A byootaful Life

Recently I’ve been spending a lot of time on the internet sussing out accommodation for an upcoming holiday. For me, a big part of deciding where to stay is reading the reviews and therefore being able to make a well-informed decision to stay at that hotel or find something better. Usually the reviews are honest, [...]

I’m sitting in the office at home trying to do some work and I hear this sudden uproar of crows cawing outside. I look out and see that there are about ten crows fighting over the neighbour’s wheelie bin, which is on the curb and overflowing with rubbish. The lid is propped open because there’s [...]

Today there are two birthdays to celebrate – my Mum’s (Puddy’s “grandma”) and Puddy’s! Can you believe that Puddy is turning 4 today? It seems like only yesterday I stood in the driveway waiting for Phill to get home from work, nursing a teeny-tiny shivering black kitten in my arms, figuring out the best way [...]

Puddy doesn’t get scared easily. Being a former stray, she had to learn to be strong and brave early on in life. I will never forget the first time she saw a rottweiler that was being walked on a leash past our house. Instead of freaking out and running away, she lunged at it, puffed [...]

There aren’t many things in this world that can get me up before the sun rises, but this is one of them – the chance to visit one of Tokyo’s busiest fish markets, Tuskiji Fish Market. We rose at 5:15am to catch the train to the market, shivering in our jumpers and beanies. We’d never [...]