Hi,
Chiang Rai had hard rain last night, but a beautiful sunny, humid day today. This evening we could see clouds moving around, and feel a slight breeze: all the signs that more rain is on the way. A yard project got an early start... and stop.
'Easy Monday' was a crowd favorite: "Smooth Operator" by Sade. Time for another 'Zany Day' song that you know:
"Fe-fem fi-fi, fo-fo, fum. I smell smoke in the auditorium. __ __, __ __, he's a clown, that __ __. He's gonna get caught, just you wait and see. (Why is everybody always pickin' on me?) Clue: The title is someone's name. This one is super easy.
Yesterday, when I was describing our adventure in paying our property tax, I may have given the impression that the parking cost $4. Actually, the parking only cost $.38 and the property tax was $4. I love this place.
This morning when we took the dogs out, there were puddles on the lawn. This is one of our indicators of how hard it rained. The lawn is reaching that saturation point when there's no room below. This afternoon it was still pretty damp, even with all the hot sun. Needless to say, things are growing like crazy and the dogs are grazing again on the long grass. I keep telling Daku that he's not a Sheep Dog, but he just keeps on munching.
Today's photo was taken by someone else, but it's such a beautiful shot that I wanted to share it with you. The Clock Tower is in the center of the scene.
Rainbow over Chiang Rai
After my massage I called the house and Lisa told me there was a surprise waiting. Because of the rain, the guys who were going to put in the paving blocks couldn't do their regular job and were at our house. I arrived to see a big pile of sandy dirt and a little dump truck that had just unloaded, a stack of concrete paving blocks, and four guys working on the project. This wasn't supposed to happen until the weekend. Once we determined how we wanted it to look, they started setting the tiles. Then it turned out that there were not enough. Now the remaining tiles are on order and we have a half done job and a pile of sand in the yard. Hmm.
This afternoon we went into town to get a tarp to cover the sandy dirt. It would be a perfect place for the dogs to run around and investigate, and track sand into the house. One thing that is still taking a bit of remembering is that when the size of something is given, it's metric. The tarps were just labeled 6x6 or 8x8 and I had to remember that is wasn't feet, it was meters. Comes out to be a lot bigger than you think if you get it wrong. Fortunately, 8x8 was just what we needed.
After all that hard work spreading the tarp (555) we went for a swim. It was so nice to look up and see blue sky.
I can hear thunder in the distance. You know what that means. BamBam is at Boot's house so I'm sure she's cuddled up on the bed. Daku is not bothered unless it's right overhead, then he looks around and goes back to what he was doing.
It's Time for Wacky Wednesday.
Peace,
Danny
"The grass is greener where you water it."
~Neil Barringham
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