Kathy White is a good hostess; she’ll offer you a cup    of coffee and a homemade baked good. This time it’s a chocolate chip cookie bar. You take a bite. “Is that cake batter I taste?” She gives you a sly smile and answers, “Not exactly.” She is not usually stingy with her recipes - unless they are waiting to be tasted, judged, and hopefully awarded a ribbon at this year’s Spokane County Fair.

When it comes to golf, there’s hardly a better way to spend an afternoon. Summer days were practically made to grace a well manicured lawn, sipping iced tea and knocking around around a few balls with friends. And getting the right gear can mean more time enjoying outside and less time chasing down runaway balls and questioning your love of the game. Fortunately, we got the scoop on the must haves this year from two local golf shops; Wandermere Golf Course Pro Shop and FORE! Women Unique Apparel and Accessories.

Like most boys, Steve Hughes loved toy trains. The only things is, Steve is no longer a kid, he's 68 years old, and his trains are far from toys.

Chugging in an around a tiny community, which Steve says could be Anywhere Small Town USA, is The Spokane Division of the Southern Pacific Railroad. A modern diesel freight train, nicknamed The Black Widow, shares the rails with a vintage steam locomotive. And it's all taking place in Steve's garden.

Have you ever heard, “I’m bored!” from your grandkids? What can you do to keep them entertained when they come for a visit?

Watching television and playing video games is an easy distraction, but what they may want more than anything else is time with you – and you with them.

After all, like the T-shirts say, "If I knew grandchildren were this much fun, I would have had them first."

Sure, the game is important. But if you’re going to show off your true school spirit, there’s no better venue than the pre-game tailgate party.

Builder Brian Beyer is on a mission. He wants to build homes that are accessible to anyone regardless of age or disability. For him, it’s personal. “My father was injured in an accident that left him in a wheelchair,” he says. At the time, his parents lived in a split-level home in Coeur d’Alene. “I ended up modifying the lower level, and that’s the only portion of the home he could use.”

Night temperatures are dropping, and the crisp morning air whispers of frost. October begins the dormant season for trees and plants in our region. The time has come to prepare the garden for sleep. Or has it?

What about the well-intentioned homeowner scrambling to finish an 11th-hour yard project? Or the savvy shopper hoping to benefit from end-of-season nursery sales? Or the gardener who still has a sack of daffodil bulbs sitting on the porch?

When Ruth Danner was a girl growing up in Michigan, her mother had two hobbies: gardening in the summer and quilting in the winter.

Spokane Lawn Bowling Club draws small but faithful group of participants. Bob Tyus has lived in Spokane for 40 years, but he hadn’t heard of the Spokane Lawn Bowling Club for his first three decades here. And he wasn’t here when he heard about the club; he was halfway around the world.

Miniatures become big hobby for Spokane woman.

Nancy MacKerrow enjoys creating tiny scenes within tiny walls. Miniature rooms of sundry themes dot her apartment. There are advantages to such a hobby.

“One thing that’s neat about miniature rooms is, if you can’t afford this wonderful room you want, you can make it in miniature and still have it,” MacKerrow says. “And when you go on a trip, you can buy furniture, and it fits in your suitcase.”