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Chess, Making Dens and More Homework

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Jun 282010
 
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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 even an in house chess competition.

The younger ones tend to play in the garden, making temporary dens.

This is one of the reasons for the “lawn” in our wishlist.

We don’t like to discourage such imaginative play but we need to cut down on the cuts and bruises that occur with the present rough surface in the garden.

These days Tai is mostly to be found working at the computer, with quite an extrodinary amount of homework to be done.

This week the Lamyai have benefitted from the heavy rains and grown significantly, so that the children get to benefit to by eating these delicious fruit everyday.

For more photos from the week please visit our photobucket album here.

Chopping and Knocking Things Down

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Aug 172009
 

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.

boon2-1024x768Boon 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 of rotten roof tiles. Back home it would have been a much quicker job, but over here, with the possibility of snakes hiding between the tiles, slowly slowly was the order of the day.

That said, I stopped after a while, deciding to wait until I have acquired a wheel barrow.

Taking care is one thing but moving a handful at a time is just too slow.

So it was demolition time:) No bulldozer, no sledgehammer, just me on a mission.

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Remembering long past times in Plymouth, UK, where I put a hole in the wall of my flat at the end of a Tai Chi exercise, I exercised my Chi once more and down came the walls.

2 Steps Closer

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Aug 152009
 

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

DSCF3933And our first home, Stratton House, is also closer to a reality as we sealed the rental agreement and picked up the keys today.

Now its lots of hard work to get it ready to be utilised as a Childrens Home.

The house sits in a little over 1 Rai of land. At the moment the grounds are being utilised by chicken farmers.

There is a large covered shed, which we intend to use as the cooking and eating area as well as for craft activities. This is presently occupied by a Lamyai seller.

We have asked that the chickens be moved as soon as possible in order for us to be able to start the big job of cleaning up the grounds.

With the lamyai seller we have said that they can have a little longer, if they need time to find alternative premises. This is because the shed is easily separated from the rest of the property, and the ground clearance and modifications needed inside the house will take a while, so there is no need to rush them. Foreseeing the need for good community relations, we have no wish to antagonise the local villagers.

As you will see from the photos there is ample room around the house for both recreation and to establish some reasonably extensive growing ground, to both help feed the children and keep them occupied.

I know that this will now become my life’s work and would welcome any assistance along the way.

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