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Smart Fat Choices Protect Your Brain – Tufts University
A Mediterranean-style diet looks better and better! Smart Fat Choices Protect Your Brain Eating fish, olive oil and nuts instead of red meat and butter might be a menu plan for protecting your memory. Besides calories, a key difference between those dietary choices is the type of fats they contain. Fish, especially salmon and Continue reading…
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Butterfly Garden or Butterfly House?
As I have mentioned before, I am hoping for a butterfly garden in McIntire Park East. Our family recently visited the beautiful Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, Virginia. One of the photos below is the welcoming, shady seat for observing the rose garden. Of particular interest was the “Butterflies Live “exhibit in the conservatory. We…
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NATIONAL SENIOR HEALTH AND FITNESS DAY – Wednesday, May 28 – Senior Center – Free and Open to All
NATIONAL SENIOR HEALTH AND FITNESS DAY Wednesday, May 28, 8:30-2:00 pm Make a move toward better health! Free exercise classes, speakers, health screening, and more. Come join us — it’s all free and open to everyone! Click here for details. via It’s Happening at the Senior Center.
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Free Skin Cancer Screening – Saturday, May 10 – Trade your old baseball cap or visor for a new sun hat
If you love to be outside in this beautiful, sunny weather, please be aware that excess exposure to UV radiation can cause lasting damage which may lead to skin cancer. Remember your sunblock, sunglasses, and hat! Even when the weather is cool and cloudy, you need sun protection. UVa Health System, Primary Care, Dermatology…
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Virginia Historic Garden Week Tours at UVa
Garden Week Features April 29 Tours, Talk at U.Va. The public is invited to enjoy a talk and visit U.Va.’s gardens and pavilions as the University participates on Tuesday, April 29, in Virginia Historic Garden Week. Visitors can tour pavilions on the West Lawn of the Academical Village and also participate in tours of the…
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New Virginia Loves Pollinators License Plate – Bees, butterflies, other pollinators flock to the same plants.
Instead of a butterfly garden, perhaps we need a “Pollinators Garden” in McIntire Park East! Virginia license plate approved! Two more days to “Bee” a founder: http://www.pollinatorplates.com/p/home.html Most pollinators throughout North America are trending downward in population; some are facing a drastic decline, and others are believed to have already gone extinct. The disappearance of…
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