Hi,
The weather is almost the same, except now the nights are warming up a bit. Today I actually wore shorts in the afternoon. For the first time in a long time we didn’t leave The Big Brown House all day.
It turns out ‘Easy Monday’ wasn’t a bust after all. The song was “Handyman” originally sung by Jimmy Jones and made famous by James Taylor. Now you know. ‘Zany Day’ takes us to the world of Scottish Funk. You know it.
“Meet me in the playground at a quarter to four, wait till everybody’s long gone. There must be so many things that we can explore, maybe I can walk you home. If it starts to rain, we can take some shelter. I’d like to hold your little hand. My heart is spinning like a helter-skelter. We’ll get to know each other if we can. She said, ‘Hey, wait a minute, hold on.’ She said, ‘Hey, just a little bit, hold on.’…. Hint: Sounds like he has an after school special in mind. Title is in three words.
Wednesday mornings the pool guy, Na, comes and cleans the pool, waterfall, and checks everything out. Today he went above and beyond by getting into the cold water to survey the cracks from the last earthquake and fill them with some tricky glue stuff. While he was working I discussed the concepts of solar heating for the pool with Johan, our pool expert. There may be warm water in our future. Johan has built an experimental unit to ‘test the waters’ for his pool and the outlook is good. Maybe by the next cold season we can be swimming.
Lisa spent most of the day dividing her time between the elephant and the kitchen. The painting is going great. The little guy has become quite a canvas for our resident artist. I wont give anything away, but the detail is amazing. In the kitchen, Lisa has been preparing things like pear sauce, banana cake (just banana and eggs), and coconut shakes to help me with my healing diet. I’m getting used to eating super clean, healthy food but I must say, I miss some of my favorite Thai dishes. Today’s special was a shake made with coconut milk, banana, and cocoa. So good.
Cat had the day off, but worked all day on a school project. Her class is involved with the preparations for a ‘camp’ for the 10th graders. I’m not sure exactly what they’re doing, but Cat will give a talk about the importance of volunteering; something she knows a lot about. Her friend Oum (pronounced ‘Ooom’) will pick her up at 6:30am to go to school tomorrow. They will visit the camp, in Mae Chan, but not stay for the three nights. She was very happy she didn’t have to camp out.
Today’s ‘Photos from the Yard’ features our Bird of Paradise plants. We have several of these plants that have grown quite large since we first planted them. They really add to the tropical vibe of the yard.
It’s time for Wacky Wednesday.
Peace,
Danny
“If you stumble,
make it part of the dance.”
~Unknown
Gettin' Funky, Thai Style
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