Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Gathering 'Round the Railroad
Under a flowering and tree lined hummock, a lumberjack loads up the bed of his truck. A moose, stock still near a curtain of waterfall, regards a downstream fisherman whose knees are deep in a glassy pool. In the nearby town, a man reclines. He reads a paper and has ...By Diana LaScala-Gruenewald
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| Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Digging Deep with Cynthia Brian Life is a Bed of Roses
"Won't you come into my garden? I would like my roses to see you." Richard Sheridan
Poets, philosophers, and politicians praise the potency of the most popular plant in the world as a ...By Cynthia Brian
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| Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Ikebana-The Art of Floral Sculpture
It's 1:00 on Monday afternoon at the Orinda Community Center, and a large group of women and a few men cart bags and boxes filled with purple agapanthus, pink hydrangea, orange birds of paradise, indigo iris, carrot-colored day lilies, deep green lettuce leaves, and ...By Andrea A. Firth
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| Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Digging Deep with Cynthia BrianPlant a Playground
Whether the result is a horticultural masterpiece or only a modest vegetable patch, the hope for a glorious future is at the heart of all gardening.' Marina Shinz, photographer
Every ...By Cynthia Brian
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| Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Orinda's Windsor Chair Guy-George Lucido
George Lucido was destined to work with wood. One of the first things he did when he moved to Orinda in 1984 was build a workshop out back, a small space of his own where he taught himself to carve wood. The walls of the workshop are lined with a collection of tools ...By Andrea A. Firth
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| Wednesday, June 08, 2011
Recycling in Lamorinda
The numbers below are provided by the Central Costa County Solid Waste Authority (CCCSWA) and will be included in the Lamorinda Weekly on an ongoing basis when available.
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| Wednesday, June 08, 2011
The Cutting Edge of Water Use and Reuse
When John and Gwenn Lennox decided to rebuild their home in Lafayette, they knew they wanted it to be energy efficient, to incorporate sustainable materials and have a drought resistant landscape -but they never imagined they would end up with home in which they used ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Recycling in Lamorinda
The numbers below are provided by the Central Costa County Solid Waste Authority (CCCSWA) and will be included in the Lamorinda Weekly on an ongoing basis when available.
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| Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Century plant in Lafayette
Before he retired, Warren DEMerrit, now 91 years old, received a small cactus plant as a gift and he planted it in the front garden of his Lafayette home. For 35 years, the Agave plant remained small and unobtrusive. This spring, the plant began to grow a tall ...
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| Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Digging Deep with Cynthia BrianThe Language of Flowers
Gallantry, happiness, purity, fidelity, and marriage were the unspoken words voiced from the shield-shaped bouquet of Kate Middleton as she wed Prince William at Westminster Abbey. The ivy symbolized marriage, the myrtle fidelity, lily-of-the-valley was happiness and ...By Cynthia Brian
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| Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Lafayette Artist Delivers Funky Custom Mailboxes
It all started a number of years ago when teenagers came through a quiet Lafayette neighborhood and smashed mailboxes. Structural engineer and homeowner Ken Hughes looked for an artistic solution and voila, the mailbox dog was born.
 By Cathy Tyson
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| Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Craftsmen and Their Homes
Jon Eiler's inspiration for his Lafayette home came from early twentieth-century houses designed by Charles and Henry Greene (Greene & Greene) of Pasadena. The Greenes' large homes, designed in the Craftsman style, are sometimes referred to as the 'Ultimate Bungalows' ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Recycling in Lamorinda
The numbers below are provided by the Central Costa County Solid Waste Authority (CCCSWA) and will be included in the Lamorinda Weekly on an ongoing basis when available.
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| Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Digging Deep with Cynthia BrianThe Potager Kitchen Garden
After two weeks of pulling weeds, hauling manure, spading, triple digging, and finally sowing seeds, my nails are nubs and my back is aching. Yet, I am exuberant for the harvest that will begin soon as a result of my newest experiment-planting my personal potager.
By Cynthia Brian
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| Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Lafayette Kitchen Tour Features Kitchens with Distinctive Styles
Offering a wide variety of kitchens to suit just about every design taste, the 12th Annual Lafayette Juniors Kitchen Tour is Saturday, May 14th from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This year's tour features six brand new and remodeled kitchens with an interesting variety; ...By Rosylyn Aragones Stenzel
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