Porthole

51th week of the year 180.

Groan (exercise) = Exor. (observations) = obsv. (s***,shave,shower) = ss&s. (read something) = read. (comment blogs/newsfeed/notebook) = bogs. (BoyLove series on-line) = ytBL. (Thai TV BL series on GMMTV25) = tv25. (write poetry or prose) = PorP. (take a daily walk) = walk. (buy something) = shop. (take a photo) = foto. (video) = วิดีโอ. (speak Thai/Lao) = pôod. (learn Thai) Thai. (go-into-the-water) = pool. (dirty clothes) = wash. (cook something) = cook. (tidy up) = mess. (travel) = trip. (noon) = เที่ยง. (talking to ex-pats/travelers/strangers in European) = chat. (Thai teaching book) = book. (hand written journal) = jour. (contests) = test. (water) = agua. (market) = ตลาด. (WdC weekly goals challenge) = week. ฟอรั่ม (forums) = QotD, Xin8,X40w,Hook,P-Me,BcoF,-Bar,SH,Stik. (National Blog Post Month) NBPM.
(scrub toes) = toes; (clean and unclutter) = neat; (Senior Center) = SCTR;

10 mars. 10.มีนาคม

exor. 300/300/300/500 = 1400. 09:25-10:25. 75-77 degrees
obsv. swallows, puddles, chatter from the tower. It must've rained.
เที่ยง. 88 degrees
Thai.
ss&s.
walk.
pôod.
ฟอรั่ม. 2500 posts = merit badge. New post: "2024 Prompt #3"  

09 mars. 09.มีนาคม

exor. 400/200/300/300 = 1200. Not sure as I was unfocused and needed to take a toilet break. 09:47-10:24. 77 degrees and cloudy. Hot sun bothers me, so cloudy is better.
obsv. flies, dark skies, birds-on-a-line, slight breeze.
ss&s.
เที่ยง. 79 degrees.
walk. Around Nong Bua.
shop. picked up banana muffins.
chat. P'Nan, Ben... better than nothing.
ฟอรั่ม. I've re-opened my old forum and posted a new prompt today. "Plum petals, Roseberry thorns" 

08 mars. 08.นาคม

exor. 400/300/500/500 = 1700. 09:46-10:28. 81-84 degrees.
small clouds, a bit of blue, butterflies, a breeze.
ss&s.
walk.
chat.
pôod.
visa/bank. Little progress, no results. Went to two banks.

07 mars. 07.มีนาคม

exor. 400/300/300/300 = 1300. Numbers are estimates. Unfocused, tired. 09:15-09:56. 75 degrees
obsv. Pride of India in bloom (indigo flowers).
chat. with Tom in Lao and English. With Rick and Joe in English; great advice.
ss&s.
เที่ยง. 96 degrees at 13:13; 152 AQI is hazardous.
PorP. "M#5 (May 7 'mother') 40w "On the Ides of March"" 
wash. Pan did the wash. Bless him.
pôod. Actually spoke to Pan today in broken Thai/Lao.

06 mars. 06.มีนาคม

exor. 400/300/300/500 = 1500. 09:53 - 10:23. 84-90 degrees.
obsv. nest in tree (lots of leaves have fallen, bird hoot, puddles from watering.
foto. rhynochostylus posted to FB and sent to Miguel Angel.
ss&s. scrubbed toes.
PorP. ""In a baritone bellow" M#4 (March 6th 'classic') 28w" 
เที่ยง. 93 degrees. Went up to 102.
walk. Late after dark. More photos.

05 mars. 05.มีนาคม

เที่ยง. 96 degrees.
ss&s.
ตลาด. Went with Pan. Very little food in the apt.
walk. coffee.
exor. 300/300/300/300 = 1200. 21:18-21:41. 81 degrees.
PorP. ""Even if there be monsters" M#5 (March 5 "bend") 40w" 

Pan cut my hair and gave me a massage.

04 mars. 04.มีนาคม

exor. 300/300/300/300 = 1200. 79 degrees at 10:40.
obsv. yellow butterfly, mynas frolicking, pidgeons bathing, wasp, Udon's flower blooms.
ss&s. shaved.
walk.
gift. Gave Pan gifts I bought in Taiwan. He seemed happy.

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