Monday, November 17, 2014

Can Do

Hi,

The weekend weather in Chiang Rai was beautiful.  Blue skies with puffy white clouds most of the time.  We had a minor wind storm that looked like it would bring rain, but it just blew it all away.  Hmm.

The ‘Old School Friday’ song was "Blueberry Hill”, by Fats Dominoe.  ‘Easy Monday’ should be a snap.  Remember?
“Pull the string and I’ll wink at you, __ __ __.  I’ll do funny things if you want me to, __ __ __.  Mm, I’m yours to have and to hold, darling you’ve got full control of __ __.”  Hint:  Who remembers Howdy Doody?

The saga of the water tank is slowly being sorted out.  Since the old one is unfixable, and the platform it sat on is broken, we had a few things to do.  Nung, who turns out to be more than a lighting guy, determined what we needed.  He and a friend came over today and poured concrete for a new base for the new tank.  After looking, but not finding a tank like we had before, we found a suitable replacement at HomePro. The new tank is made of a high-tech, food-grade polymer with a 25 year guarantee.  We still have to wait until Thursday for installation since the concrete has to cure.  That means dealing with the weak pressure from the ‘city water’ system.  We had the tank for so long that we forgot why we got it in the first place.  Now I understand why there are so many water tank systems all around town.  With the tank, you still get water from the city, but it is pumped at a higher pressure into the house.  Of course, if that pump stops working, no water.  

Saturday evening we went to NorThai for the opening of a two-artist exhibit.  Gothie is a young French artist who experiments with acrylic and sometimes mixes wood and iron into his works.  I enjoyed hearing him describe his process and inspiration.  Martin Doyle is the ‘resident artist’ and co-owner of NorThai.  His new works were vivid and thought provoking.  It was a nice balance of styles and we got to spend some time with some expat friends as well as some local artists.  

Sunday we all went to the mall for lunch.  After lunch Lisa went to the stationary/art supply store and got a bunch of acrylic paint for the little elephant project.  The elephant should arrive sometime next week.  While we were in Chiang Mai, we saw the painted cows again, and some elephants that are a little larger than the Art Bridge project.  There is definitely something magical about brightly painted animals.  In the evening we had dinner with our friend Atom.  The folks at Sawadee are used to seeing the four of us for dinner, so when five showed up, they had to set up a special table.  We had a great time that carried over to Swensen’s for dessert. 

Today’s photo was taken by Blue as we were leaving Chiang Mai.  I happened to look up and see the sign.  Blue captured it with his telephoto lens.


Have a Great Week.

                Peace,
                          Danny

“Do not let what you cannot do
interfere with what you can do.”
~John Wooden

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