Up Up We Go

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This year’s warm Fall weather is perfectly suited for our dogs’ (and our) visceral need to be in nature at the weekends, given the new routine with less walk time during the week, now that their daddy is not home … Continue reading

Making ordinary days special

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My husband is starting a new job on October 15th, (fingers crossed for that!) and he has been enjoying some time off since October 3rd, even though some house refurbishing and his freelance work take up most of his day. … Continue reading

My kind of Newf day 2

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Last Sunday we went back to the wonderful creek for some more swimming. The weather is still quite warm, around 25 degrees, but in just one week the peaks that surround the creek’s bed started to cast their shadows on … Continue reading

My kind of Newf day

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Last Sunday we took Aaron and Happy to a creek in the Friulian mountains known for its pristine and crystal clear water, much like you would find in exotic places. We did not explore the whole area, we just hung … Continue reading

Newf pampering

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Our afternoon outing today was no walk in the park, but more like a roll in the mud, which unfortunately was not mud, but chicken manure used to fertilize the cropland all around us. Happy dove right in, Ever-So-Happy, as … Continue reading

Home improvement

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Our house really needs more than a little tlc, after all it is 30 years old and, much like for us humans, a few wrinkles and spots have appeared here and there in the form of paint peeling off the … Continue reading

Teeth and gum health

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After licking our ice-cream cups, today Happy and Aaron enjoyed their all natural teeth cleaning snack and they loved it. Whimzees ingredients are just potato starch, glycerin, powdered cellulose, lecithin, malt extract and yeast, and the colors come from natural sources … Continue reading

Cookie and sardines

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Our cat Cookie has suffered from idiopathic cystitis on and off for the last two years; all his tests came out negative, the vet even drew urine directly from his bladder to make sure there was no contamination with external … Continue reading

New adventures at our doorstep

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Since the weather forecast for today wasn’t very good, we decided to explore new paths near our home, and we found a shaded track that proved a nice new adventure for Aaron and Happy. The forecast did not turn out … Continue reading

A rainy day

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Aaron and Happy immediately feel any changes in weather, and if rain and wind disturb their summer days, they usually shut the world outside and spend all day napping until around 6 p.m., when they know that in about an … Continue reading