Getting scraper removed

Two shoulders of mutoon arrived, Carrie having arranged with another butcher without consulting me. Gowing called, and fell over scraper coming in. Must get that scraper removed.

Our dear friend Cummings

Tradesmen still calling; Carrie being out, I arranged to dealwith Horwin, who seemed a civil butcher with a nice clean shop. Ordered a shoulder of mutton for to-morrow, to give him a trial. Carrie arranged with Borset, the butterman, and ordered a pound of fresh butter, and a pound and half of salt ditto for kitchen, and a shilling's worth of eggs. In the evening, Cummings unexpectedly dropped in to show me a meerschaum pipe he had won in a raffle in the City, and told me to handle it carefully, as it would spoil the colouring if the hand was moist. He said he wouldn't stay, as he didn't care much for the smell of the paint, and fell over ther scraper as he went out. Must get the scraper removed, or else I shall get into a SCRAPE. I don't often make jokes.

Our dear friend Gowing

Tradesmen called for custom, and I promised Farmerson, the ironmonger, to give him a turn if I wanted any nails or tools. By-the-by, that reminds me there is no key to our bedroom door, and the bells must be seen to. The parlour bell is broken, and the front door rings up in ther servant's bedroom, which is ridiculous. Dear friend Gowing dropped in, but wouldn't stay, saying there was an infernal smell of paint.

New Settle Down

My clear wife Carrie and I have just been a week in our new house, "the Laurels," Brickfield," Brickfield Terrace, Holloway-a nice six-roomed residence, not counting basement, with a front breakfast-parlour. We have a lttle front garden; and there is a flight of ten steps up to the front door, which, by-the-by, we keep locked with the chain up. Cummings, Gowing, and our other intimate friends always come to the litle side entrance, which saves the servant the trouble of going up to the front dorr, thereby taking her from her work. We have a nice little back garden wich runs down to the railway. We were a nice little back garden which runs down to the railway. We were rather afraid of the noise of the trains at first, but the landlord said we should not notice them after a bit, and took 2 pounds off the rent. He was certainly right; and beyond the cracking of the garden wall at the bottom, we have suffered no inconvinience.

After my work in the city, I like to be at home. What's the good of a home, if you are never in it? "Home, Sweet Home," that's my motto. I am always in of an evening. Our old friend Gowing may drop in without ceremony; so may Cummings, who lives opposite. My dear wife Caroling and I are pleased to see them, if they like to drop in on us. But Carrie and I can manage to pass our evening together without friends. There is always something to be done: a tin-tack here, a Venetian blind to put straight, a fan to nail up, or part of a carpet to nail down-all of wich I can do with my pipe in my mouth; while Carrie is not about potting a button on a shirt, mending a pillow-case, or practising the "Sylvia Gavotte" on our new cottage piano (on the three years' system), manufactured by W.Bilkson, from Collard. It is also a great comfort to us to know that our boy Willie is getting on so well in the Bank at Oldham. We should like to see more of him.

China in All Her Glory

The far wind blows
the air rustle like silk
mountain, lakes, and beauty
China in all her glory

People blossom like flowers
knowledge, love hand in hand
a new era like a new day
China in alll her glory

Friendships bond acrocss the water
business and markets grow like children
first steps, careful, hopeful, eager
China in all her glory

A giant stands to its destiny
rising far above its own expectations
feeling the joy of being itself
China in all her glory.

Easy opener for Serena

In the first-round, Serena Williams defense of herWimbledon title, and beat her opponent Brito with 6:0, 6:4.

As crowd screamed and applauded, she won the 27 points on first serve, hit 15 aces, the last on her final shot. Her victory is bringing a chance to meet mindful Queen Elizabeth II, it's the first time since 1977.

She said she hopes to meet Queen Elizabeth when she plays the second-round.
She doesn't need additional motivation to advane, and finally won all 43:0 in first-round that matched at major events, she has won 58 out of 59 matches against players ranked outside the top 100.

Shanghai is just like a human being

In Shanghai, Princess 2000 is based on the true story of an Australian-Chinese woman's journey who across more than 80 years of Shanghai's history which is from 1917 to 1998, Lili had ample scope for documenting old-world vocabulary and traditions. But given the fast pace at which Shanghai seems to be morphing, "it's hard to tell people about the past from the present, a European from an authentic Chinese, when both might be dressed identically and speaking the same lingo", Lili says.

Lili thinks shanghai is just like a human being, it has its own life and thought, its own erratic behavior, failures and shortcomings," she presented another reading of contemporary Shanghai in her forthcoming novel, which follows the tumultuous and dramatic history of the Cathay Hotel, from 1929 to the present. Lili says, "I can only attempt to clarify, explain and reflect on the way it is. I don't even like it in certain respects but it is not my place to change anything. I want to read and understand Shanghai for myself, not just imagine it."

我的環保低碳生活——關於“用”的金點子夏日環保小知識優美的家風梔子花開的季節生命的本質沉醉有你，相思漫漫……成長與成熟 夏日的考驗人生輪迴的情感四季