Monday, August 15, 2016

Forgive

Hi,

After a pleasant but drippy weekend, the big one arrived today.  We had two giant, daytime downpours that darkened the sky and made it look like evening.  Very eerie.  More rain on the way this week.

By now, many of you have seen news about bombings in Thailand.  Let me put your minds at ease and let you know that none of them were anywhere near us.  They were mostly in the south, and part of a long-time issue.  

The ‘Old School Friday’ song was “I Only Have Eyes For You” by The Flamingos.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_1892616559&feature=iv&src_vid=63nlhoda2MY&v=Pn8SFdyOA_M
Oh my, it’s ‘Easy Monday’ time already.  Do you know this one?  “Listen everybody, especially you girls.  Is it right to be left alone while the one you love is never home?  I love too hard, my friends sometimes say, but I believe, I believe that a woman should be treated that way.  But it hurts me so inside to see her treat me so unkind.  Somebody, somewhere tell her, it’s unfair.  __ __ __ __ __?  Hint: The singer needs someone to testify on his behalf.  Easy.

The weather has been a rather dominant player in our lives recently.  It hasn’t caused any damage but the yards are at a point where they are soggy even after a light rain.  Saturday was cloudy all day, but cleared a bit for the Walking Street crowd.  Sunday afternoon and evening we had a steady, light rain that eventually flooded most of the back yard.  When Daku and I went out at 9pm, I stepped on the grass and sank into about two inches of water.  It’s not much, but when you don’t expect it, it’s a shock.  The other thing about this rain is the temperature.  It’s cool.  The weather has been cooler and so has the water from the sky.  

Sunday morning while I was at my meeting, Lisa met with Sutheera to work on the Thai wording for the latest art exhibit poster.  Not only does the translation have to convey the same thought, the correct type fonts must be used.  Getting the fonts from one computer to another and having them work, is no easy task but they were successful.

The restaurant at Art Bridge has been under renovation and recently reopened.  We decided to check it out for our Sunday lunch.  There is a brand new menu of mostly Thai food, divided by regions.  There were, of course, lots of Northern Thai dishes.  We don’t eat these dishes because they are very spicy.  Blue and I had what was labeled as spaghetti with chicken.  It was very good, even though it was pasta instead.  We visited the current exhibit, cruised the gift shop and got home before the rain.  In the evening we went to The Wanderer again.  We can’t seem to stay away.

Today’s rain was so heavy that it knocked out the TV reception for a while.  Daku bugged me to go outside around 4pm and another big storm cell had just begun to dump.  We stood at the dining room door and looked out.  I think that changed his mind.  He just curled up on his bed in the kitchen.  Daku doesn’t like heavy rain in his face.

Today’s photo is part of a series I’ll call ‘Morning at the Mall’.  First we have a young man who was part of a Hill Tribe exhibit featuring fashions.  He is stitching gold thread into this piece of of silk, and is about to bring the needle up from underneath. 


This evening we had dinner with our friend Stephen at Le Meridien.  This is his last week as manager of the hotel.  He will be relocating to Perth, Australia.  We will see him again in September when we go to Singapore for a weekend of sight-seeing and Formula One.  

Have a Great Week.

                    Peace,
                              Danny

“Today, forgive yourself 
for what you think you did
or didn’t do.”
~Doreen Virtue

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