In response to becky’s squares: light.
A lantern is a portable source of lighting, typically featuring a protective enclosure for the light source—usually a candle or a wick in oil—to make it easier to carry and hang up, and make it more reliable outdoors or in drafty interiors.
Gongxi Facai – Happiness and Prosperity for the Year of the Golden Rooster. Yes, I went backwards but I present to you the electric light dragon.
Neon Carrot monkeys for ‘year of the monkey’.
Living in the tropics, there is no clear distinctions between seasons. It hot, hotter and damn hot days! Only sunny days and rainy days – and the rainy season is while away. We’re moving into the summer- the really uncomfortably damn hot days.
A couple weeks ago was the Lunar New Year or Chinese New Year, essentially, it the spring festival. Here are three beauties celebrating the festival in their red cheongsam.
Wow! Love that backdrop.
As part of the ‘Urban Art Festival’ left by street artists around town. This one is on Songwad Road, in Chinatown Bangkok, during Chinese New Year.
Offerings to the Gods from the granny smith apple chairs.
I didn’t know there so many shades of green. I am getting color-blind and crossed eyed because of all the green.
Continuing in the Chinese New Year festivities, some gold lanterns for the Spring festival.
I’m so behind on my colors so I’m trying to catch up to the current date.
I went for a walk in Chinatown during the festivities for the Lunar New Year and had a grand time. She saw my camera and tried to move away but I caught her anyway. Love that color on her. It’s unusual for see eggplant color of the Lunar New Year.
I am jumping ahead in the sequence of colors here. It’s the Lunar New Year and it’s the Year of the Monkey.
This fuzzy wuzzy brown monkey is displayed in the walkway outside a major mall in major train junction downtown Bangkok.
Happy Chinese New Year
King Hei Fat Choy (Cantonese)
Cong Xi Fa Cai (Mandarin)
