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Hi,

The weather today was what we were supposed to have yesterday.  We had patchy blue sky, tastes of sunshine, and very moderate temps.  I’ll have another one, please.

The ‘Jazzy Wednesday’ tune struck a chord for many of you.  Lots of responses always makes me smile.  

“Yes, the strong gets more, while the weak ones fade.  Empty pockets don’t ever make the grade.  Mama may have, Papa may have, but __ __ __ __ that’s got his own, that’s got his own.”  Clue:  The harsh realities of the early 40’s have not disappeared.

This morning JaiDee got to have a ‘regular’ morning.  We took him to The Wanderer for a bowl of ice and some attention.  I think he remembered the good time he had last week and was waiting for the other dogs.  They never came down and that could be why he was a little restless.  He did make a new friend.  A young man came over and asked if he could pet him.  He is a pianist from Bangkok, in town for a concert at Heritage House.  It’s a big hotel that has held classical presentations in the past.  He told us that tickets are quite limited because they are following social distancing protocols.  After giving us a rundown of the program, he hoped they’d be back next year. 

Our friends Lisa and Caty invited us to lunch at The Hungry Wolf to celebrate our anniversary.  We were immediately given flower garlands by Caty’s twins and Lisa got a bouquet.  They arranged for us to have BBQ pizza with no cheese.  It was very delicious and will go on our list of things we can eat at ‘The Wolf’.  Actually, everyone had some sort of pizza.  At first I followed what I’d seen and cut a piece with my knife and fork.  After one bite I dropped the utensils and the pretense and picked it up in my hand and ate it like one is supposed to.  It tastes better that way.  During lunch, Caty told us more about a place located in the old bowling alley, that sells clothes.  It’s not really a clothing store, it’s a ‘buy it by the bucket’ arrangement.  There are mounds of used clothes, toys, kitchen stuff, etc. and they sell it by the kilo.  They have a special on right now and $1 gets you a kilogram of clothing.  Her 7 year old twins love the place.  The things that they really don’t like, they can give to someone else and it’s no great loss.  I want to check it out.  Restraint will be required, of course.  

In doggie news, while we were having lunch, at home Natcha took them both outside.  Her plan was to run JaiDee and hopefully TongDee.  When we got home she told us that not only had they run, but they played together.  This is big.  They have been hanging out in the kitchen together, rather close.  Sometimes TongDee will growl, but if she initiates the closeness it’s different.  They also took a little nap in the small kitchen.  Everyone is hopeful.

Both dogs have known where the treats are stored for a long time.  Today’s photo shows them telling Lisa what they’d like.

The paper exhibit in Bangkok that Lisa was invited to was postponed, if you recall.  New dates have been set and another location has been added.  Looks like we’ll be going to the big city in October.  More on this later.

Have a Thrilling Thursday.

                       Peace,

                                 Danny

“The heart is the chief feature

of a functioning mind.”

~Frank Lloyd Wright