The Tranquil Gardener takes frequent, close-up looks at the plots he tends. Even he is surprised at what he finds.
Laying it on too thick can have unexpected consequences. The Tranquil Gardener does a little digging...
Here's a list of the top ten most requested videos in Lamorinda last week, according to the folks at Redbox.
Here's the list of Top Ten most rented videos for Lamorinda last week - brought to you by the folks at Redbox. Rent anything on the list?
First Moraga Jazz Festival is a gas.
Range-riding Geckos, hunky lawyers who do business form the back seat of their Lincoln? Here's a list of the Top Ten most heavily rented videos from the folks at Redbox.
The battle against weeds and garden pests has sent homeowners and some "gardeners" seeking help from chemical weapons.
Here's a compilation of the Top 10 most requested videos in Lamorinda this past week.
Lamorinda Patch was absolutely transported when a fellow Moragan dug out some cosmic mementos of the music scene in town, oh, four decades or so ago. Show these to your kids.
Art lovers will be happy to hear that Saint Mary's College is adding more display space to their Hearst Art Gallery.
Lamorindans break curfew to be the first to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.
Morning fog, high winds, blistering heat - and measurable rainfall. All in a day's work for the Lamorinda gardener who plans ahead.
The family TV is hooked up to Netflix and XBox and there are electronic tethers everywhere - but it appears a good, old-fashioned book is still a desirable friend to have.
Corporate chickens*it. The Tranquil and ORGANIC Gardener fights for truth in advertising, and in his garden fertilizers.
The first ever Moraga Jazz Festival is set for Aug. 7 and boasts a stellar lineup.
The Top 10 Lamorinda video rental titles for the last week.
The sunshine is finally here! The only question is how to use it. Here are some ideas for events and attractions from June 20 through 26.
Urban hipsters who don't know they're in love with each other; a battle for the survival of the human race; and the exploits of a gun-toting, one-eyed fat man. Compiled for Lamorinda by Redbox.
A crafty fly presents a sticky situation — and response — from the Tranquil Gardener.
Top 10 video rentals in Lamorinda this past week, according to the folks at Redbox.
Thanks to LocoBoy for sending this one in, a soulful little ballad about Moraga's last days as a railroad town.
Pushing back the tide of carelessness and human intrusion one yard at a time.
A Lamorinda Patch reader venturing over the city limit to do some shopping in Nut Creek wonders if a local artist struck there, too.
Here's what you're watching, Lamorinda, according to the folks at Redbox rentals.
Some people have to spray their tag on anything that will hold paint, some etch their moniker into a merchant's window. And then there's the new breed of guerilla artist — the yarn bomber.
Even if you only know "Smoke on the Water" or the lyrics to Ice Cube's "It Was a Good Day," get your boys and gals together and capture your best take on video and send it in. Best band wins!
Officials and dignitaries converge to pop the bubbly signaling go-ahead for construction of a concert stage at the Lafayette Reservoir.
Of the movies on this list we rented three and they were all snorers, in our opinion. Did you like any of them? Have a recommendation you'd share? This list provided by Redbox.
A listing of the most frequently requested videos in Lamorinda.
Pig Racing down Orinda Way in Orinda! Well, no, this race is in England, but if such an event ever did come to pass here, this is how you'd tell everyone about it.
Something dark and edgy. Something for the family. Flights of fantasy and some good old fashioned action movies. Here are the Top Ten video rentals for Lamorinda this week, as compiled by the folks at Redbox.
Lafayette renters have a basket of fruit waiting for them every day — if they want it.
Great sounding kids singing at what looks like St. Mary's College chapel. Who are those guys?
We're opening up a blogging functionality for people with a gift for gab. Can you talk the ears off a monument? Have a point of view? Our first few bloggers will have plenty to say. How about you?
On May 17 Lamorindans will stroll along the culinary highways and byways of Lafayette during the ninth annual Taste of Lafayette tour. Local Foodies are already prepping for the event.
Jerome Burg says we're all on a journey. Tuesday night, he took an audience at the Lafayette Library on the ride of their lives.
Now you're getting it. More and more Patchers are finding the power in our model, using our tools to get heard, be seen, and announce their event. Who's reading? Just about everyone in town.
Remember The Bump? The Lambada? Maybe even - heaven help you - the Merengue? Yes, well, today's kids like to Freak, and parents are worried that the same things that happened with those other dances are happening with this one.
The rains have passed, Spring has sprung, and fair weather is upon us. Time to air the kids out a little.
What a difference a few days — and warmer temperatures — can make.