Thailand trip...

Our time in Chiang Mai was really nice and we enjoyed spending time with many special people while we were there. I have lots more pictures but decided I better stop here.

A view of mountains from our hotel

Another view of the mountains from our hotel

Elephants in the landscaping at the hotel

Beautiful mountains near Chiang Mai.

Some really large bamboo trees.

Waterfall area we walked up to.

Yes!!! We rode an elephant.

Village Church

Pastor of village church

Sowing rice seed

Night bazaar...several blocks of shops along the street

Silk worms...

Silk Factory

beautiful wood sculpturing

Tiger Kingdom...this was interesting...people actually paid to go inside with these tigers and have their picture taken with them. Not me...they would have to pay me and then I don't think I would do it.

This is what the Songteaw taxi looks like...many people can fit in the back.

Us by a Tuk Tuk taxi

Mom's advice...

With the fast pace of change in this world today; I am so thankful for the unchanging truth of God's Word.

These can be challenging times to nurture children but my advice is to stay ever so close to the Lord and trust His wisdom and guidance in everything you do. The words in Deuteronomy 6:5-9 are as true today as they were long ago.


"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the door frames of your houses and gates."

Botanical Gardens

We enjoyed spending the afternoon at the Singapore Botanical Garden this past weekend.

These orchids were at the entrance and I took several pictures. There also was a room where they started cultures of the orchids (it is behind me in the photo above). The Singapore Chinese Symphony was warming up for a concert to take place that evening. We enjoyed listening to them while we took a short break from our walk around the gardens.

Some of the flowers we saw on our walk. So beautiful!!!

The fish is carved from driftwood and was pretty cool.

Can it be true???

Can it be true???

This happens so seldom...I just had to capture it for memory sake:)

"Expo Adventure"

If you like big crowds~~then the place to be is the Expo on a Saturday afternoon. What a riot!!! Screaming loud anouncements coming from every direction, each one advertising the big sales going on.

Do you need a new flat screen tv or a new camera? Just about any electronic gadget you can think of probably could be found and of course at a "great sale" price.???? Every imaginable clothing item available if you want to take the time to sort through bins loaded full of such wonderful deals. We also came across some home necessities if you are in the need of furniture or beds, new flooring or even a new aircon.

We just looked as I knew neither of us had the energy to carry any of it home with us.

So much for our big weekend outing. The Expo adventure......yes, it was just not "quite" as exciting as watching a rodeo in Montana along with an amazing fireworks display or camping out in the wilderness.

Wishing you a HAPPY 4th of JULY!!!!

 

The unexpected...

As we were wandering around looking for a certain building down in the city area we saw the unexpected-- at least unexpected to see in Singapore.

I thought this was kind of interesting with Larry's reflection behind the antlers.

Do you see what is on the far wall?

Needless to say this was certainly not something we expected to see today.

Pineapple/Mango Salsa

Pineapple/Mango Salsa....

This evening while browsing my favorite blog sites I saw this recipe and without too much hesitation...I took a quick walk to the store and bought the ingredients I needed. It turned out really nice and between the two of us we finished it off very quickly. It is very healthy for you:)

   You can go here to find the recipe... http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/

Sentosa changes...

I went with our friend, Charia, from Cambodia to Sentosa Island this week. The construction of huge hotels & casinos continues along with other very expensive places. It has been a couple years since I visited and I was sure disappointed. Not as pleasing to the eye anymore because it just looks like another big city with huge buildings dwarfing the beauty of the island. I did not take many pic's but here are a few.

The Resort Hotel area that covers a large area as you approach the Merlion...

The Merlion is the same but doesn't look so big anymore with all the buildings nearby.

The beach area. It was a very hot day but the clouds gave us a little shelter so we could walk along here for a few minutes

On the express train ride back across to Singapore I took this picture of the shipping area with all the crates. The picture doesn't show the thousands of crates along this area but it is one of the largest in the world.

An interesting view...

You never know what you may come upon ...

this was an interesting view above us ...

the roof over us is being scrubbed and washed by this man.

Fortunately we didn't come upon any leaks in the roof.

Oil washed up on beach...

This is what the beach area looked like this morning as I went for my walk....it smelled and looked so nasty.