Living

I n Holland in October 1945, Elsley and Yeti Foulds were married. It was one of the few days on which city hall favoured celebrants with a red carpet, adding a dash of colour to a war-worn town. Yeti wore a dress made of army surplus parachute silk.

S ir Arthur Conan Doyle 's Sherlock Holmes is a perennial favourite amongst those who love to watch a great detective at work. And with a recent movie franchise (Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes ) and two current television series (the U.K.

J ust in time for Halloween, we have three spooky reads for teens, two featuring ghosts - one funny, one scary - and a third in which souped-up voodoo dolls blow people's limbs off. Strangely, that one is funny, too.

COQUITLAM Design-a-Card Contest: Attention all young artists, CPL wants your help to create a new design for its children's library cards. If your design wins the Design-a-Card contest, it will be on the new library card for kids.

Flowers It has been a wonderful October but our amazing annuals and perennials are now looking very tired. They will make great compost but removing them will leave your garden looking rather bare.

I n case you haven't noticed from my previous columns, I really like this time of year. There is something about the damp, cold dark days that comforts me. I just love to be at home, surrounded by my comforts.

H alloween is fast approaching and the nights are long and dark - the perfect time to read a book that will terrify and thrill you, a book that goes bump in the night.

COQUITLAM The Chocolate Farmer: A National Film Board of Canada Documentary: The second showings of this documentary will be 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 24 at the Poirier branch.

T his is the season of the salmon. Just as spring brings forth a welcoming rebirth of plant life, autumn on the B.C.

A lthough it's always nice to see the first bulbs of spring add their charm and brightness to an often wet, cold and sometimes snowy late winter, their first appearance could be so much more.