And an other day .

Plus the unstop-able Chung Paow .

On and on ....

And a little cold in the mornings.

That is 164 Monks actually.

160 Monks for Christmas.

Or rather for Pariwat ,

a 10 day precept purification for monks ,

and we have some 160 of them ,

camping out at the lake ,

lots of chanting and teachings .

And in the mornings the Alms round with the people from Chomtong , and people from the temple , giving food to the monks

The Six Hour Ceremony .

And we walked away smiling .

Phra Maha Ot received a promotion from the King , upon his arrival back we had a parade into town , of course first we had to walk to the edge of town so we could wait for two hours , then the parade back into town and then the Ceremony , all in all 6 hours .

And we walked away smiling !

100000 Mynah birds

Sounds like : every day at 5.45 p.m. for about half an hour , our Ficus benjaminii gets visited by what sounds like 100000 Mynah birds .

100000 fishes.

On the occasion of the King s birthday , there was a release of a whole lot of fishes by Ajahn Tong and the rest of us , fun !

27 hours

From door to door , and 1 hour to make the place look lived in again .

YVR

Here we go .

Off to warmer climes ,

Jodi and I worked like dogs (no not like our grey dogs ) to get the drywall up

and the ceiling hanging..............

thanks to Andy and Arnie for the use of their tools .....

and now I am at the airport already !

Mike , Mike and Mike ...............

grassy point and a new garden .

Jodi's incredible chanterelle find .

The hump .

That is : we're over it , the hump , that is , finally the siding is on , weather proof !

And the Eucryphia is flowering , too much !

Scary .

Sloooow building and a bird .

Dorje Ling magic .

Auf wiedersehen !

Anne and Hanna off on their next adventure , Danke Schon !


Tired Tashi

Wwoofers Anne and Hanna , and a snake having a meal .