Compact fluorescent lights are trendy, environmentally sound and last forever — up to 15 times as long as incandescent bulbs. But they’re no angels. They are mini fluorescent lights, like the tube versions found in nearly every office in America. That means they contain calcium phosphate powder, which contains mercury. This gets into our landfills, and can eventually seep into our waterways.
Electricity had always tormented me. I didn’t understand it. And all my instincts had told me to steer clear of it, like a mean, heavy-drinking uncle.
It’s always a dilemma this time of year. It’s time to do our fall planting and get ready for winter but … the flowerpots and beds are still looking great. In an effort to get our money’s worth out of our summer plantings, we nurse our geraniums and petunias along well into October.
Marysville-Pilchuck High School Class of 2009 parent group is holding a wine tasting fundraiser 4-8 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 18 at Wine Styles, 6608 64th St. NE, in Marysville. Proceeds benefit the M-PHS Class of 2009 After Grad Party.
A new event in downtown Arlington, Arlington Community Day celebrates all things Arlington,Sept. 20..
A painting by Janet Wold, a Marysville artist, is featured on the poster for a new event presented Sept. 19-20 by the Snohomish County Arts Commission.
When it comes to designing a garden patio or pathway, the choices are nearly limitless, from using spiraling paver stones to swirling flagstone giraffe patterns, it’s really up to whatever fits your style.
Gilbert Moses Jr. was a young Native American man that many people tried to help starting when he was 15-years-old.
• 10 a.m. to noon, Sept. 13
Marysville basket maker Judy Zugish and quilt maker Kathy McNeil have artwork included in the show, Song of the Siren, at the Everett Center for the Arts in the Monte Cristo. Presented by the Arts Council of Snohomish County, the show runs through Oct. 23 with an opening reception from 5-8 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 11.
The Arlington Garden Club is launching its Turn Your Thumb Green workshops for the 2008/2009 winter season with a class on hypertufa, a quick concrete medium for making garden objects, taught by Sheryl Verral from 10 – 11:30 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 13. The garden club workshops are free to members and $3 for nonmembers on the second Saturday of each month at the Arlington Boys and Girls Club, 18513 59th Ave. NE, Arlington. For information send an email to events@arlingtongardenclub.org, contact Judy Ness at 360-403-0820, or visit the Arlington Garden Club Web site, www.arlingtongardenclub.org.
SMOKEY POINT — Organizers of a new art event at the Plant Farm at Smokey Point expect this to be the first of many more in the future.
