I love living in the inner city! Just watched a completely unexpected fireworks show from our bedroom window. I think it was for the Chinese New Year, postponed from last weekend because the weather was shit. This post could also have been about my complete lack of knowledge about what\u2019s going on in the world around me – but I\u2019m trying to be positive. Entirely unable to be positive, though, were the two schnoodles. They were terrified. I wonder if they think we are under attack, or if it\u2019s less specific than that – just that it\u2019s loud and they don\u2019t like it. The limpy old dog was fine, though, unlike in previous years. She\u2019s so deaf she just snoozed on, oblivious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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