Spring is finally here and it seems Mother Nature isn’t the only one ramping it into high gear. This season seems to motivate potential buyers to find their new homes and for sellers to seal the deal. For those on the selling there are factors to consider like proper pricing, condition of the home, other competing listings, etc. Some things you have no control over, but some you do. Making sure you are setting your homes best foot forward can make all the difference between a quick, profitable sale or remaining in for sale limbo.

Albert Einstein once said “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better”. While most of Einstein’s theories need to be broken down by men/women of science and may take a lifetime to fully understand, I came to know this as truth in just a scant few months. My teachers were not physicists or theorists. They taught with neither book nor equation or spoken language. I was brought to a deeper understanding of the man-made world by observing the one created by nearly 100,000 beautiful, sweet and fascinating honeybees* – my girls.

I went to three wonderful weddings this year. All were joyous occasions filled with expressions of love and vows to be as one. Newly married couples look forward to the excitement that lies ahead and pledge to support one another when the rainy days of life come along. But there are few times in a couples’ life when the bonds of matrimony are challenged more than during a home renovation.

I was listening to an interview recently with film writer and director Quentin Tarantino. He talked about his creative process which started with bits of ideas or scraps of stories that eventually make their way onto a blank sheet of paper. From there, they start to take shape and are tirelessly worked and re-worked until they ultimately manifest in a finished script, and later, a finished film. In most cases, the entirety of all steps from conception to completion represented years of his effort.