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Photographic Study: New Frangipani Flowers
Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 9:45PM 
Frangipani flowers appear in clusters.
They unfurl like a flag.
When new, they have a texture like torn paper.
Frngipanis are wonderfully symmetrical.
The symmetry leads to a secret world.
A secret world of light and fragrance.
The fragrance of the frangipani can fill your whole yard with a sweet breeze.
The frangipani holds the perfect olfactory memory of the equatorial tropics for me.
They smell like love gone.
Rememberances and Celebrations
Sunday, June 6, 2010 at 6:16PM June 6 marked the 10th anniversary of my wife's (Yoo) mother's death. In wonderful Thai-Chinese traditional style, we spent the morning with the family monk at the Wat. It was also the tine to celebrate the birthdays of my two nieces, Par and Sa, whose birthdays are on the 9th and 11th of June (yes, the "911 Birthday Party"). Here are some pics of the day (taken with the low-res photo function of my Canon HD movie camera):
My wife, my Thai family, the family Buddhist monk, and me.
Yes, this is me sitting in an alibastor and rosewood 'seat of honor' at the Wat.
Lopburi Blooms!
Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 11:20AM Flower photos from my recent Lopburi week-end.
Hibiscus.
A bird of paradise back lit from a setting sun.
A flower with obvious extraterrestrial origins.
Pollination happens.
Succulents abound.
The lotus flower is ever-present in Thailand.
Lovely.
Orange beauty.
Red flower clusters back lit in by the early morning light.
Flowers in the Funeral Parlor Flower Market (FPFM).
There is more to Lopburi than monkeys!
Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 11:10AM I love these small upcountry Thai market towns like Lopburi.
A nice park to pic-nic while giving your childern a peek into the afterlife.
With the recent political problems have come some nice agitprop street art.
Images of women.
They love their "Jazz King" in Thailand.
Lopburi is the home of the Continuous Potato Chip [singular].
Lopburi, Thailand = Monkeytown!
Sunday, May 30, 2010 at 5:38PM Spent the week-end in Lopburi, Thailand -- an easy 90 minute drive north of Bangkok. Very pleasant . . . and interesting!
Parts of Lopburi, around the Monkey Temple, are completely overrun with monkeys. A photographers' paradise!
Casual city dwelling monkeys.
Monkeys here . . . . .
. . . monkeys there . . . .
. . . monkeys everywhere!
And I do mean EVERYWHERE!
A wonderful old Buddha near the Lopburi Monkey Temple site.
Centuries of worshipers' gold leaf has nearly obscured the Buddha statue's detail. This Buddha statue is in a long room with a very bright red ceiling along with tall windows down each side, giving it this interesting redish glow.
New gold leaf added every day to all the Buddha images in the Wat (Buddhist Temple).
I bought a bracelet to wear for the next month -- to remember the day and the spirit of the Monkey Temple.
. . . . and one for the private home.