How Naughty!

After encountering p2oodle consuming my breakfast crossiant this past week, pudding jumped on our coffee table and helped himself with slices of melon. Worst of all, within these few days, he ate up Cliff's packed lunch of Ma-po tofu + vegetables!

Taiwan Ceramics Biennale on Father's Day

A 40 min drive to Ying-ge county, back to papa's town of childhood memories, we visited the Ying-ge Ceramics Museum's special exhibit  "KORERO" -Ceramics in Conversation, works from New Zealand, Japan, taiwan.etc are gathered here at the Ceramical Heart of Taiwan.

   

Ceramics isn't just about the ancient, lackluster, bowls & cups in my memories. When combined with advancement of technology,  it has been transformed into a state of art.

 Lunch was a fusion of the west & east, served with a wonderful presentation stimulating all 5 senses. 

Big Apple Pumpkin

Inventive cake discovery: the Big Apple Pumpkin!  It's an apple wrapped in a cake...shaped like a pumpkin.

     

The smell of apples can't keep p2oodle away!

2 dogs and a funnel head

After a disastrous haircut experience with pudding, the little one boarded the travel size luggage with p2oodle to her weekly hairdresser's. Thanks to the hairdresser's love for dogs, pudding came home mini funnel over his head. Diagnosis: skin infection, probably due to the high humidity weather.

Although Pudding's stuck in his little funnel, he finds it entertaining to chew on the ends of the funnel remains as active as a hyperactive kid.

Life is good~~~

Whether or not it's the life of a puppy or a baby, life is good. It's simple, fun and exciting every moment~!

Lavender Cottage

On the spur of moment, we hit the roads and headed to the Lavender Cottage- Ming-de Reservior. Turned out to be an easy drive compared to the extreme winds & turns of our previous experiences to the mountainous areas of other Lavender Cottages!

Welcomed by the 2 ladies who started the Lavender Cottage business
This is the only Lavender Cottage located by the water reservior

Sitting by the benches & enjoying the view of the reservior Stamping our travel passport at every station of herbal land we stop byAfter 1 hours wait, we are finally seated, with our order of Lavender tea/drinks + early dinnerBefore leaving, don't forget to try scoops of Lavender + mint chocolate ice-cream!

Weekend guests in Hsin-Chu

First came baby Ashley, as she hits some notes and wiggles her body on an early Saturday morning. After our 1st trip to costco in Hsin chu, we came home and started cooking for our housewarming party.

Our special guests Melanie, Emily, Jimmy, Sunny, Jess, Carole, Ya-da-mei arrived promptly and were too busy chatting, eating, dealing with the dogs that we forgot to take photos of what we ate!

Ya-da-mei took more than 2 hours to warm up before making friends with pup pudding.