Lunar Eclipse: Super Blood Wolf Moon

Fortunate that the weather is nice tonight and I'm able to see the Lunar Eclipse or Super Blood Wolf Moon from my backyard.

The Midnight Riders

This is a ghost story submitted to me by EA Tiwat. It is a ghost story written in Thai Language, translated by Nye. I'm not a biker and might have used the lingo incorrectly, I translated as is. The story took place in the year 1987 (Thai year 2530) here in Bangkok, which happened amongst the…

Ice

January 13, 2019 we were expecting snow in our area. The city salted the roads several days back and I was hoping to get several inches of snow. We lost our power last night and it came back early morning. I went back to sleep and woke up again to find that we didn't have…

Year In Review 2018

I didn't make a new year resolution last year but my goal was to exercise almost every day and I was able to stick to it and I'm very happy with the progress. It becomes a new lifestyle and hopes to carry this over to next year. I'm taking it one year at a time.…

Holiday Gathering

It certainly would not be politically correct to call it a Christmas gathering anymore, one of my nieces recently converted to Jewish and can't celebrate Christmas, I was informed and so it's a Holiday gathering. It's nice to have some time off from work and get to spend time with family and friends. At our…

The Coin Ghost

This is a translated ghost story from The Shock written in Thai Language, translated by Nye. Playing the Ouija board, Thai called it the glass cup ghost was known amongst students but Ann’s school would use a coin. It was a 5 baht coin so it’s probably safe to call it ‘Coin Ghost’. First of…

Garden 2018 Update

I had a good harvest this year, despite not having as much time to spend in the Garden this Summer. The Chayote harvest was in the middle of November, this plant likes the cool weather and not ideal if we had an early frost. This year was not too bad, I had a good turn…

Our First Snow in North Carolina

It has been a challenge trying to find time to blog on a regular basis, I do admire those that can post on a regular basis. It will take a lot more commitment on my part. We had our first snow almost 2 weeks ago, snow came a bit early this year on December 8th…

A Nameless Travel Companion

This is a translated article from Koosang Koosom Magazine, written in Thai Language, translated by Nye. The story took place in 1973 (Thai year 2516), I was in High school (มศ.2) attending Siriworakorn School, which was a private school in Nakhon Ratchasima. It was the biggest and most famous school at that time (presently the…

Garden 6-9-2018 Everything Planted

I was late in planting my garden due to the cold weather and didn't get started until the end of April and just finished planting a few herbs last week. Last week we didn't get any rain, which meant watering the garden every day. I was glad to see that we have some rain this…

Garden 5-29-2018 Rain

I don't know if my garden needed a break from the rain, I know I do. It has been raining for several days now. Everything is growing rapidly, even the straw starts to grow grass.  I would like to be able to go out and work in the garden again, I still have lemongrass to…

Camping on Memorial Day Weekend

This year we decided to camp at my house for Memorial Day Weekend since we have a big enough space to park the camper. My dad and sister bought their RV on Friday and stayed for the weekend. My goal is to make a private campground in the wood but it will take a lot…

Garden 5-15-2018 Ferterized and Straw Mulched the Plants

More colorful decorations in my garden, Bo gave me the two windmills for Mother's Day and Lee gave me the garden rain gauge. The garden rain gauge is a good size and I sure will get a good use out of it. The plants are big enough now to put down the straw mulch. My straw…

Garden 5-10-2018

A few days late in posting, the garden is coming along nicely. The apple and Asian pear trees that I purchased from Stark Bro's last year survived their first winter. The basils seem to adjust well to the inground planting pots. This part of the garden is sloped and the water washes the garden soil downhill.…

Planting the Garden

It was cold up until last week, and so much pollen in the air that I was in no shape to go out and prep the planting bed. It rained most of last week also so I didn't feel as guilty not being such a good gardener. Since the weather is warm enough now to garden, I tried…