White Buddha and bugs

Went out with some friends to climb a gazillion steps to reach this Buddha image, close to where we live.

 

 

The view from the top.

Peacocks free to roam around the temple compound.

"Bugs" Around My House

(these have nothing to do with the previous images, but they were in the same folder, and I kind of like them, so why not?)

 

Darn! It's hard to blend in with an Audi!

... one of the strange bugs from around here trying hard to get his camouflage to blend in with a neighbor's car...I'd say, "Stick to tree bark..."

Grocery shopping finds

Isn't it pretty? It had orange-red spots and this gold fleck below its head...kind of like a gold leaf smudge.
Found this beetle as I was walking down the steps in front of "Happy Mart"...I handed my bags to someone and rummaged through my purse to find my camera...(the steps happen to be quite uneven and high...and I was wearing a shortish skirt, bending over and trying to get a good shot and not fall in the process...I can just imagine the people around me thinking "There's that weird farang again...with her little pink camera...hasn't she ever seen a bug before? Hrrmph..." :)

Saraburi Sunflowers

"Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men or animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock. " ~Henry Ward Beecher, Star Papers: A Discourse of Flowers

Apparently, we're not the only visitors...

Catching a ride...catterpillar-backing?

...well, if this is a caterpillar...(anybody know?)...another bug out and about on one of the trails I tread daily...if you click on the image you might be able to see an ant catching a ride...must be the rising gas prices :)

Bicho Missioncollegegiense

Uno de los tantos bichos de por aqui...a la ultima moda en pintura bichesca. Como no tengo mucho tiempo para andar en la naturaleza, la Sra Natura me manda estos bichos al tercer piso del edificio donde trabajo.
One of the many bugs around here...latest bug bodypaint trend...Since I don't have time to get out and enjoy nature that much, nature sends these little visitors to my office building...

Camino a mi t rabajo, disperse una nube de mariposas....aqui unas poquitas que se animaron a permanecer inmutables

Bicho tailandes

Thailand has an amazing variety of bugs...this is one I almost stepped on on my way home.