Barbara Falconer Newhall » thailand http://barbarafalconernewhall.com Journalist Barbara Falconer Newhall reports from the the second half of life -- on books, writing . . . her husband, house, aging relatives and grown-up kids. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:59:16 +0000 en hourly 1 A Case of the Human Condition: In Your Face Orchids http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2009/08/24/a-case-of-the-human-condition-in-your-face-orchids/ http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2009/08/24/a-case-of-the-human-condition-in-your-face-orchids/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:02:50 +0000 Barbara http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/?p=2907 Orchids

Orchids

There’s nothing I can say about these orchids.

Except that they were growing in Thailand, on a farm, where there were so many feats of blossoming splendor that by tour’s end Jon, Christina and I were wailing, “No! Please! Not another stupendously beautiful orchid! Get me out of here! Take me to the snake ranch!”

Where, of course, the snakes were beautiful too.

© 2009 Barbara Falconer Newhall

 

 

. . . more orchids . . .

. . . orchids . . .

. . . and more. Photos c 2009 B.F. Newhall

. . . and more orchids. Photos c 2009 B.F. Newhall

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