Well, it’s the end of day three with the puppy and I dare say there’s not a place she hasn’t marked with a little bit of puppy love.
The physics of a puppy astound me. I swear more comes out of her than goes in.
But for every ounce of patience she takes from me, she gains [...]
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Tagged with: addie • adobe • my dog |
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It’s somewhat amazing how quickly a relatively calm and orderly life can be turned into a non-stop “no!” shouting, pee cleaning, slobber and hair covered existence.
We got a puppy!
Maggie and I have long talked about getting a dog, and in the end always had something looming that prevented us (mostly financial or geographical). However, when [...]
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Tagged with: dogs • golden retrievers • pet shopping in china |
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To say Suzhou has a lot of gardens is an understatement somewhat akin to saying China’s got a lot of people.
It’s the fact that there are so many of them that I’ve only slowly crept out to visit them. Much like temples in China, Suzhou’s gardens do tend to blend together. Generally speaking, they all [...]
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Tagged with: canglang-ting • surging-waves-pavilion • Suzhou • suzhou gardens |
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One of the toughest things for Maggie and I to get used to about living in Suzhou over living up in her home town in the north-east or mine in Canada is the weather.
We are both used to four distinct seasons running from a warming spring, a hot summer, a cooling fall and a freezing [...]
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Tagged with: autumn-tiger • mei-yu • qiu-laohu • rainy-season • Suzhou-climate • Suzhou-weather |
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I was working late on the computer yesterday, and after being quite certain I’d dosed my eyes with a suitable level of radiation, I decided to turn in.
Maggie, having to be up bright and early (oddly, at the same time as myself - but she requires something stupid like 10 hours of sleep), had gone [...]
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Tagged with: lizards • suzhou-wildlife |
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