YOUR PLACE.MONSTER CLAWS: Autumn leaves are pretty to look at - until they start falling all over your lawn. For major cleanup, you'll need a barrel or bag and a full-size rake, but when you only need to pick up a handful or two, try a pair of old-fashioned rake hands. We spotted them in the Restoration Hardware catalog for $10, and thought they looked very Old English Old English: see type; English language; Anglo-Saxon literature. Old English or Anglo-Saxon Language spoken and written in England before AD 1100. It belongs to the Anglo-Frisian group of Germanic languages. , as well as easy to use. You simply slip your hands through the handles of the ``monster claws'' and start scooping. You can find a similar style by MidWest Quality Gloves called Lawn Claws priced at $7.95 at Target stores. - Barbara De Witt De Witt, uninc. town (1990 pop. 8,244), Onondaga co., central N.Y., a residential suburb of Syracuse. TAKE A LOOK ROSY RIDE: Haven't been to Exposition Park's rose garden in years because you hate the drive and parking problems? Here's your chance to stop and smell the roses: The Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Garden Club will travel Tuesday to Exposition Park Exposition Park is the name of more than one place:
Noun a film projection process that produces an image ten times larger than standard Theater before boarding the bus again at 3 p.m. Bus tickets are $11. For more information, call Robin Pokorski at (818) 361-7873. - B.D. BLOOMS ORCHID CELEBRATION: The East West Orchid Show, ``Orchid Trek,'' will be held Friday through Oct. 21 in the Little Tokyo neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or . In addition to thousands of exotic blooms, there will be workshops, demonstrations, an auction, vendors and more. There are 25,000 species of orchids and more than 50,000 hybrids. ``Orchid Trek'' will offer workshops on topics such as the culture and cultivation of orchids at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. At 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, there will be an auction. Show hours are noon to 6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free; address is the New Otani Hotel and Garden and Weller Court Shopping Center, 120 S. Los Angeles St., Los Angeles. Call (619) 296-4287 or (800) 273-2294 or visit www.orchidshow.com or www.newotani.com. - Michelle Mills CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) no caption (Lawn Gloves) (2) no caption (Orchid) |
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