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You Know it is Winter in Chiang Rai, Thailand When...

12/10/2017

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the dogs start wearing T-shirts, with extra points for scarves
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and fancy Christmas attire, much to Hotdog's chagrin [owner of Chiang Rai Saddlebags]
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Hotdog's neighbor chose complimentary green, with a dash of macho fatigue
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Chivit Thamma Da's mascot is sticking with red
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this dog wants to match her owner
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even the cats are frozen; nothing like snuggling with a good blanket and a book at Orn's Bookshop
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or cuddling with your partner on a cold winter's day (many thanks to her human, Sriwanna Oliver, for the photos!)
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winter blue becomes her Siamese sensibility
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store fronts offer the finest furs and jumpers - for 50 or 100 baht (USD $1.53, $3.05, respectively)
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hats become necessary for even hardened jungle men like Noi (of Bamboo Nest fame), especially for capturing poisonous snakes
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or when cooking over a hot fire at the Sunday walking street
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this blog writer is forced to take off the early morning chill with a hair dryer
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even the monks take to wearing an extra coat of Armour at the White Temple
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water buffalo hide among the rice, golden ripe for harvest
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Thai farmers thrash the rice, dressed in heavy winter clothing
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Bruce and I have the pool to ourselves on any given day
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Thais dress like Eskimos
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babies wear parkas (complete with a backside vent )
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while farangs (foreigners) celebrate the season in short sleeves and heels
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the neighbor back home, NE coast Stateside, sends you pictures of your backyard
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while you send lush pastoral pics from your day's sweaty bicycle ride.
DID I MENTION THE AVERAGE DAYTIME TEMPERATURE IN DECEMBER IN CHIANG RAI, THAILAND IS 80 FAHRENHEIT/26 CELSIUS, DIPPING DOWN TO A BONE-CHILLING 54 FAHRENHEIT/12 CELSIUS AT NIGHT? 
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6/18/2018 04:03:10 am

These cute animals are so adorable! I am actually not used to seeing animals with clothes. I only see ones during some events because I used to bring my dog there before. Well, at least I got an idea what to do if winter comes here at our place. I will prepare cute winter clothes for my dogs and I am sure they will love it. Thanks for this, by the way. You just taught me and idea to make my dogs feel more loved.

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    Lois, aka Lois Lane, is married to superman Brucethebiker and follows him around the world, most recently to the Kingdom of (northern) Siam, where she is doing what she has always wanted to do - writing - and what she sometimes does not want to do:  riding for hours in the hot sun in spandex to places known and unknown, but bicycling anywhere on two thin wheels in any number of miserable conditions is better than what she gets paid to do in the United States, namely nursing, however noble the profession. Wonder woman’s wannabe mug and fake tan appeared in fitness magazines in her heyday, but now she merely appears in old(er) expatriate’s book and film clubs rosters (who’s unique members she intends to write about). Reared a Mennonite preacher’s daughter, she is still confused as to her calling: Mother Theresa or Vegas show girl or old cycling queen, but, in the meantime she is using her farm background to write a children’s book on her pet chicken, and she will continue cycling, traveling, writing, nursing (maybe) and applying lipstick (always).

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