Category Archives: Issaan

Episode 4…A roof over our heads.

Posted on March 13, 2024 by Mike

The last part finished with the concrete crew departing, and the roofing guys supposed to start a few days later. As it happened, there was a delay of several days due to them running late on another job. We did … Continue reading →

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Episode 3 of our house build ….rebar, more rebar and then lots of concrete !

Posted on February 20, 2024 by Mike

After the columns had been erected and concreted into place the next job was to connect them together with the ground beams. This was going to be a long slow job as each ground beam had at least 6 pieces … Continue reading →

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At our local wat

Posted on January 26, 2020 by Mike

Just a couple of phone photos from my morning walk out to a local forest wat, where they have a large number of adenium (aka Desert Rose) and other plants potted around a large chedi.

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Sai Sin, the lucky white string

Posted on January 24, 2020 by Mike

In Thailand you often see a white cord tied around a person’s wrist, or tied to a new building, or a new car ! This is a form of blessing, wishing for good fortune in the future. The other night … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year

Posted on January 4, 2020 by Mike

Wishing everybody a Happy New Year for 2020, ….or for those in Thailand “Sawadee Pii Mai 2563” / สวัสดีปีใหม่. (Thailand has it’s own B.E. or Buddhist Era calendar, several hundred years ahead of most of the world) A short video … Continue reading →

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Sunflower

Posted on December 29, 2019 by Mike

Our rental house has no garden, just a concrete slab upon which I have a few potted plants to break up the greyness. The nearest thing to a real garden is the narrow piece of dirt  between our front wall … Continue reading →

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