Hi,
I guess you could call today a 'Sunny Monsoon Sandwich'. We started out with what looked like clearing skies, then the 'Storm of the Century' followed by a beautiful afternoon.
It's so nice when an 'Easy Monday' song is one you all know. I just love getting emails. Here's the second verse:
"It used to be so easy living here with you. You were light and breezy and I knew just what to do. Now you look so unhappy, and I feel like a fool. And __ __ __ baby, now it's too late, though we really did try to make it..." Hint: This is so easy.
When we travel to America we bring back things we can't get here in Thailand. On our recent trip we did our usual resupply of vitamins, enough to last six months. They should have arrived by now, so today we went to the post office in Ban Du to see if they were there. There was discussion, in Thai, about the Customs office in Mae Sai and a needed invoice. We may see our vitamins in the next few days.
As we left Makro and headed south into Chiang Rai, it began to rain with those big drops that mean business. Looking ahead on the highway I knew it was heavy because everything had a dull gray look. When we got home and opened the front gate we were greeted by the scene below.
Yes, that used to be our front lawn. It didn't take long for this to happen. We read later that a typhoon has had an effect on our monsoon. It's the season. The back yard was also flooded, but the water drained from both within a couple of hours, and all is well 'til the next storm. The frustrating part about the rain is, the spray man came and treated the lawn for ticks right before it rained. He'll be back on a sunny day.
This evening we went to Central Plaza for some phone first-aid. While we were waiting we went to Swensen's for ice-cream and sorbet. While cruising through the menu, just for fun, I discovered a list of possible toppings. Here are a few things you might want to consider the next time you order ice cream: Corn, palm seed, green apple, and something called Chocolate Jimmies (looked like tiny sprinkles in the picture). If your local ice-cream parlor doesn't have corn, tell them they're behind the times. (555) Oh, I had the Mango Sorbet with little chunks of mango candy. Yum.
Time now for Wacky Wednesday.
Peace,
Danny
"Consider how hard it is to change yourself and
you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to
change others."
~Benjamin Franklin
Gettin' Funky, Thai Style
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