My son, Brian, continues to be the resident curmudgeon about the Songkran New Year’s celebration. The photo below gives you a bit of the flavor of the water fights part of the celebration. Truckloads of people, plus motorcyclists, bicyclists, tuk-tuks, and pedestrians fill the streets. People on both sides of the street, plus the people in or on the vehicles are armed, as well. As people pass each other, water goes everywhere, shot out of guns, thrown by the bucketful… Laughter and screams fill the streets and wide smiles are everywhere.
Watching it from my window wasn’t enough. I just bought the water gun above and will fill it before I go down to my spot late this afternoon. I already caused a bit of a stir. The ladies in the 7-11 seemed surprised that this old lady was buying a water gun. Then, when I went to check my mail, one of the ladies in the office had a water gun in her hand (not ready to shoot it), I held up my gun and she and the man in the office stopped in their tracks and then laughed. It’ll be interesting to see if the ‘rule’ about not shooting ‘the elderly’ still applies if an old lady is shooting at YOU… 😁
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Brian and I braved the elements this morning and visited my husband, Harvey, at the nursing home this morning without incident. He seemed down or tired, but perked up during the visit. His new signal that he’s had enough is to use the remote to laboriously turn on the TV. The nursing home staff gave Brian and me one of these beautiful real flower necklaces as a gift for Songkran!
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For some reason, I am not surprised that you bought a water gun and will join in the fun! I hope you have a great time!
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I DID! I’ll write about it tomorrow, and I plan to be out there again tomorrow!
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What an exciting day! The paintings are just grand!
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Thanks, Linda. I appreciate your kind comments about the paintings.
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Have a fun day if you choose to use the water gun.
I love the necklace. What a lovely gift and your paintings I love as always. But I am especially fond of the cat one. So cute.
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I DID go play with the water gun. I’ll write about it in the blog. 💦 🔫 I love the necklace, too, though it won’t last past today. The people at the nursing home do such a good job and they are really caring people for the families, too. I’m glad you enjoyed the stretching kitty. 🐱
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That’s hilarious! Hope you guys have fun! 😀
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Brian wouldn’t go, so I went by myself. I had a blast. I’ll write about it in the blog today. 🔫 💦
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Fantastic about your water gun, and about your visit with Harvey! Yay! No incidents! And I thought of you when I saw this on the news site today, and I must say that some of the photos are hilarious! I told my hubby this morning about Songkran and what it’s about thanks to you schooling me!
Oh, and I love your flower necklace and painted sketches, Linda! Bravo! https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/thailand-water-new-year-festival-photos-91f2b83ebbcfd2fc882ef48cb896aa5e?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&user_id=66c4c6965d78644b3ab742a0
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Thanks for the pics, and yes – it really IS like that! I’m going to start a blog post about it soon, after checking my drying clothes and shoes on my balcony to hope they’re ready for the last celebrations tonight! Glad you liked the painted sketches.
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I’m hitting the hay. Had a chiropractor appointment today and I am beat. He took it a bit easier on me, but sciatica still. He talked about barometric pressure and said it could be the weather here. I don’t want to gear that!
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ooh, Sorry, Sweet Sheila. I hope sleep helps a bit. Feel better.
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