Adventure

Hi,

It was a beautiful day in Chiang Rai.  Cloudy with moments of sunshine.  A late storm last night produced rivers and puddles, but by morning it was all soaked in and Daku got to run.  The four of us took in some art and shopped.

So far, only two people have known the ‘Zany Day’ song.  It has to do with a city referred to as The City of Angels, but it’s not Los Angeles.  It can be found in The Land of Smiles.  There is also a time factor involved, the dark part of the day.  “__ __ __ __ and the world’s your oyster, the bars are temples but the pearls ain’t free…”  Clue: Though you wouldn’t know it from the title, there is also a game involved.

As we left the house this morning, it was obvious that it was a holiday.  Many shops were closed but the streets were still busy.  We saw lots of people dressed in white for their visit to their temple.  We arrived at Art Bridge just after it opened and had a chance to view two exhibits with the galleries all to ourselves.  The photo exhibit in the main gallery was just as interesting the second time for me.  Blue and Cat had not seen it yet and it was fun to see their reaction to some of the photographs.  In the upstairs gallery we saw a real contrast.  All of the work was done in charcoal and the artists captured the many facets of ‘Faith’, which was the title of the exhibit.  

We made a quick stop at one of our vets, Dr. View.  Blue and I waited in the van and when Lisa and Cat returned, they told us about Dr. View’s eyes.  She had on a pair of contacts that Cat calls ‘Big Eyes’.  All you see in each eye is a big brown circle, no pupil.  It’s quite an eerie effect.  I guess she had an event she was going to later.

For some reason we thought Makro would not be crowded.  We were so wrong.  The place was packed with shoppers.  Many were buying items to take the their temple, but others used the day off to shop before the weekend.  Considering that for a lot of folks, this is a four day holiday, supplies were needed.  Today and tomorrow, the sale of alcohol is prohibited.  Yesterday probably saw brisk sales in that department.  On the way home, driving through Ban Mai, we noticed that the Catholic school was closed.  Where else would you find a Christian school closing to observe a Buddhist holiday?  Hmm.

The golf course near our house is very green and lush.  Today there were tons of golfers out taking advantage of the nice weather on a day off.  We can’t remember seeing so many groups on the greens.  The photo for today was taken in our front yard.  As you can see, we have a bit of green ourselves.  

This evening, with many restaurants closed, the roadside food vendors were doing good business.  Everything from carts to stands, they were dishing out ‘take away’.  It seems like this year there is more observance of the holiday than in the past.  

Have a Thrilling Thursday.

                 Peace,

                           Danny

“Adventure is not outside a man;

it is within.”

~David Gayson