Living

KinVillage in Tsawwassen recently donated more than 30 good quality used mattresses to Rotary World Help. The mattresses, which would have otherwise gone to the landfill, are now headed to the Philippines.

A group of Mountain View Manor residents got a little Mother’s Day pampering this week when the estheticians from Richmond-based Mojo Mobile Spa visited the care home.

Resident beekeeper Janet Wilson checks an active hive during the Bee Friendly Plant Sale last Saturday at the Earthwise Garden and Farm.

KinVillage hosted its annual Unique Boutique Luncheon and Fashion Show last Friday. The models, who also volunteer their time at the boutique, showed off several outfits from the latest arrivals in a show that featured a nautical theme.

Shred-it donated its time and services to the Delta Friends of the Library’s third annual Shred-a-thon in the parking lot of the Tsawwassen Library earlier this month. The $840 raised will be used to directly support Delta libraries.

This week I answer readers' questions: Q: My rhodos are getting dried-up leaves and buds, so I cut them off.

The Lower East Side Tenement Museum is one of the more intriguing activities New York has to offer. Housed at 97 Orchard St.

Clean eating is a growing trend among people focused on health and wellness.

Have you ever stood on a sandy beach just a little way into the incoming waves? If you stand in one place the outflow undercurrent will erode the sand you stand on and eventually cause you to move.

In the not-so-many years since mobile phones have been around, the story's been all about size. The first handheld mobile phone used - back in 1973, by Motorola employee Martin Cooper - was reportedly 1.1 kilograms and 23 centimetres long.