9th Birthday. Family tradition: cake in the morning even before breakfast.

   
Mannat is so excited today.... she is 9! We had the usual [super!] home baked cake early in the morning before she went off [skipped and hummed a tune] to school.  

Finally! managed to get a few photos of the Sunbirds [this one is a Female. Purple Rumped - Leptocoma zeylonica ] who keep coming back to this shrub to strip off the dry stringy bark for nest-building....
   

This should have been a really nice shot! The Shutki / Chutki-traders [Dried fish trader] store was really interesting [and did I mention that it stank to high-heavens? yes I did], the trader had a nice face to photograph, the light was nice but low....Instead of taking my time I shot at high ISO and slow shutter without enough care. Anyway, I processed the blurred image a bit differently and came up with this version. I find it interesting. And different to my «usual» style.

The first image is Wat Phra Kaew [Temple of the Emerald Buddha] as viewed from the Grand Palace grounds, the 2nd is a building at the Grand Palace. The «emerald» Buddha is actually made from jade/jasper and not emerald..... The others photographs are from Wat Pho [famous for the massive Reclining Buddha which is 15 mtrs high at 46 mtrs long, and the 1000's of other Buddha images].