The Photography of Dr. Jeff Harper

June 6 marked the 10th anniversary of my wife's (Yoo) mother's death.  In wonderful Thai-Chinese traditional style, we spent the morning with the family monk at the Wat.  It was also the tine to celebrate the birthdays of my two nieces, Par and Sa, whose birthdays are on the 9th and 11th of June (yes, the "911 Birthday Party"). Here are some pics of the day (taken with the low-res photo function of my Canon HD movie camera):

My wife, my Thai family, the family Buddhist monk, and me.

 Yes, this is me sitting in an alibastor and rosewood 'seat of honor' at the Wat.

Flower photos from my recent Lopburi week-end.

Hibiscus.

A bird of paradise back lit from a setting sun.

A flower with obvious extraterrestrial origins.

Pollination happens.

Succulents abound.

The lotus flower is ever-present in Thailand.

Lovely.

Orange beauty.

Red flower clusters back lit in by the early morning light.

Flowers in the Funeral Parlor Flower Market (FPFM).

I love these small upcountry Thai market towns like Lopburi.

A nice park to pic-nic while giving your childern a peek into the afterlife.

With the recent political problems have come some nice agitprop street art.

Images of women.

They love their "Jazz King" in Thailand.

Lopburi is the home of the Continuous Potato Chip [singular].

Spent the week-end in Lopburi, Thailand -- an easy 90 minute drive north of Bangkok.  Very pleasant . . . and interesting!

Parts of Lopburi, around the Monkey Temple, are completely overrun with monkeys. A photographers' paradise!

Casual city dwelling monkeys.

Monkeys here . . . . .

. . . monkeys there . . . .

. . . monkeys everywhere!

And I do mean EVERYWHERE!

A wonderful old Buddha near the Lopburi Monkey Temple site.

Centuries of worshipers' gold leaf has nearly obscured the Buddha statue's detail. This Buddha statue is in a long room with a very bright red ceiling along with tall windows down each side, giving it this interesting redish glow.

New gold leaf added every day to all the Buddha images in the Wat (Buddhist Temple).

I bought a bracelet to wear for the next month -- to remember the day and the spirit of the Monkey Temple.

. . . .  and one for the private home.

Thousands of people turned out to clean up the mess left by the Red Shirt protesters.  But still, 35 buildings were torched by the departing "hardline" wing . . . . . . 

What a mess in downtown Bangkok.

Workmen clear the barricades  . . . . . .                                  The previous two photos are from Boston.Com.