Digging Deep-Gardening with Cynthia Brian "Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions." ~ Albert Einstein
If 60 is the new 40, golden is the new green, and driving a dirty car is the sign of being ...By Cynthia Brian
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The Real Estate Quarter in Review The second quarter of 2015 continued with an ...By Conrad Bassett, CRP, GMS-T
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Acorn Woodpeckers Are Beauties The males' brilliant red heads are spectacularly beautiful - there is even a small patch of green feathers in the middle of their backs if you manage to get a close look - but there is a problem with acorn woodpeckers in Lamorinda. Their domain is spread throughout the ...By Chris Lavin
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Cynthia Brian's Gardening Guide for July Yeah! It's summer. Time for vacations, swim meets, barbecues, swinging in hammocks, and ... conserving water resources. Our weather patterns have certainly been weird. My car thermostat registered 107 degrees on a Monday in June and two days later I was gathering ...By Cynthia Brian
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Stylish Solutions Summer Entertaining We've all been here: The weather clears, the summer sun works its wonders and it's time for a party! Visions of the perfect linen shift, coordinating sandals and jewelry, gorgeous table tops, matching flowers, a signature drink, invitations, friends enjoying a summer ...By Ann McDonald
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Hunsaker Canyon Hunsaker Canyon may be one of Lamorinda's best-kept real estate secrets, but its residents eagerly share its attributes. Nestled in acreage adjacent to Burton Valley and land owned by East Bay Regional Parks and PG&E, Hunsaker is imminently accessible yet retains a ...By Cathy Dausman
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Digging Deep-Gardening with Cynthia Brian Two decades ago, a San Francisco family made their way across the Bay Bridge in search of a quiet neighborhood, warm weather, and good schools within easy access of the freeway. At the top of a private drive in Lamorinda, Pam's instinct encouraged her to place a bid on ...By Cynthia Brian
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Feng Shui When we have good health we truly do have it all. Health and well-being is not just related to physical health but also to mental, emotional and spiritual well-being. Finding balance in our lives is healthy and is what is desired by so many, yet it eludes the vast ...By Michele Duffy
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Rats and Mice and Varmints, Oh My! Mario Martinez started his own pest-control business about four years ago. He now has 10 employees, and the phone hasn't stopped ringing. Lately it's been worse. (Or better, if one looks at it from his perspective.) On a recent day, he pulled his white truck full of ...By Chris Lavin
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Outside Conservation as Important as Inside All the chairs were filled at a recent symposium at the Lafayette Community Garden, where landscaper Seth Wright, who specializes in outdoor irrigation systems, overwhelmed his audience with information: Saving water in the garden has to do with the weather, e ...
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An Adorable Encounter This mother fox and her two kits were spotted in Laura Waal's Lafayette backyard May 26.
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Drip by Drip Just before the late great comedic writer Erma Bombeck died in 1996, she made a list of the things she would have done differently in her life. One of the things she listed, besides not worrying about whether she wore make-up before she went out: she would have run her ...By Chris Lavin
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Digging Deep for May "Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them." - W. Clement Stone
People have acquaintances, friends, and ...By Cynthia Brian
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Late Spring's Focus on Wealth and Abundance Late spring in the I Ching, which also influences the Feng Shui Bagua map area of wealth and abundance or prosperity, is governed by wind and sun. It makes sense, since windy and sunny days are the hallmarks of the season. By Michele Duffy
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"Greening" is Bad for Oranges California Citrus Nursery Society executive director Tom Delfino is proud of his healthy citrus stock and wants it to remain that way. But keeping his trees healthy, or even alive, may not be possible, due to the arrival of a tiny flying insect known as Asian citrus ...By Cathy Dausman
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