Relax

Hi,

Our weather adventures continue with across the board forecasts of rain this evening.  If it does rain it will be later than the predicted start times (555).  I just hope it doesn’t mess up the work being done on the pool.

‘Easy Monday’ was “Killing Me Softly” by Roberta Flack.  It’s time for a really cool ‘Zany Day’ song.  It’s about a dog.

“Now you say you ain’t never met my wife, you ain’t never seen her befo’.  Say you ain’t been hangin’ roun’ my crib; well here somethin’ I wanna know… I wanna know what in the worl’ is goin’ down, __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __?”

Hint:  The ten word title contains an hint of suspicion.

A three person crew arrived this morning to start work on the pool.  Essentially, they are scraping the grout from the seams of the tile and will then re-grout the entire pool.  It’s tedious work and they left at the hottest time of the day.  Made sense to me, considering standing in an empty pool with 90 degrees beating down on you is counterproductive.

This morning we went to the Suzuki dealer for new wiper blades.  If rain is coming, I want to see.  Our blades were given the third degree by three different mechanics and the cashier.  It was like they didn’t believe we needed them.  The windshield was streaked and the rubber was weak.  After much frustration we asked if they had them in stock and they said no.  We don’t have a Pep Boys but there are some auto parts shops to check out.  The funny thing is, a lot of drivers here hardly use their wipers when it rains.  I tried it and it’s very strange to look through a wet windshield with water beating down.  Everything is all blurry.  Hmm. 

There are big trees all around town that are blooming with bright red flowers.  The flowers have large petals and they are used in Thai cooking, like curry dishes.  There are some of these trees on our road and we see people picking up the flowers off the road.  Some gather them to take home and use, while others actually sell them.  I’ll try to get a photo before they’re all scooped up.

In keeping with a ‘Zany Day’ theme, our photo for today was taken in Chiang Mai, at Central Festival.  This little stand makes lots of yummy things using mango.  I had mango and sticky rice, a classic dessert.

Feels like a Wacky Wednesday.

               Peace,

                         Danny

“Your mind will answer most of your questions

if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.”

~William S. Burroughs