Beginnings

Hi,

What looked like another sunny, rain-free day ended up with an afternoon storm that left the streets washed and the trees watered.  We saw the clouds but didn’t want to believe it would really happen.  Fortunately, we’d already had our swim (555).

The ‘Easy Monday’ song was “Fever”, of course.  It was originally recorded by Little Willie John.  That pesky Peggy Lee recording, and most that followed were a product of the times.  Quite often, R&B artists were not heard on mainstream radio due to segregation of the airwaves.  Songs like ‘Fever’ were given additional lyrics, published with new writers and then white artists had hits on white radio.  So much for the history lesson.  We need a ‘Zany Day’ song to clear the air.   “What a drag it is getting old.  ‘Kids are different today’, I hear ev’ry mother say, mother needs something today to calm her down.  And though she’s not really ill, there’s a little yellow pill.  She goes running to the shelter of a __ __ __ and it helps her on her way, gets her through her busy day…”  Hint:  It’s from the 60s, parenting through science.  

Daku is doing a lot better today.  He doesn’t like the idea that he can’t return to his normal activities.  This morning he wanted to go out and play, but he is still favoring his right-rear leg and it’s still a little difficult for him to get up if he’s been lying down.  Patience can be a healer.

Chiang Rai may be one of the last frontiers of the country/city.  By that I mean it looks like a well organized city, with traffic lights, shopping centers and lots of businesses, but there’s something else going on as well.  Without a police force to regulate certain things it can continue to be a country town.  There is no one to enforce parking restrictions, or driving laws.  Today we drove down a street that is supposed to have parking on only one side, so there will be room for two lanes of driving.  Well, there is now parking on both sides of the street and it all slowed down as cars attempted to make their way.  We got where we wanted to go without incident, but it might have been quicker and with lower blood-pressure if there had been a bit more order.  There, rant over.

This afternoon we went to Central Plaza Mall for a visit to Top’s Market.  The mall now has more ‘attendants’ in the parking lot helping people park, and moving cars that double park.  The double parking thing is very strange to me.  If your car has a stick shift, it seems to be acceptable to leave it in neutral so it can be pushed out of the way if needed.  Hmm, doesn’t work on late model automatics.  The place was packed with shoppers at 4pm on a Wednesday.  Big city stuff.

This evening Natcha brought Neechanon upstairs for a visit.  She is smiling a lot and making sounds.  Her experiments with facial expressions continues and it’s really cute to see what she tries.  There are now deliberate sounds coming out of this little cutie.  She seems to answer when asked a question.  It’s just a little noise, but it doesn’t seem to be a coincidence.  Tonight it seemed like she laughed a little.  What a kid.

Today’s photo was taken tonight during our visit with Neechanon.

Time for Wacky Wednesday

               Peace,

                         Danny

 

“New beginnings are often disguised

as painful endings.”

~Lao Tzu