2023 annual แห่เทียนโคราช / Korat Candle Parade. As indicated by the word "candle" in the name of the parade, the floats are made of wax. They have to hose them down with water during the day to keep them from melting. They should hose me down too because I'm melting like so many others in so many places. Hot!!!
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| 2023 August 2nd-5th |
Note:
You might have to press Play twice to play the video below.
Once to load the video and then again to actually play it.
(At least I do using Windows 11...)
Spectacular skies continue here. As a chronicler of sunsets and rainbows (and the occasional sunrise), I continue to observe and report.
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Spectacular skies of late, with wonderful shades of blue and fluffy white cotton candy clouds. Everything here is green in the rainy season. Complaints? None to report.
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Of late, my skills as a fisherman have been called into question. Something about too many trips of catching zero fish. Something about my being unable to thread living, writhing earthworms onto a fishing hook. There is something to it. I used to catch more. I used to thread worms onto the hook without a thought.
Still, while not the fisherman I once was, I am confident that even I could catch some fish at the pond shown in the video below.
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Did you ever have a friend who was a really great person, and you kind of knew it, but you kind of took it for granted, and then one day that friend was gone from this earthly plane? How to honor that special person? How about an annual memorial day on their birthday? Sounds good to me.
I don't think I have to report, Vince, that we did a little bit of earth shaking on Sunday, the 23rd. I felt like you were right there with us.
Vincent Richard Flagg - Born 1956 July 23rd
Will live on as long as we remember him. Didn't you see the movie Coco?
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Just some random photos from the recent trip to Bangkok to meet an old friend. Making new friends is great, but I cannot deny the validity of the Chinese expression: 老朋友最好!!! Old friends are best!!!
Note: Although my brain remembers 老朋友最好 as a Chinese expression, it's possible that it's not. But I'm a somewhat older guy now, so humor me, please.
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| 20230721-0651 Bangkok sunrise |
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| Back in the day, they used to walk home from school here too... |
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| You know how years later you revisit places you've been before? |
From the hotel we normally stay at, we have a good view of planes landing at ท่าอากาศยานดอนเมือง / Don Mueang International Airport. But we stayed in a different hotel this time in order to be within walking distance of a BTS Skytrain station. Don't think you can't teach an old dog to learn new tricks. In this new hotel, we had a good view of planes taking off from Don Mueang International Airport. And a very nice sunset/moonrise as well.
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I guess it was my dream that the air wouldn't get bad until mid-January. I got back right at the end of the rainy season, and the air is...
