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Butterflies &
Hummingbirds My grandparents had an extremely large property in northern Utah with tons of fruit trees, a vegetable garden and various crops. As a kid I Nick Boulton provides a wealth of landscape loved gorging myself on the knowledge and experiraspberries, strawberries, cherry ence. Connect with Nick tomatoes and other fruits and at 435-773-6456 or landscape@swmlife.com vegetables. But I especially remember laying on the grass near some large honeysuckle bushes, pulling the flowers of the bush and sucking the sweet nectar off the back of the flower. I was regularly joined by beautiful butterflies and hummingbirds that would come and spend time eating along with me. Attracting hummingbirds and butterflies is something a lot of people try to do, and can make your yard even more enjoyable. How can you attract more butterflies and hummingbirds to your yard? Butterflies need nectar-rich plants so they have food. They prefer flowers with flat to round umbels, where they can rest and warm their wings and find a meal. Butterflies are very nearsighted so colors such as violet, blue, green and red will help attract them to your yard. A vibrant plant here and there is not going to hack it. It will have to be a lot of color to make them want to stop and stay. You will also need puddles of water for drinking and cooling off (they prefer muddy water), and small open logs for shelter. Be aware that butterflies are also on the lookout for a safe place for their offspring, so Click the links for more content!
be sure to include some plants you don’t mind being eaten by feeding caterpillars. Dill and parsley are good choices, and be sure to include some milkweed if you’re trying to attract monarch butterflies. Hummingbirds need nectar-rich plants; because of their long bill and tongue they are attracted toward tubular-shaped flowers. Just as butterflies, they have a preference for colors and they lean towards red flowers, although other flowers with a strong color will attract them too. For water, hummingbirds like a soft mist from a fountain or waterfall. Placing water near your plants is sure to engage them. Hummingbirds use a lot of energy to move their wings, so they are always hungry; as with butterflies, hummingbirds tend to lean towards large clusters of nectar-rich plants so that they can move from one to another quickly. Another way to draw them in is to use a hummingbird feeder.
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Be Safe Around RATTLESNAKES With the warmer weather, rattlesnakes will begin emerging from their winter dens, and you may encounter one while hiking or spending time outdoors. Rattlesnakes often strike fear in people, but they shouldn’t. Knowing a little about how these reptiles behave and doing a few simple things can go a long way in keeping you and the snakes safe. There are five rattlesnake species in Utah, the most common of which is the Great Basin rattlesnake subspecies. This is the time of year when Utah rattlesnakes are on the move, looking for water, warmth and rodents. Due to ongoing drought conditions, Utahns may see more snakes in their yards or irrigated fields, as the snakes search for water and prey. Snakes need water, but don’t need as much water as most mammals and birds. Rattlesnakes are most active during the hot summer months at dawn and at dusk, though they can be encountered at all hours. Snakes mainly eat rodents, birds and other reptiles. Rocky, high-elevation slopes are the most common place in Utah to encounter rattlesnakes — typically while someone is out hiking. However, you can encounter rattlesnakes in lower-elevation areas, as well. A rattlesnake’s camouflage helps it to blend into its surroundings, so you may pass by a rattlesnake and never know it. Rattlesnakes are protected under Utah law, making it illegal to harass or kill one. The only exception to this is if you are threatened and defending yourself; otherwise, it is a class B misdemeanor to kill a rattlesnake. They are an important part of Utah’s ecosystem and help keep the rodent population in check. Snake bites are quite rare, and harassing or trying to illegally kill the snake greatly increases the risk of being bitten. “Like most animals, rattlesnakes fear humans and will do anything they can to avoid us,” DWR Native Species Coordinator Drew Dittmer said. “However, that changes if a snake thinks it’s threatened and there’s no way to escape. In that situation, the snake will often strike to protect itself. Just don’t approach it — give it plenty of space, and leave it alone. Respect the snake and its space, and you will be safe.” In the rare event that you are bitten by a rattlesnake, remain calm and seek immediate medical attention. When you are out hiking, make sure to always watch the trail ahead of you, and to check carefully before stepping over rocks, reaching onto ledges or sitting down on a rock or log. Faith Jolley, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources 4 l www.swmlife.com
What to do if you encounter a rattlesnake • Remain calm and do not panic. Stay at least 5 feet from the snake. Give it plenty of space. • Do not try to kill the snake. That is illegal and greatly increases the chance the snake will bite you. • Do not throw anything at the snake, like rocks or sticks. Rattlesnakes may respond to this by moving toward the person doing the throwing, rather than away from them. • Alert other people to the snake’s location. Advise them to use caution and to respect the snake. Keep children and pets away from the area. • Keep your dog on a leash when hiking or camping. Allowing your dog to roam around increases the chance the dog will find a snake and get bitten. • If you hear a rattle, don’t jump or panic. Try to locate where the sound is coming from before you react, so you don’t step closer to the snake or on top of it.
Keeping rattlesnakes out of your yard You may occasionally find a snake in your yard. Here are some useful tips to help keep rattlesnakes out of your yard: • Reduce the number of places that provide snakes with shelter. Brush, wood, rock and junk piles are all things you should eliminate from your yard. • Control rodent populations. Bird feeders and water are two of the main items that draw rodents to yards, which in turn can attract snakes. • Avoid scaring away harmless snake species, such as gophersnakes. Having other snake species on or near your yard may deter rattlesnakes.
Identifying a rattlesnake Gophersnakes (the most widespread and abundant snake species in Utah) are often mistaken for rattlesnakes because when alarmed, gophersnakes hiss and vibrate their tails and are similarly patterned. A rattlesnake’s tail is wide and blunt — and tipped with a rattle, of course — while a gophersnake’s tail is slender, pointed and lacks a rattle. Rattlesnakes also have broad, triangularshaped heads and vertical eye pupils, while non-venomous snakes in Utah have longer snouts and round pupils. However, you shouldn’t attempt to get close enough to identify what kind of snake it is. If you can’t identify the snake from a distance, leave it alone and treat it as if it were venomous. You can get additional rattlesnake safety tips on the Wild Aware Utah website. You can also listen to the DWR Wild podcast to learn more information about the rattlesnakes in Utah.
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Patio Furniture Ready for Summer! These lovely days are just begging for lounging on the patio, but is your patio furniture ready? If you haven’t given your patio furnishings its yearly deep clean, use these tips to get your patio ready for the season! Plastic - Freshen plastic furnishings’ appearance by mixing dish soap, borax, and ½ cup peroxide into one gallon of water. Let the mixture sit for 10 to 15 minutes, then scrub with a nylon brush before rinsing well. Test the mixture first to be sure the peroxide does not react negatively on the furniture. Wood - Wood furniture requires special care. Make sure to oil the wood surfaces with a sealant or preservative that is appropriate to the material. After sealing, wipe bi-weekly with a cloth dampened with soapy water that has been mixed with a wood cleaner, then dry thoroughly with a clean cloth. Metal - Clean metal outdoor furniture with soapy water and some elbow grease. If you notice any rust, remove with sandpaper to get a smooth, rust-free surface, then either repaint the entire piece with a metal rust prohibiting paint, or if you only need to cover the area that was rusty, you can coat the area with a metal varnish. It is so important to maintain outdoor furniture so you can use it for many summers to come. Get in the habit of wiping down outdoor furniture after each use, removing any bird droppings or pollen that may gather and destroy the finish. When not using outdoor furniture, cover it with waterproof covers to protect it from the elements.
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Glamping...in a Yurt! It is no secret that we LOVE Southern Utah. In fact, I secretly want to move there, specifically to Escalante. There is just something special about that town...if you’ve been there, you know what it is, if you haven’t, you need to go there!
Where to Stay? Escalante Yurts! There is not a better, more relaxing place to stay in Escalante than Escalante Yurts. While you may be thinking: how can staying in a yurt be relaxing?! Well, because these are not your typical yurts, Escalante Yurts are glamping: they have comfortable beds, bathrooms, kitchens, fire places, and air conditioning. I mean, really, they are beautiful.
This visit, we stayed in the Cedar Yurt. The Cedar has two bedrooms (each with a queen bed) and a loft with three twin beds. It also has a full bathroom, kitchen and dining area and living area with flat screen tv. Each yurt has a wrap around deck with chairs for you to enjoy the quiet nature of the grounds. While we were outside one morning relaxing on the deck, I saw a yellow and black small bird as well as a bright blue bird! It is even better to sleep with the windows open, enjoying the nighttime sounds while tucked snugly in my bed. The only problem with these yurts are the fights between the kids over who gets to sleep in the loft! It is hilarious; in fact, this time they sat in the loft overlooking the living room to watch tv! Ha! It was handy to keep them out of the way while I made dinner. Another fun part of staying at Escalante Yurts, especially for us is how family friendly they are! They have hammocks throughout the property and a secret swing (which, I kid you not my kids spent hours on!). In the morning, the hammocks were the favorite place for my kids to sit. There are also these cool swings hung on a pergola that overlooks the property. Again, my kids loved them. This time around, I got to sit in one and read my book, I may or may not have fallen asleep while reading. Each evening, we gathered around the fire pits (there are a few located around the property) to roast marshmallows. The fire pits have everything you need for your nightly fire (except the s’more ingredients). Ahh the perfect place to stay while enjoying all there is to do around Escalante!
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Utah - the new Hawaii 2021 Ironman World Championships
For the first time since my retirement from professional triathlon in 2019, I have a serious fear of missing out. It began when I saw an Instagram image of Snow Canyon - the beautiful red rock scenery had an Ironman brand race sign slapped on top. I realized the 2021 Ironman World Championships will take place in St. George on May 7, 2022. The full Ironman World Championships. Not in Kona, Hawaii, but St. George. It took a moment to sink in. When it did, I felt a pang of heartache. This was the first real yearning for triathlon that I’ve had since I retired. St. George is one of my favorite hard, hilly courses. My husband, Trevor, and I loved it so much that we lived there in our RV for four months out of the year, simply because it was the ideal training environment. Just when I had zero longing for anything triathlon-related anymore, they had to go and taunt me like that. Man, I would have loved to race an Ironman World Championship in St. George. The die-hard Kona crowd will argue that Hawaii is the spiritual home of Ironman. They claim the race history makes it the only place that athletes will ever want to go for the world championships, and they shake their head at the folly of this change. Meanwhile, others think it would be great if the venue moved around the world. The world champion could be decided by different races in different conditions on different courses, allowing athletes to test their mettle in a variety of circumstances, not just the hot and windy one on Kona. When St. George was announced, these folks gave a cheer (but not too loud, so as not to offend Pele) for the silver linings of COVID cancellations. I’m cheering, too. No, there’s nothing quite like swimming in the ocean in Kona. The speedo-clad posturing and peoplewatching at Dig Me Beach during race week is pretty spectacular, but look away from the people in the water, and you’ll see understandably grumpy locals rolling their eyes as thousands of triathletes descend on their small community. At the single tiny local pool, triathletes can be found deck-changing, jumping in sweaty after running or riding, and generally making a nuisance of themselves. For pros, race week is often a special exercise in timing training sessions to avoid people - hard to do in a village of only 15,000. There’s room to spread out in Utah. In addition to the swim venue at Sand Hollow Reservoir (and Quail Creek, if you really want to avoid crowds) there are four pools to choose from in the St. George area. It really is nice to have so many options for so many athletes. The same goes for biking and running. If endless hot laps of Ali’i Drive and the Queen K float your boat, that’s cool, but for pre-race training safety, St. George is going to be amazing. Since the first edition of Ironman St. George in 2010, the county has built an impressive network of paved trail systems, bike lanes, and parkways with big shoulders. If you prefer to run on dirt there are endless options in the state parks and BLM land all around. (The West Canyon Trail in Snow Canyon is one of my all-time favorite training run locations.) And if a black lava background shot is a must for the ‘gram, you only need to cruise the Lava Flow Trail off of Pioneer Parkway through St. George and Ivins. In southern Utah, you get Kona-esque black lava rocks and orange sandstone. One of the more frustrating things about racing the Ironman World Championship in Kona was the logistics. It’s hard for people to get out and spectate portions of the bike and run beyond Ali’i Drive and the Hot Corner in town. In St. George, there will be so many more chances for friends, family, supporters, 12 l www.swmlife.com
Click the ads for more info! sponsors, photographers, and your personal social media entourage to actually get to see the race and cheer you on. What’s more, the locals turn out to cheer, too. They love the race, and many volunteer to help athletes have the best race experience possible. Of course, the main performance difference between Kona and St. George is the climate. To date, winning the Ironman World Championship has meant solving the very particular physiological problem of performing well in oppressive heat and humidity. I, for one, would have really liked the humid-heat element to be less of a deciding factor. Trying desperately to get enough fluids to survive that particular war of attrition keeps competitors from going out and racing as hard as they want to (or could under a different set of conditions). It’s kind of a bummer when you know that the World Championships is always going to be like that, and it simply doesn’t suit you. Dealing with terrain, climate and race conditions is all part of the game, and I think it’s good when those conditions change. Race dynamics change. Different athletes with different strengths can take different risks. It will be new and interesting. The cream will still rise to the top, it won’t just be curdled. In 2013, Ironman announced it would shorten what had been a full distance race in St. George to a 70.3, because the full distance, with its challenging terrain, had gained a reputation for being “too hard.” I say the hard is what makes it so great. I’m excited to see the race return, and to see the world’s top triathletes take on a new and exciting and equally tough challenge. And to answer the obvious question: No, I won’t be one of those athletes. Coming out of retirement is tempting, but it’s not going to happen. However, I will be cheering on the athletes who do take on what I feel is truly a world-class course for a world-class event. Written by Heather Wurtele – Greater Zion
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Monitoring Your Portfolio
Checklist for keeping tabs on your portfolio • Watch your portfolio to make sure your asset allocation is still appropriate for your situation • Check on whether your investments themselves have changed • Find out whether new investing vehicles may be right for you
There is no guarantee that any investment strategy will be successful; all investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. Investments offering the potential for higher rates of return involve higher risk.
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You probably already know you need to monitor your investment portfolio and update it periodically. Even if you’ve chosen an asset allocation, market forces may quickly begin to tweak it. For example, if stock prices go up, you may eventually find yourself with a greater percentage of stocks in your portfolio than you want. If stock prices go down, you might worry that you won’t be able to reach your financial goals. The same is true for bonds and other investments. Do you have a strategy for dealing with those changes? You’ll probably want to take a look at your individual investments, but you’ll also want to think about your asset allocation. Just like your initial investing strategy, your game plan for fine-tuning your portfolio periodically should reflect your investing personality. The simplest choice is to set it and forget it — to make no changes and let whatever happens happen. If you’ve allocated wisely and chosen good investments, you could simply sit back and do nothing. But even if you’re happy with your overall returns and tell yourself that “if it’s not broken, don’t fix it,” remember that your
circumstances will change over time. Those changes may affect how well your investments match your goals, especially if they’re unexpected. At a minimum, you should periodically review the reasons for your initial choices to make sure they’re still valid.
Even things out
To bring your asset allocation back to the original percentages you set for each type of investment, you’ll need to do something that may feel counterintuitive: sell some of what’s working well and use that money to buy investments in other sectors that now represent less of your portfolio. Typically, you’d buy enough to bring your percentages back into alignment. This keeps what’s called a “constant weighting” of the relative types of investments. Let’s look at a hypothetical illustration. If stocks have risen, a portfolio that originally included only 50% in stocks might now have 70% in equities. Rebalancing would involve selling some of the stock and using the proceeds to buy enough of other asset classes to bring the percentage of stock in the portfolio back to 50. The same would be true if stocks have dropped and now represent less of your portfolio than they should; to rebalance, you would invest in stocks until they once again reach
Two ways to shift your portfolio • You can sell investments that have done so well that they have become a larger portion of your portfolio than you’d like. This method encourages you to protect any profits you’ve realized.
an appropriate percentage of your portfolio. This example doesn’t represent actual returns; it merely demonstrates how rebalancing works. Maintaining those relative percentages not only reminds you to take profits when a given asset class is doing well, but it also keeps your portfolio in line with your original risk tolerance.
When should you do this? One common approach is • You can invest new to rebalance your portfolio money in asset whenever one type of classes that have been outpaced by others or investment gets more than that are new to your a certain percentage out of portfolio. This can help line — say 5% to 10%. You you reduce costs. could also set a regular date. For example, many people prefer tax time or the end of the year. To stick to this strategy, you’ll need to be comfortable with the fact that investing is cyclical and all investments generally go up and down in value from time to time.
Forecast the future
You could adjust your mix of investments to focus on what you think will do well in the future, or to cut back on what isn’t working. Unless you have an infallible crystal ball, it’s a trickier strategy than constant weighting. Even if you know when to cut back on or get out of one type of investment, are you sure you’ll know when to go back in?
Mix it up
You could also attempt some combination of strategies. For example, you could maintain your current asset allocation strategy with part of your portfolio. With another portion, you could try to take advantage of short-term opportunities, or test specific areas that you and your financial professional think might benefit from a more active investing approach. By monitoring your portfolio, you can always return to your original allocation. Another possibility is to set a bottom line for your portfolio: a minimum dollar amount below which it cannot fall. If you want to explore actively managed Click the links for more content!
or aggressive investments, you can do so — as long as your overall portfolio stays above your bottom line. If the portfolio’s value begins to drop toward that figure, you would switch to very conservative investments that protect that baseline amount. If you want to try unfamiliar asset classes and you’ve got a financial cushion, this strategy allows allocation shifts while helping to protect your core portfolio.
Points to consider
• Keep an eye on how different types of assets react to market conditions. Part of fine-tuning your game plan might involve putting part of your money into investments that behave very differently from the ones you have now. Diversification can have two benefits. Owning investments that go up when others go down might help to either lower the overall risk of your portfolio or improve your chances of achieving your target rate of return. Asset allocation and diversification don’t guarantee a profit or protect against a possible loss, of course. But you owe it to your portfolio to see whether there are specialized investments that might help balance out the ones you have.
• Be disciplined about sticking to whatever strategy you choose for monitoring your portfolio. If your game plan is to rebalance whenever your investments have been so successful that they alter your asset allocation, make sure you aren’t tempted to simply coast and skip your review altogether. At a minimum, you should double-check with your financial professional if you’re thinking about deviating from your strategy for maintaining your portfolio. After all, you probably had good reasons for your original decision. • Some investments don’t fit neatly into a stocks-bonds-cash asset allocation. You’ll probably need help to figure out how hedge funds, real estate, private www.swmlife.com l 15
equity, and commodities might balance the risk and returns of the rest of your portfolio. And new investment products are being introduced all the time; you may need to see if any of them meet your needs better than what you have now.
Balance the costs against the benefits of rebalancing
Don’t forget that too-frequent rebalancing can have adverse tax consequences for taxable accounts. Since you’ll be paying capital gains taxes if you sell a stock that has appreciated, you’ll want to check on whether you’ve held it for at
least one year. If not, you may want to consider whether the benefits of selling immediately will outweigh the higher tax rate you’ll pay on shortterm gains. This doesn’t affect accounts such as 401(k)s or IRAs, of course. In taxable accounts, you can avoid or help reduce taxes in another way. Instead of selling your portfolio winners, simply invest additional money in asset classes that have been outpaced by others. Doing so can return your portfolio to its original mix. You’ll also want to think about transaction costs; make sure any changes are cost-effective. No matter what your strategy, work with your financial professional to keep your portfolio on track.
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April 22nd became Fiesta Time at the SunRiver Villas as their Annual Member’s Meeting turned into a party that would be right at home south of the border! Mariachi music filled the air as the crowd was wowed by the talented young musicians from Nuestras Raices Music from Las Vegas; while taste buds were treated to authentic Mexican fare provided by St. George’s restaurant, LaBotata. It was a delightful way to spend a spring evening!
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