Did I tell you that it was snowing again.
Really, well it is.
So soup was on the menu for dinner tonight.
I had been given these soup package as a gift.
(Thanks Sue McLure)
It was apparently the best soup Jim has ever had, could bacon in it
be the reason?
Cindy thinks so.
The crusty baguette added a nice addition.
Thankfully, I have enough to freeze to several more
winter/spring meals.
http://www.mitchellssoupco.ca/
I am thankfully starting to feel better.
I am still coughing quite a bit but hope it subsides before we fly home on Tuesday.
We went to one of our favourite beaches,
for dinner and a walk.
Look at these cute puppies on the beach.
I wanted to take them and their mom home and give them a good life.
Hopefully someone would be as likely inclined.
We have had the chance of seeing some new
areas around Hua Hin.
It's amazing how many little bays and beautiful beaches
are really close to us.
Next year we will rent a car and explore more on our own.
It will be a bit of a learning curve to drive on the left hand side of the road,
but totally doable.
It will give us so much more freedom.
A little over one week left here in beautiful Hua Hin before our long flight back to BC.
I know I will be missing the warmth and sunshine.
I am already dreaming that tulips and snowdrops will be sighted when we arrive.
One always has to be hopeful that spring will arrive
in BC at the beginning of March.
There has been record snow and cold this winter in
Vancouver.
Spring feels a long way away before the snowdrops and cherry blossoms appear.
So, you embrace it, you have fun,
you help shovel, you build snowmen,
you learn to skate,
you become a scientist at school and at home.
This is how our little Claire has spent part of her February.
When you have been at the same place as long as we have,
you get to know the gardeners around
the resort.
They were busy trimming the palm trees and knocking down the coconuts.
I am always thrilled when I get a gift,
especially one that is right from the tree!
The water inside is so fresh and
tastes like liquid sunshine.
It is amazing what a smile and a thank you will do for
friendships around the pool.
I hope some of these photos show you
the sense of joy I have when I take them.
I always try to find something a little different
that strikes my fancy.
As I was watching the sunrise yesterday,
I noticed something yellow washing up on the beach further
down from were I was.
I soon saw about
these flowers offerings brought in by the tide.
The flowers garlands are so beautifully made.
They hang on spirit homes as well as
on mirrors in cars, on boats
and at temples.
Phuang malai (พวงมาลัย) are a Thai form of floral garland.
They are often given as offerings or kept for good luck.
There are some lovely white pool pebbles
around the perimeter of
the hotel pool.
I liberated a couple of these rocks and crocheted
some covers for them.
I have been giving them to the
Thai ladies here who are the gardeners and maids.
Trying to explain to them that they can be used as paperweights
is quite funny.
Thankfully we have a translator App for that.
There are so many goods and crafts made here in Thailand.
I love some of these handcrafted items.
On our last day here, we will go have lunch at the beach, check out the
handcraft market,
then come back to finish packing up.
We will start our journey home by heading back to Bangkok,
then on to Kelowna....leaving and arriving the same day.
It will be a long, long day, but with 3 months of great memories, it will be worth the
travelling time it will take to get back home.
Dagmar