Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Worth

Hi,

Chiang Rai got the full range of weather today.  We started with hot sunshine and slowly slipped into dark clouds with sprinkles. 

The ‘Easy Monday’ song was a snap for a bunch of you.  Here’s the rest of the first verse.  Hope it helps.
“…They say there’s always magic in the air.  (__ __)  But when you’re walkin’ down that street, and you ain’t had enough to eat, the glitter rubs right off and you’re nowhere, (__ __).”  Clue: There are two notable recordings of this song.  This time either artist will do, although the original is always cool.  It’s about life on a boulevard in NYC.

Last night we discovered something very interesting.  Our call-forwarding number from the U.S. was going straight to voicemail.  I checked the number on this end and it was set up correctly.  After several tries, Lisa discovered that Thailand numbers need to begin with 8 or 9 for my international call service.  My recent number change begins with a 6.  There are so many cell phones in Thailand that they had to begin a new number series.  We changed the forwarding number to Lisa’s phone and it worked.  Oh, these modern times.  

For those of you who are interested in seeing the Small Works from the exhibit, they have been posted on the Art Bridge Facebook page.  The link below will give you a look at all the variations of style and mediums used.  To the right of each photo you can see the title (sometimes in English) and what medium was used.


We’ve always known that Daku was a smart dog, but lately he seems to be showing us new awarenesses.  When Natcha calls us for lunch of dinner, he jumps up and heads for the door.  He will wait at the top of the stairs or on the landing until we appear, looking up as if to say, ‘Are you coming?’.  His sense of time is still quite amazing.  He will wake up during the night and just look around, not disturbing us.  When 6:30am comes he’s up, with a toy in his mouth pacing.  If I don’t get right up, he comes over and pushes his toy in my face.  That usually does the trick.

When the yard crew came last week we had them cut down some of the bananas and coconuts.  In today’s photo you can see part of the mini-harvest.  We always send some of the fruit home with the workers and give some to Gong and Natcha.  



This week we will be renewing our Retirement Visas, which means copying documents, going to the bank, and then to the immigration office.  Now that we have done this for a few years (555) it’s not as intimidating as it used to be.  We know now that if you go ahead of the deadline, if there are any changes in the process, there is time to deal with it.  Our friends at immigration are always very helpful, so it should be another routine visit.

Have a Happy Tuesday.

                   Peace,
                             Danny

“Outside show is a poor substitute
for inner worth.”
~Aesop

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