As big as your hand

 

 

Some kind of bees or flies working on hanging nest, CM

 

 

passion fruit flower

Bril Langur, Prachuap khiri khan

Also on the countryside, far away from any village, civilisation has arrived as also here rubbish was dumped.

The mansapparang sticks however will probably be planted soon. 

Just sat by the side of a nearby lake yesterday when this lone fish came along and spent some time with me.
In honour of our new found friendship I took his photo !!
Not bad for a photo on a phone I think, how things have evolved !!

Daughter chose this plant at the garden centre based on the picture on the label - pink!

Now she has the flowers

This morning in Phupalek National Park ( Sakon Nakhon province )

 

 

This little fella is having a healthy snack !!



Here’s his brother !!

Took a bit of finding, he’s got some good camouflage going on !!

Yesterday I came across this worm. No idea what kind of species this is. Looking at his claws it could be dangerous.

I have put these pictures in the nature section. If the mods do not agree everything can be moved.

 

Travelling through Isaan the last couple of days I noticed the dramatic impact of the draught. Thousands and thousands of rai of agricultural land are suffering from the lack of rain. Sources as pools and (small) rivers are (almost) empty. At some places the farmers are trying to squeeze the last drops from the water-flows

 

I made some pictures to get an impression.

 

As far as you can look rice fields are brown because of the dying rice plants. In almost all of these areas this year there will be no harvest at all.

Also mansapparang is suffering. The somewhat bigger plants seem to survive (assuming there will be some rain soon). Small plants are dying everywhere.

 

Replanting is almost impossible by the lack of planting material. In the area I have visited prices went up.

 

Under normal circumstance one stick (which can be cut in three pieces) goes for 0,5 Baht per stick. Currently prices are quoted of 3 baht per one stick.

 

See pictures of a partly replanted mansapparang field.

To brighten up your day some pictures of flowers I shot along the road.

Some more....

A common sight I know but never cease to be amazed at the symmetry and beauty of this flower !!

A tookeh just captured a flying insect....

On 8/17/2019 at 7:31 PM, Halfaboy said:

A tookeh just captured a flying insect....