a day in the life

can't believe i've never yet included a certain aspect of life here, so here goes.

here is แม่.


here are the umbrella covers she sews for a family umbrella-making business. the town in between us and chiang mai is a bit of a center for thai umbrellas; there's even an umbrella village nearby. so they go through a lot of these. there are about a thousand or two more color/pattern choices, as well. run sells a few on etsy, if you've a hankerin'.


here is where i sit to sew up the inside edges. i want to call it suturing, but i'm pretty sure that's wrong, because that's what the dermatologist did to my back in high school to save me from cancer. i will not include a picture of that part.


แม่ tells me i'm a big help, but considering how many times she has to stop what she's doing to fix the machine i've busted yet again, i feel it's only fair to let her keep the entire 6 cents she gets for each cover. i'm very generous, i know. but with house and church and work stuff, i've been a major slacker lately. therefore, i hereby commit to repentance and will serve my time on the plastic stool this week, no worries.

ps--run comes home tomorrow from bangkok. haven't seen that kid in six months, and we are STOKED. กลับมาดีๆ รันนะ !