, and Jack Hostetler grilled over 400 hamburgers and 200 hot dogs. The Merc supplies the meat, buns and all the toppings each year. There were a lot of people who had booths and there was wonderful music at Blades Bistro. What a fabulous day thanks to everyone who attended and to Tom Ashe who always makes this happen every year!
~Rhonda Leonard, Qualifying Broker

Yellow Flowers

The frequent spring rains have produced an abundance of yellow flowers. They are in very large patches on fields and hillsides. These little ones make the yellow masses we see all over right now.
~Gail McGough-Maduena, GRI, Associate Broker