This weekend has been a bit of a wet onehere at Stratton House Childrens Home and Sundays usual trip out was cancelled this week. Nevertheless everyone enjoyed their day, riding their bikes, playing ball games, sleeping and listening to music. Sunday afternoon saw more Lamyai harvesting. This time we got less money as the fruits [...]

Its been quite a busy week for me this week , applying for my work permit, going out with collection boxes and continuing work on promoting the Foundation; all inbetween doing my bit with taking care of the children. Tai and Gu were both home 3 days this week, their school being closed due to [...]

Another week goes by and life goes on with the children making use of their free time, playing chess and making dens in the garden. We have a good group here who play well together most of the time. Chess is still very popular and we might have to think about more boards and maybe [...]

Bit by bit it will get done. After a busy morning in town I met up with Boon in the afternoon and we went to the house to do some more work.

boon2Boon went at the Lamyai trees, chopping down a lot of the branches and I finished off my first bit of ground clearance.

We will keep the Lamyai trees but they need thinning out.

My work involved starting to shift a pile [...]
Taking care is one thing but moving a handful at a time is just too slow.[.....]

At long last things are starting to look more serious. All the necessary documentation for the Foundation application is now at hand and with my agent, who will submit the application early this coming week And our first home, Stratton House, is also closer to a reality as we sealed the rental agreement and picked [...]