sundogs,spiders and sunsets

Wow, another week has slipped by. More happy kitchen time, checked out a couple different markets, and just diggin the daily nothings. Hit the expats grocery store, great selection from things back home. Scored some good cereal and mustard, not to be eaten together but enjoyed equally. Little pricey but worth it when needing a fix from the home- land. We even bought large bottles of shampoo and lotion with pumps, another sign that we're staying in one place for awhile.
Went out kayaking the other day and paddled out to an island with a big Buddha on it, not too much else there, just another watchful caring set of eyes. The vibe was so peaceful. The water so clear, you can see plenty of fish without wearing a mask. We saw yellow stripped fish, flat skinny ones, long see through sword looking types, all swimming around us. So cool with great visibility.
The Thais are so sincere and friendly. I was out for a walk the other day and a little girl runs down the hill to say hello then runs back up to her house. At the next corner a family was sitting resting in the shade, they wave and say hello, then commented on how hot the day was. They will share their shade as well as their food, can you imagine someone at home offering that to a stranger. We'd be a little suspicious.
We have new neighbors to our left, they are from Russia and the man (Stash) is quite a character. The other day it was funny to have conversations with him as we all were doing the animated charade form of communication. Quite entertaining to observe. Steve has about 5 words of Russian and Stash has a limited English vocabulary. I had a hard time not to laugh as Stash kept referring to his wife as a him. I tried to correct him but it went unnoticed. Wish Steve`s sister Teresa was here since she's studied a few languages, including Russian. As most know I have problems with my one and only language.
Day one neighbor Stash brings us prawns, we reciprocate by sharing our bruchetta. Day two they bring over ribs we share our salad of cabbage, carrots, honey pears, pineapple and nuts. Day three they bring over a Russian dish similar to our sourkraut and wieners. We must go shopping, pick up a some vodka and put a stop to this!
Enjoying more spectacular sunsets, same same but different. Saw a sun dog( it's a circle around the sun that indicates a weather change) girlfriends Tammy and Patti and I saw one in Mexico years ago. At first they thought I was making it up until they announced it over the loudspeakers at the resort (compound). That time it was at night so it was called a moon dog. Same same but different.
On the way to the beach we visit our huge neighborhood spider, even it does not do anything much different, same power line same spot.........
Same same but different.