Little Wandering Wren …. chats!

Hello everyone

How is your week going? I hope you're having a wonderful Wednesday. Here is a lotus flower for you. Isn't it incredible? I picked it on one of my recent trips in rural Thailand to spend some time with the Ban Laem Community. They rowed me out into the middle of the pond, like a Princess to pick it!
Oh me, oh my what a life!

Mind you, if you can see the photo below I had to walk the gangplank of the bamboo path to get into the boat! You can read more about this here:

The Ban Laem Community, Suphanburi, Thailand


All good here, although I'm missing being in Australia at the moment as it is the Spring Racing carnival's Melbourne Cup weekend. It's a lovely time of year, spring is one of the best times anywhere in the world don't you agree?

We've not got any horses here but we do have loads of animals in my corner of the world.  Whereever I go in Bangkok,  I always seem to find the elephant in the room. Haha!

Guess what happened out our way this we…

Hello everyone how is your week going?  All is good here in Thailand and I am thankful for it.
Happy Friendship Friday!

. Our newspapers announced that winter had officially started. Not so you'd officially know it, but thinking about it, I've been less of a sweaty mess! And last weekend I had to jump in the pool quickly as it was quite chilly.

We've not long been back from Japan where we had an amazing holiday. We got caught up in Typhoon Hagibis
which caused widespread devastation and loss of life across Japan.
Here's my tribute to the staff at the Imperial, Tokyo,
we are grateful for their care and attention during Japan's worse storm in living memory:  Impeccable, Imperial Hotel 

We had been in Japan to watch the World Cup Rugby. Our match England v France was cancelled because of the storm However, by Sunday, everything was calm and beautiful in Tokyo.
We really enjoyed our wander around the city and even found a rugby shine.  Here fans were encouraged to go a…

Kon'nichiwa, hello from Japan I hope your week is going well.  Ours is, although we're keeping an eye on the super typhoon heading our way.

We're in Tokyo for the Rugby World Cup and in between matches to walk the Nakasendo trail. This is a pretty hike up and down through the mountains between the old postal villages between Tokyo to Kyoto. The track dates back to the feudal period and we have enjoyed this historic route immensely.
It seems like half the people we meet are here for the rugby and we've had many wonderful conversations along the way. Sport is such a great connector of people don't you think?
 Each night we are staying at the traditional Japanese Ryokan Inns with their communal bathing onsens.



Mind you, I've worked out pretty quickly that if you are staying at the same place as us,
chances are I'm going to be seeing you butt naked at the communal bathing area later.
So forgive me if I might not be as chatty as usual. Oh, we have some tales to…

Hello, how are you doing? It's been another great week here in Thailand.

'I have found that if you love life, life will love you back'. Arthur Rubinstein
Sixteen weeks ago I painted my toenails turquoise blue and life's been good ever since. Who knew such a simple change could make all the difference? Pull up a chair and I'll tell you all about it!


I've always had pink toes, maybe coral, and very occasionally, I've worn red nail polish at Christmas. My blue toes are my sign to myself to get out there, to have fun and do something different.
I mean let's face it unless something's gone drastically wrong in the day,  you've always got your feet with you, haven't you?  In Thailand, we never wear socks, so I have a secret, constant reminder to: Do it different, stay out of the ordinary!

I thought I'd made this up myself, but The Beauty Gypsy writes: 
Forget any tranquil associations – when worn as nail polish, blue is not for the faint of heart. It’s f…