Around our house: Palm tree next to East Wing.

Center terrace view, facing West Wing.

What is the name of this plant?

Lemon tree on back terrace.

On the back terrace.

Ankana's gang that celebrated her promotion by enjoying a good dinner at Jae Ngor Sathorn.

Ankana, my fo secretary when I was Advisor to the Governor of the Bank of Thailand for two years( 1999-2001), shows her promotion present at the dinner celebrating her promotion.

Dr.Snoh Unakul argues a political position with Khun Banyong, while Mark McKinney and Sivaporn are listening attentively.

Khun Banyong Lamsam chairs the Dole Thailand Board of Directors Meeting, while Khun Niphon contemplates pensively and Khun Chumpol surfs the internet.

Archarn Kamchorn Sathirakul chairs Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors of the TISCO Foundation. He is pleased that the TISCO Foundation has granted over Baht 100 million in scholarships to needy students since its inception.

Khunying Wanna and Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi invite Dr.Sumet and Khunying Jitana Tantivejkul and us to dinner at their home on Suriwong Road.

Patrapa goes to Kota Kinabalu for the weekend.

Plai Srisakorn - our favorite elephant.

The inexpensive foam boards have been professional installed by the Elephant Reintroduction Foundation staff under the tin roof to provide excellent insulation from the sun's heat.

During our visit to Sublangka we see that some of the pineapple we have planted have started to sprout.

Red deer: this is what we have for lunch. A professional breeder is raising 1,400 red deer on two farms outside Bangkok. The horns are cut every two years and sold as aphrodisiac. After the second cut, the deer is sent to restaurants as deer meat.

Khun Pichai's birthday lunch at Kwang Sawadee, which serves only deer meat.

Flowers in my backyard on Election Day for Senate House.

Rochana visits the new Millenium Hilton hotel near our house.

Rochana has a steak sandwich for lunch.

Wat Anongkongkaram.

Puvanai, Kay and Rochana at Nippontei Restaurant on Rajadamri.

Mom gives a smile as she waits for the suki.

Puvanai blesses the relatives as they enter Coca Restaurant for lunch.

Songkran religious ceremony at Wat Anongkongkaram.

Khun Ankana leads her group of wellwishers to perform the annual Songkran New Year's water blessing rites for Khun Chittra, Khun Chookiat, Sivaporn and Khun Rochana.

Khun Thanom prepares to enjoy his Baht 3,000 steak, which he truly does.

Khun Pliu hosts Songkran New Year's lunch at Nakatani Japanese steak house.

Khun Suthas thinks Khun Siri has jaundice and compares faces.

On our return we stop to have dinner at "Kae Pla Paow" which is enjoyed by all.

Dr. Sumet Tantivejkul, Chairman of the Elephant Reintroduction Foundation, gets Ambassador Mac, his wife Jun and her twin sister Nong to pose with the Foundation's field officers at Camp 1 in Sublangka Wildlife Sanctuary.

Pang Deurn and Pang Daow, mother and daughter, are released to the wild.

Khun Nattamon tries to stroke Pang Dao's trunk.

Khun Teerin is delighted that the elephants will be released to the wild.

Khun Karantarat with Pang Dao and Pang Deurn.

Brokeback brothers, Suthas and Thanom, share the same trunk.

Battery of professional and non-professional photographers capturing various moments of the reintroduction ceremony.

A group photo of some of the people attending Khun Lerng's elephant reintroduction ceremony.

Ambassador designate to Morocco, Akrasit Amaytakul and his wife Jun are treated to an all day excursion to visit the elephant reintroduction ceremony at Sublanka by Dr. Sumet. Khun Nattamon and Khun Jun are close friends.

Dr. Sumet Tantivejkul decides he likes the license plate on my Lamborghini Countach LP 5000 year 1982.

Oey Pornsri takes 10 days off from work to get a beauty treatment at Thonburi Hospital.

Our Rottwieller, Rita, gives birth to baby boy.

Sivaporn spends some time talking to Plai Srisakorn who is no longer the meanest elephant in Thailand. The Elephant Reintroduction Foundation rescued him from the forest of Mae Wong in December 2005.

View of Pa's Pond being dug by 10 year old boy operating a new Caterpillar backhoe .

Khun Rochana admires the work done on enlarging and deepening Pa's Pond in Sublangka so that the elephants will have a bathing hole.

Boonrawd Brewery Co., Ltd. holds its Annual Shareholders Meeting and declares dividend of Baht 39,000 per share.