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Willfully Guided: Navigating the Nooksack River Watershed Adjudication

January 17, 2024January 15, 2024 by Allison & Blake, Coastal Realty

How to Protect Your Water Rights In April 2024, a critical event is set to unfold that will have a significant impact on water users in the Nooksack River watershed in Whatcom County, Washington. The event in question is the long-awaited adjudication, a legal proceeding before a Whatcom County Superior …

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Willfully Guided – Exploring the Charm of Barndominiums

December 5, 2023November 8, 2023 by Allison Trimble

Photo Courtesy Coastal Realty

Embrace the Equestrian Lifestyle with this Alternative Housing Alternative housing trends have been on the rise, from tiny homes and shipping containers to yurts and van homes. However, there’s a unique trend that has captured the hearts of equestrians and home enthusiasts alike – the barndominium. Previously known as a …

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Willfully Guided: A Rural Lifestyle Can Grow Independent and Resourceful People

October 24, 2023 by Allison & Blake, Coastal Realty

1945 travel on Anchor Point Beach. Photo by Buzz Kyllonen.

In late July I spent some time in my hometown in Alaska. We also camped with my sister and our kids on our family’s beach property in Anchor Point, AK. I grew up riding my horses on this beach, practicing barrels and horsemanship patterns at low tide against the backdrop …

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Willfully Guided: Falling Together

July 25, 2023 by Allison Trimble

Photo Credit: Rockin' Horse Photography

Horses Help Us Find our Strength After a 12-year hiatus from showing in National Reined Cow Horse Association shows, I stepped back into the show pen recently in Nampa, Idaho. Last year I gingerly entered five or six National Reining Horse Association shows on my 2018 Stallion OHickory Rey (Garth), …

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Willfully Guided: An Interview with Jenna McGrath

June 13, 2023May 29, 2023 by Allison Trimble

Photo Courtesy Jenna McGrath

Animal Communicator Translates Horses’ Emotions Interview by Allison Trimble As a middle-aged woman with a lifetime in horses, I’ve accumulated a barnful of geriatric performance horses, most of whom I spent years training and showing. My favorite horse, Playboy (Smokums Playlena), has been struggling this year and we’ve nearly lost …

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Willfully Guided: A Different Side of the Horse Industry

June 13, 2023March 30, 2023 by Allison Trimble

Photo Courtesy Samantha Etsell

An Interview with Samantha Etsell of DC Structures I have spent my entire adult life working in some aspect of the equine industry, first as a horse trainer and competitor, and for over the last decade as a Realtor specializing in equestrian and agricultural properties. When I hear young folks …

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Willfully Guided: Barn Thoughts

June 13, 2023January 23, 2023 by Allison Trimble

Two-inch black PVC pipe cut in half and screwed to the top of fence boards protects the wood from chewing horses. Photo Credit Allison Trimble

Goals, Choices, and Changes in the Barn Construction Process I’ve spent several nights in my barn over the past three frigid weeks caring for one of my beloved senior horses, leaving me lots of time to analyze my barn. A couple of years ago I wrote about the construction of …

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Willfully Guided: Equestrian Property Specialists

June 13, 2023November 28, 2022 by Allison Trimble

Allison Trimble and Blake Westhoff of Allison & Blake Real Estate/Coastal Realty

Making the Grade A real estate agent from Utah reached out to us recently because she’d been looking for coursework to obtain an equestrian Realtor specialist designation. There’s no such designation, but it did spark some great conversation and thought about what’s important for becoming a competent equestrian real estate …

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Willfully Guided: Baby, It’s Cold Outside – Tips for Winter Horse Care

November 7, 2022October 28, 2022 by Allison Trimble

Allison’s son helping with winter chores. Photo by Allison Trimble.

This morning it was a balmy 27 degrees at the barn. We worry about mud management during the winter months, often forgetting about freezing temperatures until they are upon us. My horsey childhood in Alaska was spent more than half the year in the dark and cold of winter, so …

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Willfully Guided: A Changing Marketplace

October 25, 2022October 24, 2022 by Allison Trimble

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It’s Still a Good Time to Buy or Sell a Home Anyone keeping tabs on the real estate market knows that we’ve had a few years of an extreme seller’s market. If inventory is on the market for under six months it’s considered a seller’s market; inventory on the market …

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