Cloak

Hi,

The giant storm we were waiting for never arrived.  We did, however, get plenty of rain on Saturday.  Sunday was beautiful and people were out and about enjoying the day. 

The ‘Old School Friday’ song was “Since I Fell For You” by Lenny Welch.  Hmm, how did that one get by you all?  Oh well, maybe this ‘Easy Monday’ song will make it better:  “I came upon a child of God, he was walking along the road, and I asked him, ‘where are you going and this he told me.’  ‘I’m going on down to Yasgur’s farm, I’m going to join in a rock ’n’ roll band.  I’m going to camp out on the land, I gonna try and get my soul free.  We are stardust, we are golden and we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden.”  Hint:  Historical gathering, 1969.  

The weekend was full of heavy clouds and light rain, which wasn’t very motivating.  Lisa spent time in her studio working on some new cast acrylic prints.  The excitement in our little world was a pick-up truck that somehow ended up head first into trees and bushes on the wrong side of the road, just past the bridge.  First I saw the truck, and a guy walking around talking on his phone.  The next time I passed, there were five trucks parked nearby and a committee of men pondering the truck.  Later in the day it was gone, there was just a big hole in the bushes and some broken limbs.  

 

Sunday was the day Cat finished moving out of her room.  A friend with a truck helped her and we managed to sleep through the whole thing.  It was probably better that way (555).  We now have a guest room again.  So ends another chapter in our lives, and a new one begins for Cat.  She had her first class today.  Hmm.

So, we’re down to a trio on our road trips.  Blue, Lisa and I went to The Wanderer for lunch.  We got there right before the noon rush.  There were some high school kids at one of the patio tables, and I suspect they were playing Pokemon Go.  That’s been happening at some popular spots.  We’ve learned that companies pay to have their GPS info put into the game to draw customers.  Our lunches were great and Blue and I tried the new mango tart.  It was good, but not like the first mango experiment.  I must request that again.

We hadn’t been to the Night Bazaar in a few weeks and it was nice to get back to Sawadee Restaurant. Sitting above the Night Bazaar, watching the vendors unpack their goods and set up their displays was another vivid reminder of how hard some people have to work each day.  When we left for home we stopped by the Healthy Market for fruit.  We didn’t know if there would be many vendors open, but to our surprise, the place was jumping.  It’s not uncommon for the fruit vendors to spend over 12 hours a day, seven days a week at their stalls.  

Today’s photo begins this week’s series ‘Morning at Todd’s’, the framing factory.  This photo is what we saw as we drove off the main road.  The expanse of rice on both sides of the road is impressive.  It’s almost mesmerizing.

Have a Great Week.

                 Peace,

                            Danny

“Wear gratitude like a cloak,

and it will feed every corner 

of you life.”

~Rumi