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Dear Tony: Our strata council presented two resolutions at our annual meeting last week to approve $100,000 for a new roof and $68,000 for balcony membranes.

Every November, I bring out my father鈥檚 attestation papers, filled out when he ran away from naval college in Halifax to sign up for service in the army, and combat. He back-dated his time of birth by two years.

Dear Tony: We live in a 78-unit townhouse complex that was built in the late 1980s. Each unit has a carport.

Lucky home gardeners. Treats await in the spring. One of the major wholesale suppliers to our local garden centres kindly sends me their catalogues as a guide to items of interest coming up for gardeners.

When there is a specific style that聽you want to achieve, a good starting point is to聽investigate the materials and colours that are synonymous with聽that look.

Dear Reena: A jar of pickles spilled onto the dining-room table, which is solid teak. The聽pickle juice sat there for a聽few hours before being discovered. I聽tried putting baking soda directly on the damp stain and covered it with a towel for 24聽hours.

Dear Tony: Our strata complex in Kelowna actively fines owners whenever there is a violation of bylaws, from parking in the wrong spot to late payment of strata fees, to the slightest bit of noise that may arise from normal living.

Dear Helen: A rounded, hairy brown mass had developed on a stem of one of my rose bushes. What could this be? D.S.

The storm season is upon us, and the Island has already been slammed by some resounding blasts of wind and rain, which is exciting for John Lore.

What theme would best catch the聽flavour of the current season? Appropriate perhaps would be 鈥淚nto the Dark,鈥� for the eight-week period ahead of ever decreasing daylight hours 鈥� unlikely timing, it would seem, for useful gardening.