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I am back from the cafe. I had a really nice massage this morning. I changed my clothes and we immediately left for the cafe because Khun Bpaum and her helpers were coming early and doing BOTH of our places from 11:00 – 2:00.
I had a really nice time at the cafe. I met two ladies from China. One had two children. They met here and have become friends. Both are visiting for about a month. The boy saw me drawing and wanted his mom to let him come in and see what I was doing. They all came in and were quite complimentary about my stuff. We had a fun visit.
This is a door I thought was beautiful.
And this is the second lizard that lives somewhere around the cafe.
I’m working on a bunny rabbit, and also trying to draw a pair of ‘elephant pants.’ I guess every tourist has a pair. I have yet to find someone who actually looks GOOD in a pair, but they seem to be the thing everyone should have – except me..
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I came back to my beautifully clean place. I always check the windows to make sure they got locked (the cleaners clean them inside and out every week!) One was left unlocked, so I quickly took care of that. I sat down to write blog posts and had no cursor. All the things on my desk were lined up neatly. My track pad was working fine this morning, but I checked all the connections, even rebooted, but couldn’t get one to show up. I finally texted Brian on my phone. He looked things over and then showed me that there was a minute little button on one edge of the track pad that had been moved, turning the pad off. When he pushed it the other way, a tiny green light appeared and I had a cursor again. I didn’t even know the button was there, but I know what to check for if it happens again…
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Ah, “play is the highest form of research” is one of the BEST quotes ever! Love that, Linda.
I’m so loving the door and lizard sketches! And I have taken a LOT of photos of doors (when we were on our Sacred Celtic Journey in 2019. You’ll find at least one here: https://sheilamurrey.net/2019/11/24/a-sacred-celtic-journey-part-3-scotland/
And several in this post: https://sheilamurrey.net/2019/10/20/a-sacred-celtic-journey-part-2-england/
I’ll check the Ireland post later, but you get the idea. And I wasn’t even taking as many photos as others in our group were because I was really trying to “be present” and soak in all there was to enjoy (IN Joy) on that trip. Wow! Cannot believe it’s been 7 years since we took that tour! We were in Ireland, England, and Scotland for a total of 18 days, and then went back to Ireland that December for a week. I’m so glad I traveled so much in 2019 because of what happened in 2020!
On another note, Richard said last night we should each pack and suitcase and backpack and move to Thailand! Ha!
Thanks for the links to the door photos. I’ll try to check them out later today. I loved the whole idea of play as research, too, and I’m glad you liked the sketches. Please tell Richard ‘hi’ for me. He’s definitely a keeper. 😁
The door is just beautiful! You meet the nicest people in the cafe, and I know you enjoy sharing your art. (Donna)
Oh, thank you! I’m glad you like it, Donna. Yes, I have met more people from across the world here than I have met in my whole life. It’s such fun.