Ask Cynthia Brian - Readers Request Hello Cynthia
Loved your Paradise Found article. Any suggestion for getting an anthurium to rebloom? I give it plenty of water.
By Cynthia Brian
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Feng Shui Tips When Selling Your Home Spring is in full swing, and the new beginnings, and upward growth and development associated most with the Wood Element can apply to the sale of our homes. If you have been contemplating putting your home on the market, spring is an auspicious time since many buyers ...By Michele Duffy
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The Real Estate Quarter in Review The first quarter of 2015 showed a continued fast pace in activity on the residential side of Lamorinda real estate. Supply has again decreased and most of those homes that have recently come on the market have gone quickly pending. Closed sales remain relatively low ...By Conrad Bassett, CRP, GMS-T
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'Through the Garden Gate' The 2015 Moraga Junior Women's Home and Garden Tour showcases a collection of five fabulous spaces owned and occupied by Lamorinda residents in Moraga, Lafayette and Orinda. Here is a preview of what to expect for the 10th anniversary tour:
By Cathy Dausman
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Cynthia Brian's Gardening Guide for April "Nothing is so beautiful as spring - when weeds, in wheels, shoot long, and lovely, and lush ..." - Gerard Manley Hopkins
Poppies and lupines dot the green hillsides and roadways. The ...By Cynthia Brian
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Stylish Solutions This month stylish suburbanites all over Lamorinda are looking at their tired family rooms, bedrooms and other spaces, and wondering what they can do to bring some beauty and love into their homes without breaking the bank.
By Ann McDonald
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Saving Water In The Garden Can Be Magical Adding your house to the list of East Bay homes featured in the May 3 Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour says a lot about pride of a job well done. Lafayette residents Sandy and Richard Brehmer transformed their garden into a native beauty one and a half years ago. ...By Sophie Braccini
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Digging Deep - Gardening with Cynthia Brian "God has given us a world that nothing but our own folly keeps from being a paradise." - George Bernard Shaw
For many people, including myself, sometime between February and March, I have ...By Cynthia Brian
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Spring and Feng Shui The Wood element and the fresh green color resembling jade governs spring in feng shui, and spring has sprung! Spring symbolizes colorful new growth, new projects, new friendships, new bonds, new beginnings and abundant health - especially when associated with the ...By Michele Duffy
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Holding Back the Moving Earth There are not many absolutes in life, but suffice it to say that on one topic - retaining walls - no one, but no one ever opens a conversation with a good story. The words: "Wow! I just put a new retaining wall on my property, and it was a great experience! I ...By Chris Lavin
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Ask Cynthia Brian - How Much Light Dear Cynthia:
As I sit here planning my spring edible garden, I'm wondering if all vegetables need lots of sunshine to bear fruit. I have sun and shade but probably not enough sunshine ...By Cynthia Brian
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Cynthia Brian's Gardening Guide for March "Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land." ~ Aldo Leopold
Sunshine and patchy clouds. Mostly sunny and very warm. Cloudy with rain possible. If you are like me, you are ...By Cynthia Brian
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Stylish Solutions I love the color green. As springtime awakens, industrious flowers, lit by the warmth of the sun, soften our world. This month, as our excitement for impending spring sprouts, I wanted to share three unexpected places where you, the stylish suburbanite, can ...By Ann McDonald
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Orinda's Old Yellow House A walk through James Wright's now fully restored Old Yellow House is like taking a walk through history. In the past three years, the architect has transformed his 1890 two-story house into 2,050 feet of what he calls "the most comfortable building" that he has ever ...By Cathy Dausman
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 Gardening for Bees With the warmer winter weather, spring is in the air. And so are the honeybees - out flying, gathering pollen, nectar and water to bring back to the hive. Warmer weather also brings us out to our gardens. As you look around and make plans for the sunny days ahead, do a ...By Janet Kaidantzis
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