I painted these for Harvey’s “Happy Wall.” I’ll give him the “Tasmanian Devil” a week from Saturday, spacing these out, hoping he enjoys adding them to his wall.
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We will go visit him today. Nothing special is going on this week, but NEXT week we have to get his thumbprint on about 20 pages and pictures of him in the bed to apply for another renewal of his medical visa. We have a lady who helps us, so we are just go-fers on this, thank goodness. It would still seem obvious that Harvey isn’t going anywhere soon, and you would think they would have different KINDS of medical visas, but we will do whatever we need to do to keep things legal.
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Yesterday at the cafe I had the nicest thing happen! The lady that I told you brought me the fresh Thai bananas recently came in. We smiled and I motioned her over, telling her how wonderful I thought the bananas were and how much Brian and I enjoyed them. I then gave her a thank you card I had painted. She looked at it, teared up, and hugged it close to her. Then got up and hugged ME. It turns out that she speaks pretty good English (!) and she said she had wanted to see my art work but was afraid of ‘disturbing me.’ (Can you imagine that?) Anyway, I told her I would be happy for her to look through my old sketchbook, and that I would start bringing it in my art bag in case she had the time to look. The Thai people are SO kind!
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I love all these painted sketches and that the lady teared up when you offered her a sketch or look see! Beautiful!
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Thanks, Sheila. The people here are so incredibly nice. I can’t begin to give enough examples.
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Very nice.
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Thank you, Verma. I appreciate your writing. :0)
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A lovely post and lovely artwork.
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Thank you very much, Liz. I appreciate you.
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The painted sketches are incredible! Your Harvey is going to love them and want them on his wall, for sure!
That was really nice that you had such a good visit with the lady who gave you the bananas, and, the fact that she speaks English, was even better for you! You are such a nice person, and like draws like. (Donna)
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What a nice thing to say, Donna. Thank you. The Thai people are so incredibly nice. It’s not often that the building cleaning lady stops her conversation with someone as you walk by, says, “Hello!” and comes over and hugs me as I leave the building. I feel so lucky to be here. Thanks for writing, Donna. You are a treasure.
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