Eating rancid walnuts: It only took me six to eight months to realize...

It turns out that eating rancid walnuts does, in fact, cause significant gastrointestinal distress. In the dry (most of the year) climate of California's Central Valley, I never imagined a rancid nut of any kind. Here in the hot, humid climate of Thailand, there is definitely a short shelf life for walnuts. From now on--after I throw away my remaining stock--I will be keeping my walnuts in the refrigerator.

The bright side of this affair, months of eating rancid walnuts, is that I now clearly recognize the smell of rancid walnuts. Safety first.

Hammock made of bamboo sections. Good for photo taking. Not good for sleeping.

This hammock made of bamboo sections looks nice.

It works well for sitting on to have your photo taken.

But for sleeping? No way.

It folds you in the middle.

Maybe the ropes could be adjusted so it doesn't sag so much?

Some nice koi fish, including some yellow ones I don't often see.

20221204

View from the gas station rest stop restaurant.

20221204

A quad of toad frogs.

Not just one or two or three, but a grand total of four toad frogs tonight. I suspect there is something going on in Toad World, but I'm not sure exactly what. You can be sure that as a conscientious retiree, I will continue to monitor the toad frog situation closely.

20221207

Let's put our processed food substances in a nice package and sell it as a holiday gift.

You can put Oreos and Ritz crackers in a nice package. You can then sell that package as a Christmas gift. But doing so does not change the fact that this stuff is not fit for human consumption. 

They may get away with this gift package idea here. I don't think it would fly in the United States, where people recognize these cookies and crackers as the crap, processed food substances that they are.

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A very large snail travelling at a relatively fast pace.

I regret that there is nothing in this video to give you a sense of scale in order to see how large this snail actually is. You would not want to step on one of these.

20221201

I was--briefly--the king of the world at the swimming pool on December 1st.

One day the swimming pool will be crowded. That is not today when there are only a few families living in this newly built housing estate. We are the only people who use the swimming pool at night. 

20221201

A somewhat pinkish sunset?

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Red is the sunset on this rainy evening.

I mean a very nice red that started out kind of light and then just got darker and darker.

Photos below are in reverse chronological order. (Because Google does not give me a way to control sort order when importing photos.)

20221229

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas.

My partner put the tree up on 20221128. I guess she felt it. We'll just have to go dark on 20221207, Pearl Harbor Day. At any rate, I like seeing the tree. Next up is the yard, including a huge Christmas tree in front of the house.

It was easy to decide where to put the tree.

Only one location was possible.

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