Cynthia Brian's Gardening Guide for November
"The small but intense pleasure of walking through dry leaves and kicking them up as you go ... they rustle, they brustle, they crackle." - Vita Sackville-West, "Walking through Leaves"
 By Cynthia Brian
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Stylish Solutions
If your mailbox is anything like mine, the holiday catalogs are starting to pile up. All sorts of non-essentials and beautiful gadgets, luxuries and luminaires - colorful trees and goodies. I love it. There is a wee bit of decorating stress, however, that comes with ...By Ann McDonald
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Walking to School
We all heard the stories growing up: "Don't complain about it! I had to walk 10 miles uphill both ways to get to school when I was your age, through 10 feet of snow!" For many Lamorinda parents, carpooling and hauling kids in the early morning hours is part of the ...By Chris Lavin
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Contra Costa Green Award for Lafayette Development
Ward-Young is proud to announce that the firm has been presented with the 2015 Contra Costa Green Building Award for Woodbury, a luxury condominium in Lafayette. The 7th Annual Contra Costa Leadership in Sustainability & Green Building Awards Gala on September 23rd ...
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Digging Deep-Gardening with Cynthia Brian
"We need to teach people that the environment has a direct bearing on our own benefit." - Dalai Lama
As Americans, we love our grass, but as the years of drought drag on, the word L-A-W-N ...By Cynthia Brian
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Feng Shui for Late Fall
Hiking around Lamorinda I am always delighted by the clever fall displays of pumpkins, gourds, and fall wreaths. There is a truly clever witch display in Orinda, with said witch, driving her broom straight into a tree. Sweet. With days getting shorter and with the ...By Michele Duffy
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Tour de Garage Aids Community Foundation
Garage, noun: a building or shed for housing a motor vehicle or vehicles - a humble definition, unless the structure has been reimagined. Lafayette Community Foundation's Nov. 1 fundraising tour gave Lamorindans an inside look at several unique garage sites. For those ...By Cathy Dausman
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Digging Deep - Gardening with Cynthia Brian
The season of screams and scares is officially here! Halloween is right around the corner, and it's time to embrace your inner ghoul. With only a few days left until a haunted eve, a walk in the park or around your personal garden will spark your spooktacular spirit as ...By Cynthia Brian
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The Real Estate Quarter in Review
The third quarter of 2015 again showed very good activity on the residential side of Lamorinda real estate and inventory continues to remain low when looking at available homes: In Lafayette there were 32 on the market as of Oct. 6 and there were 39 at this time one ...By Conrad Bassett, CRP, GMS
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Stylish Solutions
We are so blessed to live in Lamorinda, in such natural beauty. As the weather shifts ever so slightly, do you have the fall table planned out? From Halloween parties to harvest brunches to Thanksgiving, thoughts of lavish parties can loom large. First, don't panic. ...By Ann McDonald
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Saving the Garden ... and Water, Too
Water restrictions can be painful. It is not easy for local gardeners to see the trees, annuals and perennials that were chosen with care, and grown with dedication, wither away. But several Lamorinda residents have found an innovative solution to lessen the pain: ...By Sophie Braccini
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Digging Deep - Gardening with Cynthia Brian
"If something you are doing is not working, doing more of it won't work any better." - Unknown
Spring, summer and fall have always been my most favorite seasons because I thrive in the ...By Cynthia Brian
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Fall Feng Shui and the Metal Element
It's raining and so lovely today as I write this from my porch in Lamorinda and the wish to reach for a cozy sweater reminds me it is fall.
Typically, the dining room needs a feng shui ...By Michele Duffy
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Plugging In
Far gone are the days when Fred Flintstone powered a car with his feet. Also gone are the days of the giant gasoline guzzlers of "American Graffiti." Welcome, now, to the days of volts and amps.
By Chris Lavin
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Cynthia Brian's Gardening Guide for October
"Go forth under the open sky, and listen to Nature's teachings." ~ William Cullen Bryant
Autumn is with us. The sun is still scorching our soils with heat during the days while the nights ...By Cynthia Brian
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA