September is over and done! The summer heat is now past and the transition to autumn is picking up steam, as the days are getting shorter and the trees are…

Wow! August is over and the end of summer is drawing nigh as the days are slowly becoming shorter and the weather just a little bit cooler! It's been a…

July 2017 is finished and done. I hope every US reader had a great Independence Day and every dividend investor had a good month. The heatwave hitting the Pacific Northwest…

Here in the Pacific Northwest, summer seems to be in full swing but the days seem to alternate between clear and sunny and overcast and moderately humid (ugh). Still, that's…

June (and summer) is here! The grayshine and rain that made up a large portion of May's weather here in the Pacific Northwest has finally given way to blue skies,…

Goodbye April, hello May! Here in the Pacific Northwest, there was plenty of rainy days and nights, but there were also enough tantalizing warm sunny days to make me believe…

With the end of March and the beginning of April, spring seems to finally be arriving after an unusually harsh winter here in the Pacific Northwest. Trees and flowers are…

Well, February is now over and while winter seems to be loosening its grip on the region, it still gets cold and although the snow is long gone the rain…

January is over, and I am so glad to see it gone. Having lived here in the Portland metro area for 18 years, I've noticed that we get a good…

December is done, and with it 2016. Here in the Pacific Northwest, our "White Christmas" arrived early, as a cold front and snow storm came through here in the middle…