Hi,
It was a drippy kind of day in Chiang Rai. We had dry sky for our trip to the country, but by late afternoon it was storm time once again.
So far no one knows the title or the artist of this 'Zany Day' song. It's by a group that had a lot of 'Zany' hits.
"She had a ruby on her tummy and a diamond big as Texas on her toe, wo wo. She let her hair down and she did the hoochie koochie real slow, wo wo. When she did her special number on a zebra skin I thought she'd stop the show, wo wo, singin' 'Yeah, yeah (etc.)" Clue: It's about a diminutive dancer named for a northern African country that was once home to Cleopatra. Hmm.
This morning was a little frustrating for the dogs. They know when it's time to go out and play. It was raining too much to take them out so Daku finally surrendered and took the nap he usually takes after his exercise. What a life.
Our friend Lisa and her son Jack followed us out to the frame factory to pick up the art work. On the narrow road leading to the complex, we saw lots of people harvesting rice. Before we left I had Lisa pose with one of Khun Tawd's cement elephants. It's so huge that it needed a human standing next to it just for the sake of perspective. Lisa talked to Tawd about having him make us one of his small elephants so she can paint it and place it in our yard.
A Giant Elephant
Here in Thailand dirt comes in many colors. Actually, shades of red to be more specific. Most of what we see is kind of a terra cotta red, but there is also a deep maroon that we find fascinating. We saw some today and it just doesn't look like dirt. In know, weird thing to trip on, but if you saw it you would probably agree. Maybe I'll try and take a picture of some to show you. (555)
Driving around town, especially outside of the central part, there are lots of little sois (streets) that sometimes go unnoticed. Today we thought about taking the time to explore some of them, just to see what's there. We have been down some pretty narrow sois on the way to someone's house and sometimes to find a restaurant, but never just to wander around. I guess that can happen in any town or city, one gets into a pattern of driving to get places and miss the side road to somewhere special.
Have a Thrilling Thursday.
Peace,
Danny
the real tragedy of life is when adults are afraid of the light."
~Plato
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