Hello everyone. My 2nd Bambi Youtube video is up. Check it out when you have time. It is about VLOG (ish) Bambi's weekend playdate with friend Ellie. Bambi and Ellie's Playdate : VOL 1 ばんびとエリーのプレイデイト VOL 1 Well, this time it …

Good morning everyone. I doodle and post my pictures on my blog, but this time I made my first YouTube video. I'm going to post a little bit of the daily life of my baby girl Bambi (Chihuahua) and other furry friends from my work (I am a p…

2020 is almost coming to an end. This year, I spent a lot of time at home, so I would like to thank the house more than usual. In Japan, there is a custom of year-end deep cleaning. We clean all the dirt for that year. By doing so, not onl…

Due to the COVID, my pet sitter and dogwalker's work has decreased to near zero. Thankfully there are still few regulars morning walks and midday walks every day. There is about 30 minutes of free time between the two time frames, so I sta…

My mom had been in the hospital for about 10 months before she died. At that time, my mom was very weak and there were very limited things she could do. However, she said that she enjoyed reading Ito Ogawa's books. So my sister took lots o…

It's been little over three months since my mom's death. In the mean time, I can hardly remember what I was doing, other than crying. That said, in the course of three months, (it's less than before but) I resumed some pet sitting and dog …

My mother died on August 6th. The last entry date of this doodling blog was August 5th. It's unbelievable, but it's been more than four months since my mother passed away. Since then, I couldn't draw, write or anything. I felt like I was p…

Bambi (chihuahua) and I went to hike last week again. We went to a small mountain trail the week before last. (←here is the link ). Normally, many people go on vacations in summer, so I get pretty busy this time of the year. (My job is a p…

Bambi (chihuahua) has playdate with Ellie (silkey terrer) everyweek. Ellie was rescued in Mexico and adopted by an amazing mom (my friend) in San Francisco. She was 4 years old (estimate) but she was a young mom herself when she was rescue…

I am taking care of doggies and kitties now for a living after graduating from school and worked a "real" job...but when I originally came to San Francisco, I came as an F-1 visa student for college. With F-1 student visa, students had to …

It's been a while wearing mask or covering face became mandatory in San Francisco. I tried to make handmade masks before but my handmade masks were iffy. So I didn't make any more after that. But, my friend made some masks for me and Bambi…

It's been one week from Ellie's tragedy . (←I wrote this in my blog yesterday so technically, it's only been one day on my blogwise) It was time for another weekend playdate/walk with Ellie and Bambi. As soon as we got there, sweet Ellie r…

I am a proud mama of Chihuahua baby girl (Bambi) now. When I was in Japan, I used to live with a Shiba-inu. I loved both Koron and Woo so much. I remember and think of them often. I see Shiba-inu here (San Francisco) sometimes but not ofte…

It's Day 100 of San Francisco Shelter in Life. Shelter in Place order is a little relaxing now but looks like it will continue one way or other and will be adopted to our lives for a long time. I decided to stop counting days for now. Last…

It's Day 93 of San Francisco Shelter in Place order. I am overnight dogsitting Chief and Shirley now. During staying home, I wake up around 7~8am. But, I wake up 6am every morning at Chief and Shirley's house . 6am Marching Of course, I do…

It's Day 91 of San Francisco Shelter in Place order. I am staying with Chief and Shirley (labrador) for dogsitting job since day 87 . (I am a petsitter in San Francisco.) I was so excited to see Chief and Shirley again but at the same time…

It's Day 87 of San Francisco Shelter in Place order. That means it's been 87 days since I saw Chief and Shirley last time and I will see them today for sleepovers. I am super excited to see them again. My work is petsitting and dogsitting …

It's Day 84 of San Francisco Shelter in Place order. Do you know what KOMBUCHA is? It's a fermented drink mixture of yeast and bacteria. Yep it sounds pretty weird but it's very good for you! I used to find them at health food stores but n…

It's Day 77 of San Francisco Shelter in Place order. There are more news about protest and riots than COVID-19 now. San Francisco had a curfew yesterday again. I heard many gunshots from home last night and many shops were closed because o…

It's Day 75 of San Francisco Shelter in Place order. It's getting really chaotic because of the Minneapolis incident. Following that incident, there are many protests for the police who killed George Floyd in all major cities including her…

It's Day 68 of San Francisco Shelter in Place order. It's weekend...family (Bambi, Bambi papa and I) walk time! Ellie (silkey terrier) and Ellie mama joined our family walk on Saturday. Bambi is very shy with people and doggies but she is …

It's Day 66 of Shelter in Place order. San Francisco was not moved on to next stage of reopening shelter in place order yet but slowly moving toward to stage 2 reopening. The parking lots at most parks are open (with limited cars) now. In …

It's Day 56 of San Francisco Shelter in Place order. I had so much on my mind last night that it led to insomnia...I wish I had a tougher heart and mind but I have to accept that part of myself. I couldn't sleep at all last night but I am …

It's Day 52 of San Francisco Shelter in Place order. It's also day 2 of Skye day! Skye's little baby sister doesn't want to come out to the world (Who can she blame? It's crazy out here!) so we get to spend time together once again. She sp…

It's Day 51 of San Francisco Shelter in Place order. I'm back on my petsitting (dog walking) job for Skye (cattledog mix) today. It has been 51 days since my last gig!!! San Francisco is still under the "stay-home" order and my work is not…

It's Day 48 of San Francisco Shelter in Place order and it's Bambi's friend Ellie (silky terrier)'s birthday & adoptsary!!! Ellie came to my dearest friend L one year ago today from shelter. We don't know her birthday so today adoptsary da…

It's Day 45 of San Francisco Shelter in Place order and 1st day of May!!! I have to admit that one of my favorite activities during staying home life is food. I love cooking, eating and watching foodie shows I have been stress eating so c…

It's Day 41st of San Francisco Shelter in Place order and yesterday was Bambi (Chihuahua)'s papa's birthday. Usually, we go out on his birthday but we got to stay home! Some restaurants are still open and do business "take-out" only. We de…

It's Day 36th of San Francisco Shelter in Place order. I watch news in the morning to get some information about COVID-19 and the restrictions and plans from the US government. At the beginning of this pandemic, I used to watch and check t…

It's Day 35th of San Francisco Shelter in Place order. My project today was the most popular all over the world now ... hand-made mask! I don't have any special materials so I am gonna use just to cover my face when I am walking my Bambi (…