When I woke at my usual time of 4 am this morning, standing in the middle of the Kampitie Garden was a Thai Pagoda! I do not know the equivalent of the name Aladdin in Thai, so, I will say "Unnop"!
During last week, I constructed a rough trellis structure after Annikki dug deep to put in the foundations. In the process she found her father's building rubbish grave of 52 years ago as well as the chicken bones from their building time lunch hours! We have a collection of 50 year old bent nails!
On Saturday evening, when Joanna and family came and she cooked us a scrumptious dinner (creamed garlic flavoured roast potatos, roast chicken - 3 types, and a tomato cucumber salad - Pailin and Unnop contributed by sending us their fabulous Thai Glass Noodle spicy vegetarian salad), the structure was just about standing. 
I completed it on Sunday evening. Then Annikki and I had painted it a nice forest green by Sunday night. The structure had taken a character of of its own.
Yesterday Annikki and I scoured the shops for a suitable roofing material. After much thought we settled on a willow fence which we put up yeaterday evening.
Late yesterday evening, I gave Unnop a large sheet of pine wood ply and an electric pendulum-lift keyhole saw yesterday evening.
Annikki was busy getting the garden tidy when I went to bed last night at about midnight.
At about half past one, when I usually go down for a glass of water, I looked out of the kitchen window and noticed some activity in the garden. As I was in my dazed sleepy state, I did not make any move to find out what was going on!
At 4 am, when I got up, Annikki had still not come to bed. So I dressed and went into the garden to see her covered with paint and the most beautiful structure standing in the garden around Annikki's famed bathtub pond, which has become the breeding place for our goldfish. We now have about 30 goldfish fry in the tub hiding under the lotus flowers and leaves!
Not only had Unnop, Pailin and Soda come and put up the finishing touches which converted the trellis into Thai Pagoda, Annikki had painted it and furnished the inside with her African Wind Chime, metal cow bells, as well as flowers and hanging plants in coconut shells.
We now have the centre-piece of the Kampitie Garden in all its glory.
I am surrounded by creative artists - Annikki, Joanna, Pailin, Unnop - all true geniuses in their own right.
I thank my Maker every day for blessing me with so much love, affection and talent (that I lack), and for making my life so complete!
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