Posted by Dave Bull at 8:28 AM, November 19, 2010
[Here's the latest from Si ... (click for enlargements)]
Got the chicken fence up, finally, can go outside now without having to watch every step.
Garden shed almost done, with place under the roof for Songkran's outdoor kitchen. Trying to have a lawn, but it's going to be a struggle, I think...
The other end of the backyard, with the patio having turned into the kid's play zone. Pool's a real hit, perfect for hot afternoons.
Thai combine harvester, the harvest of which will end up...
...in Sing's brand new rice house. Water and rice-tight, the grains will be dumped in through...
...this specially prepared doorway. the panels are added one at a time as the thing fills up, and are numbered because they have been individually planed to let no rice escape. That's the story, though I saw a couple of places where you could drive a dinky toy through, dunno.
Finally, this shot from Pam and Pak's b'day party. I had a real jolt of deja-vu when I took this, do we have something in the family archives with little crew-cut kids sitting on the floor?
[Dave: Yep!]
Awwww, look at all the cute asian kids!!
Is that Simon ... pinching his nose at the kid next to him ... ??
I don't have time to dig through all the boxes to find it, but there is a similar picture from the generation inbetween ... early days in Hamura, no furniture, kids all in a row on the floor eating lunch ...
Yup! - of course that's Si doing something with his nose to the kid next to him (David would never have thought of doing something like that). I personally love the matching tops (too bad they grew out of that)
I think Si is innocent here .... Let's look at a closeup ...
But actually, where did Si get the spoonful of ice cream he has just eaten?
Something else I just noticed about that picture of the kids in Edmonton. It is stamped with the date of August '57. We have been in Canada no more than a few days!
So... how come everybody got bowls of ice cream except you two??
It looks like there might be a fight in the next scene where Simon punches the blonde kid and Dad takes the bowl of ice cream. hahaha
Also ............... is it just me, or is Simon wearing girl shoes?? :S
I back up the shoes, they look like mary-janes.
Also, Si ... I don't get the bit about the chickens. The fence is to keep them in I would have thought ... Is it the other way around?
