A day at home, enjoying the park, and not going anywhere!

Two of the community members came over Thursday night to visit. I showed them pictures of our home in Alaska and our marriage. I had to use Google to find the web site that I created for our wedding, I had not been there for a long time. I have pictures of Alaska on my computer from 2005. My web site, Wandering In Alaska, is not suitable for dial up connections. I did not know how slow it was until I came to Thailand. When I return to Alaska I will try to create two sites, one for low bandwidth connections. It is very frustrating to wait for a web site to load, especially if it is your own web site!

We ran into a lady on a motorcycle who delivers newspapers. We are going to have the Bangkok Post delivered each morning, pretty cool.

I spend a long time in the park today, I carried my binoculars instead of a camera. I saw a very large, eagle sized, hawk. It was beautiful to watch it fly by. I assume that it was a red hawk. I also saw white, parrot like, birds. There were many doves. I am trying to see the birds that go Whooo Whooo every morning. I hear them, but have not identified them yet.

In the morning there were many, 10 or 15 monitor lizards. A couple of them were up on the island sunning themselves. When I returned in the afternoon there was a lizard in the same location. I am not sure if it was the same one. The lizard was either sleeping and very secure, or sick. I will check again this morning. On the island I saw another monitor lizard get out of the water, but when it saw a lizard near by, it sort of arched up, and then went back into the water. The pattern of the skin on the monitor lizards is very diverse and beautiful.

There seems to be many more birds in the park now, but I am not sure if it is really true. I could just may be more discriminating in what I am observing. It is great to walk in the early morning, it is relatively cool and the light is beautiful. It almost takes two seasons to see the rhythm of a place. I like to stand, watch, and listen to feel what a place is like.

Jit is stuffing a mattress with bags of cotton, we bought the mattress covers in Phar Pradaeng. The cotton dust is all over the place, at least it is outside. I am not sure if it is very healthy.

It looks like December 11th will be the house dedication, I am not sure how the day was selected.

Today we are supposed to go to a house dedication for Keenon's cousin. This afternoon we will be going by bus to a Kao Yai for a Kathin ceremony Sunday morning. I have no idea about the details, but I will just go along and do photography. I will use a digital camera for a change.

Jit's uncle, the one who is very old, is still working with his nephew. I saw them building a ladder as I went over to Jit's old house to visit Jit's mother. It is great to see them team up.

Yesterday there were a couple puppies, about 4 months old. They were exploring and looking for food. I stopped and spent some time with one of them. The puppy came up and I could pet it. I like communicating with animals.

If you get a chance read Stuart's comment on my previous blog entry. I am glad to get comments and responses to my blog. I appreciate it when I get email and comments. I just recently turned comments back on since with word verification there is less chance of comment spam.

It is good to take a break from Bangkok. Spending time in the park, visiting, and bird and animal watching is a good break.