Design Notes: Pumpkin decor, tree-planting, kittie potties
Planting workshops
Re-Tree WNY and the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy are holding free bare-root tree-planting training sessions for volunteers interested in helping reforest communities and parks that lost trees during the October 2006 storm.
The first session will be held from 10 a. m. to noon Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church, 1 Symphony Circle; those block clubs planting along the streets of Buffalo Nov. 9 and 10 are required to
send a representative to this session.
Additional sessions will be held from 9 to 11 a. m. Oct. 25 at the Parkside Lodge in Delaware Park and from 1 to 3 p. m. Oct. 25 at Park School, 4625 Harlem Road, Snyder.
For more information, visit www.re-treewny.org or Buffalo Olmsted Parks at www.buffaloolmstedparks.org .
Design tip
Planning to purchase and decorate with pumpkins sometime soon? You may want to first check out How about Orange ( www.howabout orange. blogspot.com), suggests the Washington Post. What you’ll find: plenty of pumpkin decorating ideas, techniques and tutorials.
Indoor plumbing for kitty
PetNovations advertises its CatGenie litter box as being just like a cat: self-cleaning.
The CatGenie goes a step beyond cat boxes that rake waste mechanically. This one also flushes away waste and washes and sanitizes the granules that substitute for litter.
The device can be set up in a bathroom, laundry room or utility room. It needs to be connected to a water line and either a toilet or a waste drain.
The CatGenie eliminates the need to buy cat litter, but granules and sanitizing solution need to be replenished periodically.
It’s available in two packages priced at $297 and $369. The product can be ordered at http:// www.catgenie.com or (888) 735-3927. And finally …
“The eye sees what the mind knows.” Aphorism stenciled in giant letters atop the bookshelves in actress Diane Keaton’s library. Seen in Architectural Digest magazine, November issue
Compiled by Home & Style Editor Susan Martin from News and wire sources
