Be careful what you wish for!

      Visiting with the other reader of this blog this morning who said she reads it everyday; which elicited this response from me "You must have a very quiet life if you have nothing better to do." There you have it.😀

   The neighbor to The Little House texted me today to say the house's rain gauge showed 1.9"! WOW! This was a thunderstorm of some ferocity with winds to 65 mph and hail. Unlike the previous 5", this came as a deluge. During the previous prolonged dry spell all were wishing for rain...be careful...now the wishing is for the rain to take a break. Is this an anomaly for does it presage a wetter summer?  Follow this blog, if you have nothing better to do, to find out. Personally I'd vote for too much rain over too little. 

   It does cheer that the frogs across the street were able to leave their hibernation in the mud and resume their singing. Hearing their singing makes me happy.

  So here I am fat and happy in the OFH, also known as HWR, still writing about rain. 😄

Takk for alt,

PS The other reader said she liked the random pictures, so.....

Wat Chai Wattanaram, (wat = temple) in Ayutthaya, Thailand. Travel to and from my house to school took me past it twice daily. It's the best preserved wat in Ayutthaya the others having been damaged or destroyed when the Burmese invaded in 1775-67. Following that invasion the Thai capital was moved south from Ayutthaya, farther from Burma, to Bangkok. Ayutthaya, with it's temples and ruins is a World Heritage Site.

A little bit of Thai lore; The full ceremonial name of Bangkok is Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonpimanawatansathit 

Here's a breakdown of the name:

• Krungthep Maha Nakhon: The official Thai name, meaning "City of Angels, Great City".
• Amon Rattanakosin: "Eternal land of gems".
• Mahinthara Ayutthaya: "The impregnable city of Ayutthaya".
Mahadilok Phop: "The great land".
Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom: "The royal capital and pleasant place".
Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan: "The grand residence of the divine".
Amon Piman Awatan Sathit: "Abode of reincarnated spirits".