– by Valerie Green – Have you ever wondered what it would be like to sit down and talk with some interesting characters from Greater Victoria’s past? If so, wonder no more. Although these conversations are merely creative figments of my imagination, they are all based on fact. World traveller Lady Jane Franklin first visited […]
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– story by Deborah Rogers; photography by www.nuttycake.com – It’s a war m and sunny evening when I meet Susan and Len at their idiosyncratic North Saanich home. You could easily miss it, nestled as it is amongst the trees at the edge of the lagoon. The house is just over two years old now. From
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– by Dana Waite – Deer are here and there but not everywhere. I know this because whenever I visit a garden and its caretaker I always ask The Question: “Do you have deer?” It’s true that in some locales around Victoria and Sidney, those controversial critters have not left their hoof marks or excrement
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– by Tracey Jones (Remarkable ReDesign & Home Staging) and Stacey Kaminski (Styles by Stacey) – “Out with the old, in with the new.” A phrase we hear repeatedly in this Buy! Buy! world. But in design, old can sometimes be a breath of fresh air. There are many definitions for “vintage” and “antique” but
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Food – and farm – security starts at home. When we make the choice to buy locally-grown food to use in our home kitchens, we’ve taken action to help sustain local farms. But this is not always an easy choice for families. One of the biggest challenges is a cultural loss of food lore. Barbara
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