odds and ends

Took an whole afternoon with our Chinese friend to clean up the odds
and ends here around the apartment. Hanging up pictures after the
wall painting (from this Summer!). Then clearing up the storage room
so we can hang our bikes. All sorts of goodies. Yes, even fixed the
hot water sprout from the water cooler. I now know how the inside of
the water cooler works. Let me tell you, made in China. What looks
good in the outside does not mean GOOD in the inside.

Here are some pictures post odds and ends. The rose is made out of
forged iron, hand-made by iron-wife's dad. It is a lovely piece so we
had to get a hand-made art piece to compliment the rose. That piece
was purchase locally from a place called Spin. It's a shop of
potteries from university art students in the Shanghai surrounding
area. The hanging vase costed about RMB 480. Hand made! That was
about CAD 75.00! And I got myself a hand-made coffee mug for RMB
50.00, about CAD 8.00. Same mug would have costed double from
Starbucks. I rather support the local students.