People

Hi,

We said farewell to friends, had some rain, and basically had a laid back weekend.

Just so you know, the weekend song was "In The Still Of The Night" by The Five Satins. Some of you knew it. That's cool. For our 'Easy Monday' song I trust I'll get more mail. It's a ballad that's been covered a lot.
"I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a style, and so I came to see him and listen for a while..." Hint: I'm not sure you really need a hint on this one. It's one of those songs about a singer, duh. What did he do?

Saturday morning we went downtown for an early, final lunch with Blue, Ming and Andi. We ate at one of their favorite spots, 'Work At Home Bakery'. It's called that because the owners have a house behind their shop. It's a combination bakery, restaurant and WiFi coffee shop. We buy our bread there and the owners are really nice people. They have a dog that everyone falls in love with. His name is Johathan and he's an English Golden Retriever.

During lunch we talked and laughed about the many high points of their visit. They covered a lot of ground in the time they were here and they returned home with many memories of Chiang Rai.

The weather was perfect the whole time they were here. As soon as they left, the sky began to cloud up and Lisa said it looked like rain. That meant one thing. It was time to swim. We've managed to get in a swim almost everyday and it's been great. The pool has cooperated perfectly and we're happy about that.

Saturday night we were invited to the home of a gentleman who had been to Lisa's art exhibit. Just as we were to leave it started raining. We didn't know if we were going to dinner or just to hang out. We started off to his house with directions that I understood. The rain stopped and we found his soi (street) without a hitch. He told us it was the last house on the soi but there were two houses at the end. We sat in the front yard of one house and wondered if it was the right one. There were chickens walking around and the TV was on inside. That didn't fit so we called Khun Jaffee. His was the other house. He told us to stay in the car until he put his dog in his cage. Hmm. It turns out the dog is half wolf and not very friendly. The house was amazing. It was full of beautiful art from different countries that he's been collecting. He puts on art shows and wants Lisa to be in a show he's planning in Chiang Rai that will feature the work of 'expats'. Another couple came over and we sat on the patio and ate appetizers and talked for several hours. Looks like the beginning of an interesting relationship.

BamBam is mellowing out most of the time, and Daku, at almost eight months, is exhibiting teenage behavior. He's getting taller and bolder. He's still a sweetheart but he has moments of madness. (Ha)

Have a Great Week.

Peace,
Danny

"People will forget what you said,
forget what you did,
but they will never forget how you made them feel"
~Maya Angelou

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