Monday, August 23, 2010

Flower

Hi,

It has been said that you can make plans, but you can't plan results. Our travel plans changed, routines were re-established at home, and a thunder storm last night rocked the house. Oh, and I've finally posted some photos.

That 'Old School' song you were searching for was "Silhouettes" by The Rays. Fear not, 'Easy Monday' is next:
"__ __ __, oh, that's how elementary it's gonna be, c'mon, let's fall in love. It's easy (it's so easy), like takin' candy, from a baby." Hint: Last week we learned the alphabet, this week we're learning to count.

We were supposed to drive down to Chiang Mai on Sunday so we could take care of some business at the US Consulate. It turns out that we can only do what we need to do on Tuesday or Thursday, and we need an appointment. The earliest we can see anyone is Thursday so we're going to go to Chiang Mai tomorrow. We have an acupuncture appointment in the afternoon, and then we're free until Thursday morning. The new plan is to visit the zoo on Wednesday, to see the baby Panda. Fun.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, we've been enjoying 'short laps' in our little pool. Compared to the pool at Layana, it seems tiny. Doesn't matter, it's water and it's home. There were little things that happened on our trip that are worth mentioning. On the evening that we ate on the beach patio, one of the servers came by our table with insect repellent and offered to spray our arms and legs. Every room comes with two large umbrellas, since it rains a lot, and they have big pots to keep them in at the entrance to every building. Each morning that we were there we noticed large pots with flower arrangements floating on water. They gather Plumeria, Hibiscus, and many other flowers and make patterns in the water. Beauty all around.

On the afternoon of our anniversary, we asked housekeeping to wait until we knew we'd be away for a while. We left the 'Do Not Disturb' sign on the door, even though we weren't there. We found out later that Marge and some of her staff wanted to sneak into our room and decorate it like a 'Honeymoon Suite'. They were very disappointed that they couldn't do it. She and Bob just celebrated 40 years in July, and they want us to come back and celebrate 50 years with them. They really made us feel more like house guest than clients. Their caring really added to the magic of the experience.

Last night we had a thunder storm that surpassed any we've ever had. It went on for about 45 minutes, and a few times it was right over the house. We could feel the percussion of the thunder. It was so loud we couldn't even think about going to sleep. We just watched some tennis until the thunder was way off in the distance.

If you go to the Flickr site you will find two new 'sets' of photos. One is our 'Elephant Weekend at Anantara' and the other is for 'Layana'. Because Flickr uploaded things in reverse order, it will make much more sense to view the 'sets'. I still have more photos from Layana to load but there's enough to keep you busy. (Ha)

Have a Great Week.

Peace,
Danny

"Find the seed at the bottom of your heart and bring forth a flower."
~Shigenori Kameoka

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