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Hi,

Chiang Rai experienced another postcard day.  Blue skies with occasional puffy clouds.  

The ‘Easy Monday’ song was “(You’re) Still the One” by Orleans.  Time to get crazy with another ‘Zany Day’ song.

“You know I love that organic cooking, I always ask for more.  And they call me Mr. Natural, on down to the health food store.  I only eat good sea salt, white sugar don’t touch my lips.  And my friends is always begging me to take them on macrobiotic trips.  Yes, they are…”  Clue:  Things aren’t always as they appear.  This man has a secret.

A morning without errands is a wonderful thing.  We did go to The Wanderer for coffee and had a great time.  There were only a few people there when we arrived.  During a visit with Khun Noot, the owner, we had a chance to learn more about the new display case full of beaded bracelets and necklaces.  There were two necklaces made of amber that were breathtaking.  All of the stones are from her collection, recently strung by her staff.  She is teaching them to make jewelry.  She has a piece of jade that dates back to Roman times.  There were no prices on any of the objects yet.  My guess is that I won’t be wearing any antique stones in the near future (555).  

This afternoon our friend Eric came over.  He and his wife Brenda want to install a tree in our yard in Blue’s memory.  It’s a beautiful gesture and we spent some time deciding on where to plant it and what kind of tree to get.  He brought a book with examples of trees that grow in the region and we settled on a few choices.  There will be a flowering tree to remind us of our dear friend.  I think Blue is smiling.

Most Thai doctors work at hospitals by day and operate their own clinics at night.  This evening we went to see a new eye doctor we heard about.  He starts seeing patients at 5pm, so we arrived about 15 minutes early to get on the list.  After a 20 minute wait we both got our eyes examined.  He speaks fairly good English and is very personable.  

Today’s photo was taken at Central Plaza Mall.  In front of Robinson department store the mall management set up this floral tribute to The King.  There was a table in front of it with a book for people to sign.  

There is another interesting thing that has happened during this time of mourning.  Facebook has canceled all advertising in Thailand for the 30 day period.  Nice move.  I wish it could be this way all the time.

This just might be a Wacky Wednesday.

                 Peace,

                           Danny

“It’s not what you look at that matters,

it’s what you see.”

~Henry David Thoreau