Somebody turned the heat back on. I am glad we went to the farm early before it got too hot. Even with several days of sun and no rain the road to the farm was still a bit treacherous. The river is full but not flowing as fast as thought it would be. I think it was a partial release upstream from the dam. My rice is doing very well. So is the corn they planted around the perimeter. It is sweet corn for human consumption, not the feed corn we grow in between rice crops. Phai and son in law harvested a lot of bamboo shoots and also some fruit from the trees. We have a number of bunches of bananas that should be ready to pick before we leave. I also took the opportunity now that I have a data plan for my iPhone of doing a live FaceTime call to my dad. He got to visit my farm live, see my rice, my river and watch Phai and son in law harvest bamboo. He could hear how quiet it was with only the birds making any noise. I wish Apple would allow you to capture your FaceTime calls for later playback.
Well, I found out the lottery in Thailand is just like the lottery in Florida. You buy tickets dreaming of winning big only to realize you would have won bigger by not buying the tickets. At least I can add it to my list of things I have done in my life. Ning set up a rack to display the outfits that Phai made yesterday and sold several of them before ten this morning. I told Phai she should consider making some and bringing them the meetings I teach at in Florida. I have a feeling some of you would like them.
I got an interesting email from YouTube today. It said the music in the dance recital video video I posted two days ago is Copyrighted. It goes on to say:
"Ads might appear on your video. Copyrighted content was found in your video. The claimant is allowing their content to be used in your YouTube video. However, ads might appear on it. VIEWING RESTRICTIONS None
Monetized by claimant
If you agree with these conditions, you don't have to do anything.”
It shows how their computers check everything that gets posted on Youtube. They have a massive database of all copyrighted media. Depending on the copyright they can remove your video but in my case I can keep it posted but the owner of the copyright can place ads before the video plays.