Living

Creating a welcoming space within your home for guests is always appreciated. Guests may be tired from their journey and wish to arrive in a comfortable environment where they can begin to unwind and relax.

If I had my way, all cell phones would disappear at the dinner table whether that be at home or in a restaurant. The prevalence of cell phones and their constant use is highlighting the question of manners.

Avery Harrison, 7, Ridgeway elementary Art teacher: Jane Fairbairn Favourite art: painting Favourite artist: Henri Matisse Her teacher writes: Avery immerses herself completely in art projects.

Airborne feeders abound at Maplewood conservation area

Area's drought conditions calling for conservation

After failing at gardening, I threw in my spade and hired a company to do it for me. Once a week, workers wearing surgical masks would jump out of a fleet of trucks, brandishing power tools that were hideously loud and obnoxious.

So Cozy by Lerryn Korda ( Somerville, Mass., Candlewick Press ) $18 The title accurately describes the tone of this riff on the beloved folktale about a lost mitten which becomes home to a group of forest creatures.

Representatives of Amica at West Vancouver held an Afternoon Tea June 11 featuring refreshments as well as live entertainment.

Carson Graham secondary students look on as Amanda Darlington from Hair For You salon helps Grade 11 student Hanna Turcotte lose her long locks for a good cause.

Rosemary Mason, Toni Rivera, My Parkgate Break program director Jen Dibnah and Merilee Davis organize a mountain of old papers to be shredded, amassed at Shred it for a Cause, a by-donation fundraiser presented by the Deep Cove Lions Club June 6 at P