This started out as a serious post, but ....

I was going to blab on about the Green Oolong No 12 Tea we'd bought at Mae Salong - a gorgeous tea growing area in the far northern hills of Thailand .... and also show off my pretty tea mug.....

when, I turn my back for a moment and, look what happens ...

you guessed it... none other than FROGGIE !!

cut out that innocent look Froggie - the evidence is all around you.

... and even more gardens, but first...

I promise this will be my last mention of word verification - lol,  I guess there's no one worse than a reformed user!!!

I was trying to leave a comment on a blog this morning and had to have 3 tries ....  I saved the image of this one as a 'for instance'

there's an e an i or is it an n?   or an e i c  .... aw, you get the picture -  'nuff said, it's a real turn-off.

I thank Theresa  of  The Run *Around* Ranch Report who got the ball rolling about this ages ago, and then more recently, Robyn of 2012 Through a Camera Lens.

From all the comments yesterday, it's unanimous - word verification is soooo yesterday :D)

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Last lot of the Gardens pics:

The gardens provide work for many people.
They unobtrusively snip snip their way through the gardens non-stop.
We always like to appreciate the people who do the actual work.

A tree trunk put to good use.
Chiang means elephant, and as the gardens are in the Province
of Chiang Rai, elephants feature in many things.

Drinking water is always available in stone jars throughout the
gardens - it stays surprisingly cool too.

The Royal Villa in the background

Fantastic views of the Doi Ton hills abound

My photos have only touched on a tiny portion of these gardens.  

Thank you for enjoying them with me.