We returned to America about one month ago after spending the past eight months in Thailand. During this time, I learned much more about the balance of nature and imbalance being caused by our humanity.

When we first arrived to Bangkok in November 2020, the most obvious environmental issue was air pollution caused by burning agricultural fields in several countries to the north. The most beautiful season of the year for moderate temperatures and dry weather has now been replaced by choking smog across much of Asia.

At that time, Thailand was doing a great job to control the Covid-19 pandemic; but by the springtime, all the preventative measures when out with the Thai New Year celebrations and lack of vaccines causing uncontrolled spread of disease..

As the air quality improved in early 2021, I took daily walks in our area of Bangkok taking photographs - many pics are shown on the gallery. So many beautiful flowering trees, diverse sounds of birds chirping, and low hanging fruit. My connection with nature increased during these daily walks and I began to feel a love and longing to be outdoors in the early mornings at sunrise and evening sunsets.

We got a dog for our son - a Pomeranian who shows us unconditional love! He is a great companion for the entire family and luckily does not choose favorites and is very calm for a small dog. His presence brings us more into balance.

Monsoon rains arrived during late spring and early summer in Thailand and much of Asia. The warming of the ocean water created conditions for intense rainfall that usually lasted about an hour every afternoon. We welcomed the rain that cooled and cleaned the air and restores nature’s balance.

As I think of more examples I will continue to add to this blog post.