After 5 months without a single drop, it was quite a novelty to have a heavy shower of rain early one morning. Everything freshened up - plants, mountains, lawn - and new growth started. The mango blossom is incredibly profuse this year. We'll be bombarded with fruit later in the season.
Not much to report otherwise. Building work continues on the house behind ours. Mid-afternoon temperatures are now in the high 30s so walking is not an option, but the house stays nice and cool with the fans on.
Luang Prabang city planners (with funding from Japan) decided to experiment with free green buses this week to get rid of the thousands of white Hiace 13-seater vans that clog up the roads. Unfortunately the experiment only lasted 5 days before being pulled due to "complaints" (from the van owners?). It was lovely to have a traffic-free city centre though. We'll see what happens next.
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| Garden benefitted from a drop of rain |
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| The mountains re-appeared from the haze. |
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| Novelty! |
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| These Great Mormon butterflies are very common but normally difficult to photograph. This female was so busy attracting a male fluttering around that she posed beautifully. |
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| We woke up one morning to find our garden fence had gone! It's now being replaced with a stone retaining wall. |
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| This tiny adorable tailerbird nest fell out of the mango tree. Such neat stitching |
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