Tag: flowers
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Spring Has Sprung
As I mentioned in an earlier post, adaptability is key to our house sitting lifestyle. Despite the worldwide pandemonium, our life really has not been negatively influenced. In fact, it is going well. A couple of weeks ago we had settled into a fantastic cabin just outside of Calgary and were prepared to wait out…
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Gardens by the Bay
During our first visit to Singapore in 2016 we did very well racing about seeing as many sights as we could during our brief 35 hour stop over. However, on this trip with a 10 day house sit, we have time to savour more of this amazing city and catch some of the sights we missed…
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Flowers of Spring
One of the unexpected joys of house sitting in Adelaide at this time of year is the incredible display of flowers. I am very aware that many areas in the world have great flowers come spring. However this is where we are, and they are wonderful. The above photo is the view out our bedroom…
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Fiji, Day to Day
I have said this before, and it still bears out to be true. The beauty of house sitting around the world is the exposure to day to day life and simply what it is like to “live” in an area. This is very true in our four months in Fiji. We have passed the initial…
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Day Trip to Phutthamonthon
So, here we are. Into our second week of a four week house sit in the suburbia of Bangkok. More precisely a community called Nakhon Pathom. It is a lovely home in a quiet, secure gated community with all the necessary amenities within walking distance. We are very much enjoying being home bodies and looking…
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Penang House Sit
As has happened many times in our travels, we hit the jackpot again with our house sit here in Penang. We have been able to spend more than 2 weeks relaxing and looking after a wonderful little pug who has taught us why this breed is so loved by its owners. Other than taking advantage…
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Enjoying Life in Vietnam
We have fully settled in to our temporary home here in Nha Trang. Life is relaxed and the weather is comfortable. The rainy season is loath to give up it’s grip and we are enduring more cloudy days than is the norm but that is not such a bad thing. The cloud cover makes it…