Seasons Here in Thailand

Understand

Hi,
The weather here is warming, the trees are shedding and the pool is calling. A birthday was celebrated again, and tomorrow we go on a little road trip.
A few of you got the song but I suspect more will write in after this clue. It's from the last line of the song. Give it a try.
"Our dreams have magic because we'll always stay in love this way __ __ __ __." Hint: Lead singers name is a gem, the song is forecasting the future.
There are basically three seasons here in Thailand. There's hot, hot and rainy, and winter. We're moving into the hot season and if I recall, the time right before and after winter, are the most pleasant. I think I'm actually getting used to it. I sort of gauge it by what clothing feels the most comfortable. I have just moved from jeans and long sleeves to my light cotton Thai pants and loose cotton sport shirts. When we first arrived I always considered T-shirts as a warm weather garment. I wondered why most Thai men wore button front sport shirts. Now I understand. One needs to have air circulating around the body. That still doesn't answer the question as to how some workers can wear long sleeved heavy shirts in this weather. I guess it's similar to robes in the desert. Hmm.
There is a stand of very tall trees across the road from our house. They have huge round leaves that are sometimes 10 inches in diameter. When the wind comes up and the leaves are blown off the trees it sounds like rain. Very eerie. Some of them blow into our yard and BamBam takes great delight in picking them up and chomping on them for a few minutes. She doesn't eat them, just likes to chew.
We keep thinking that today will be the day we'll go back into the pool. Then we stick a toe in the water and decide on tomorrow. The forecast calls for temps in the 90s very soon. The water can't resist getting warmer so soon we'll be splashing around and swimming laps again. Whoopee.
Today we lunched at Big C for my birthday. Then we browsed the sunglasses across from Black Canyon, where we ate. We couldn't resist and we each got a pair. Since it was a special day I got a pair of novelty glasses that make me look like an alien. Nothing like a little fun. Then we went upstairs and picked up something we've been meaning to get. A boom-box. We needed a portable music player that we could take out by the pool and also move around the house. It was made in Thailand, which is kinda cool. It even plays karaoke CDs and has a mike so you can sing along. Or not. (Ha)
Tomorrow we're going up to Mae Sai, which is the border town with Burma. We have to go to immigration for our three month check-in. It takes about an hour each way but the country side is fun so it should be a nice trip.
Welcome to Wacky Wednesday.

Peace,
Danny

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look not at what he has already achieved,
but at what he aspires to."
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