My coworker gave us these water lilies from her home town a few months ago. We didn’t think it would survive, but it thrived. This week it finally flowered.
A Kingfisher on the balcony
This picture was taken by Than when he was talking with the workmen at BaanLoiNaam. It appears to be a kingfisher sitting on our balcony. It is a rather cute looking bird, so I thought I would share.
Nice sunset
I swung by to check out the mounting of the solar panel rails on BaanLoiNaam on Friday evening and took this picture of the house silhouetted against a striking sunset.
Random pictures of our cats
We lost one of our cats over the past month to a slow and grueling cancer. Thai veterinarians don’t appear to do euthanasia for terminally ill pets. (At least none of the 5-10 in our area that we contacted would.) Something about losing a pet, particularly when it is slowly and painfully, makes one take…
Random: Sleeping like a dog
Our dog, Builder, taking a nap on the ground
Lots of Photos: Sony NEX5
When it comes to pictures for this blog, I mostly just snap off of my mobile phone camera and post. But often times, it just doesn’t capture the feeling of what I am looking at. So I borrowed an old Sony NEX5 from work that we used to use for experiments a number of years…
Photos: more food plants and lilies
Walking around the land today, I noticed a number of lily pads in the pond that seem to be flourishing: But it was the new food plants that Praew pointed out to me that really got my attention. Praew pointed out a little “makok” tree (ambarella?). I hadn’t noticed it before although she planted it…
Passion fruit and sesbania flower and sorghum
We are starting to eat more and more different kinds of food from our land these days. We aren’t exactly gardening yet. Instead, we are planting various kinds of plants that seem to be quite happy growing with little or no work on our part. (Apparently the tropical climate and soil around here isn’t exactly…
Baan Lae Suan fair
Praew spent Saturday at the “Baan Lae Suan” fair (literally “Home and Garden” fair), where she picked up a number of cute miscellany that make BaanMae look a little more like a home. It might also give you an idea of our sense of style… I really like this guy. Look carefully and you’ll see…
Funky clouds
Last Thursday, I saw an interesting cloud pattern on my way back from work. It looked like normal clouds on the lower left side, but with higher altitude flat clouds encircling them. Blue sky peaked through in a thin crescent between them.
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