Living

HIGH above the city, in a corner of the green roof-garden atop the skyscraper that's home to the swish corporate H.Q. of hiredbelly.com, our garlic crop is just about ready for pulling.

WHEN North Vancouver resident Yumi White laces up her sneakers to embark on a 60-kilometre walk in support of the fight against women's cancers next weekend in Vancouver, she won't be walking alone.

- The Prints Show: A photography silent auction in support of InspireHealth, Thursday, Aug. 18, 5-8 p.m. in the Lynn Valley Village Community Meeting Room, 1277 Lynn Valley Rd. Info: www.theprintsshow.com.

Last October, I paid a holiday deposit on my credit card. Then in June, I paid the balance. "We're looking forward to your arrival tomorrow," came an email in early July. Tomorrow? I'd booked for August. Disaster.

Dal Richards and his orchestra entertain at John Lawson Park July 31 during the 21st edition of West Vancouvers Harmony Arts Festival. The show was part of the 10-day-long cultural celebrations seniors series.

ONE of my favourite topics to write about involves busting garden myths and there are plenty of myths out there that need clarification. The first summer gardening myth to bust states: "Do not prune trees in the summer or you may weaken them.

WELL, Mother Nature has decided that we will most certainly have a fairly cool and wet summer this year. However, we can still get out and enjoy the sun when it does come out and spend some quality time on our decks.

YOU are in the kitchen baking cookies when you realize you are out of eggs. What a drag. You need to clean the flour off your apron, grab your purse and coat and head off to the store. But wait. Your teen has her driver's licence.

AS the influential architect and theoretician Christopher Alexander states in his book A Pattern Language: "Placing the main entrance is perhaps the single most important step you can take during the evolution of a building plan.

ANYONE who's ever grown zucchini knows they can become a pain in the neck.