– by Terri Heal, Pacific Paints – Now that winter is here and we’re indoors most of the day, we start to look at our walls and realize that without the warm dappled light of the summer sun, they can look as dull as dishwater. We next think that painting would be a good idea […]
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– by Barry Mathias – This is part of a rotating series of articles on members of Sidney Meet Up Women’s Networking Group, featuring women in business on the Saanich Peninsula. “My passion is beauty,” says Katie Kroeker, who, with her husband and business partner Merle Kroeker, established Pacific Ridge Landscapes in Sidney just a year
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– by Deborah Rogers | Photography by nuttycake.com – Nature’s Retreat has a Built Green Platinum house certification (third-party awarded) for being energy efficient and environmentally responsible. From the very beginning of the design process it was important to its owners that they made the building process low-impact, and the house as energy efficient as
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– by Colin Eaton, Garden City Tree and Landscape – Years of landscape experience has allowed me the ability to visualize a completed landscape at the very outset and before any groundbreaking. Part of my job is communicating that vision to the client. Problems can arise if a client or employees are having difficulties visualizing
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– by Mike & Lisa Dunsmuir, Step One Design – “According to Stats Canada, 15% of all workers in Canada are self employed, they account for about one-half of those who work at home. In 2008, 60% of self-employed workers did paid work at home.” (http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-008-x/2011001/article/11366-eng.htm#a11.) Speaking from experience, working from home isn’t always what
Love is in the jar. Fermentation delivers the nutrients in food to the body and makes it more digestible, with an array of probiotics. It’s why this amazing live food is linked with improved digestion. Plus, IT’S DELICIOUS! (16 oz. fermented foods $6; larger size $11) The Love Café 2380 Beacon Ave, Sidney www.lovecafesidney.com
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– by Barry Mathias, Photography by nuttycake.com – The modern architectural design of this house is a contrast to the traditional, well-established homes of leafy Fairfield and Oak Bay. Built and owned by Rob and Janice Mickelberry, the house demands your attention with its flat roofs, lack of chimneys and large windows. Apart from the home
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– by Katie Kroeker, Pacific Ridge Landscapes – Autumn is my favourite time in the garden. The vigorous effort and energy of summer growth is over and gardens no longer feel like they are bursting at the seams. Longer shadows and shorter days create moments of mystery as colours change from day to day. Transitioning
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– by Ann Squires Ferguson, Squires Ferguson – Have you ever had that moment when you cringe inwardly, in realization that you have seriously messed up? I have had my share of those “crawl under the rock” experiences in my design career, and my fellow designers bared their own worst moments to me too, with a rueful
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– trendspotting by Susi McMillan; photography by www.nuttycake.com – Mediterranean Meets Mexican There’s salsa, and then there is the ART of salsa. MK’ Catering, with Maia and Kattia, make salsa, dips and offer full-service catering for an experience your taste buds won’t forget. More than a dozen different salsa flavours, all gluten-free, dairy-free and vegan,
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