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In the past month, I lost three neighbours. They moved away. I鈥檒l聽miss them and remember their kindnesses.

I was asked by a friend for some help fixing up her tiny country cabin. Its location was聽glorious, sitting by a pristine lake. However, the cabin was dreary, dark and dull.

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Washington 鈥� On its聽own, 鈥渉istory鈥� implies mementos, milestones, heirlooms.

Dear Helen: I want to replace an old rose bush with a new, fairly substantial plant that will give me large flowers, in聽a colour other than pink or yellow. D.S.

Dear Tony: My strata corporation鈥檚 annual general meeting took place in September. At the meeting, the corporation adopted a pet rule that prohibits more than one dog per strata lot.

Fifty years after he left home as a teenager, Ken Hillyard returned to the family cottage where he grew up. But he wasn鈥檛 there for long 鈥� just enough time to build a brand-new retirement home on the gently sloping property in rural Mill聽Bay.

Dear Tony: What types of decorations are a strata allowed to put up during the holiday seasons? Our condo has traditionally decorated our lobby and club rooms for Halloween, Christmas and Easter, but this year, our strata council has told us that, du

We all have the ability to be creative. It might lie in the imagination, formulating fresh ideas that lead to a captivating story. Some can paint or sculpt, while others can design furniture and buildings.

Potter and glass artist Mary Fox is a master at creating fine tableware and exotic-looking vessels, but she didn鈥檛 know much about construction until recently, when she decided to renovate her house in Ladysmith.

I thought I鈥檇 discovered the secret of perpetual plant life when I found a wonderfully easy way to manage a long brick planter at the front of my home. No yearly spring planting.