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Rehearsal

After so many months of sedentary life, it's equally exciting and daunting to start traveling again. Especially now that we have Small Paw in tow to think about. But if today is anything to go by, we'll be just fine in Japan. Friends of my sister

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Starting Off With a Bang

Ohboyohboyohboy, dear reader, this is going to be SUCH a great year: I have just joined the ranks of the physically mobile and am beyond excited about my new freedom. Electric boxes, cables, shoes and firewood are no longer out of reach! Nothing is safe from me anymore! MUAH HA

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A Very Merry Christmas

We've had a big crazy family Christmas this year with so many people that my sister and I had to go out and buy a table so we could all sit together. (True story. Although the table will come in handy for the future anyway.) There were Venezuelans,

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December is Here!

Where has the time gone? Dear reader, it's just flying by. I wish I could sit and chat but I still need to wrap my presents and finally get the authorities to put some decorations on this tree they insisted on dragging into the house so you'

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A Small Update

Hello dear reader, It's been a while since I've had time to update you on my daily doings but there is just so much going on here, it's madness. Every one wants a piece of me at all hours of the day; it can

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New Oil

The olive harvest started last week and we already have the first pressing of the new oil - a completely different animal than the olive oil you're probably used to. But let's start at the beginning. These olives are small and hold on to the branch

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Happy Halloween

We didn't have a Halloween party this year but that didn't keep Small Paw from dressing up. Twice. First as a ballerina, every little girl's dream, right?! Then later on, for bedtime, as two bees in a bonnet with her cousin. And here'

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A Spot of Rain

It started raining early this morning, nothing special about that. Only it didn't stop and kept getting stronger and stronger. Until our courtyard looked like this. Thank god Fa, Dani and Carlos had recent training with hoses and pumps after cleaning Andrew's pond. Because we needed

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Hanging Again

Remember the cacoon? Of course it came with us to Italy and Small Paw has already made good use of it in the garden. That is, once Fa made it up there... There are several advantages to pulling the cacoon so high. Most importantly, excellent views and complete privacy. Of

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A Quick Hello

Dear reader, I'm sure you're waiting with bated breath for my news from the fruit picking. Unfortunately I can't tell you much about that since they won't let me go out into the fields with the transportation man. Instead I have to

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Cooling Down

And just like that, summer is over. The weather is turning cooler, leaves are slowly starting to change their color and clouds are threatening a bit of drizzle every other day. We've made it to Barcelona for some errands before starting the trip to Italy tomorrow and I&

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Busy Times

Dear reader, what whirlwind days and what fun it's been! The authorities are really working hard on keeping me entertained and I appreciate the effort. First, they've started to feed me this thing called "food". Strangely enough it doesn't come from a

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Valldemossa

Our friend Henriikka came to visit us for a few days and after three days of nothing but lazing around the pool and paddle boarding, we finally took her out for a little trip around the island. Originally we meant to go to the Jardins d'alfalbia but we&

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Simchat Bautizo

As Small Paw already mentioned, a big group of friends came to visit us last week and it was wonderful. At first only Shanna was going to come. Then Sam and Micha heard about her visit and decided to come as well. As soon as we told Claudia about that,

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Slow Going

I'm sorry that things are a bit slow with the write up about the 'special night' that Small Paw alluded to in her last post. I promise it's coming. But someone cough THE BABY cough is making things mighty difficult to get any computer

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All Action, All the Time

Dear Reader, Finally, the authorities have understood my plight and done something to alleviate my boredom. It took them long enough but last week a whole group of people came to visit me and it was simply marvelous. So many aunties and uncles and everyone wanted to play with me!

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Sittin' Pretty

Hello kind reader, I hope your summer is progressing swimmingly. Here in Mallorca things are swell. I just turned 4 months old and pulled a few more tricks out of my bag to keep the authorities interested: some vocal work with the letter 'R' (tough going to roll

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The Heat Is On

It's too hot and not much is happening but here are some pictures from the last few days. A whole group of sail boats anchored right in front of our house a few evenings ago. During sunset one of the guys shimmied* up to the top of the

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Hanging by the Sea, Literally

For the summer I am traveling though the seaside towns of Mallorca. Luckily I got a gift in the mail recently for literally hanging out. It's a Cacoon that you hang and I love swinging in it. At the apartment the walls are too close, so I requested

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Food, Food Everywhere Nor Any Bite to Eat

Hello, your favourite baby blogger here again. I'm sure you've been wondering what I'm up to, what with the authorities hogging all the space on this site. So let me tell you, they're starving me. That's right. And I'

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With the Speed of Light

Just a little visual aid to show how much Small Paw has grown. Exhibit A, 2 days old: Exhibit B, 12 weeks old:

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Calvià

We felt like we needed to get out of the house the other day so we took a lunch time trip to Calvià, the "governing" city of our county. We've only ever seen it from afar and it looked cute but we'd never actually

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Sa Bruta, the Roof of Paguera

The water is still a bit too cold to actually go swimming (although Conor has braved it once and lives to tell the tale) so we're trying to get our exercise in other ways. Yesterday we went walking up to Sa Bruta, the small mountain behind Paguera. It&

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My Day

I thought it would be a good idea to introduce myself and get started early on the whole writing thing so here goes my first guest post. Hope you like it. The authorities of the house are still quite dependent on me so I have to spend a lot of

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Short Walk to Camp de Mar

Camp de Mar isn't far - it's the next bay over from our house - but the walk there does involve a hike through the woods over a large hill. There's a little tower at the top from the 1580s when they had to