In the post below there are
pictures of the garden. I have added a few more pictures for your viewing in
the garden flower posty thingy. Please take a look at them if you so wish. Here’s
a little background on Jim Thompson: he started the silk production in
Thailand. He was an American who went to Thailand, then England, then he
returned to the United States. Then he decided America sucks and went back to
Thailand where he purchased land and began his silk trade. If you want more
info go find some! Right when I walked in I saw a big pot full of things that
look like yellow and white gnocchi (little potato like pasta balls soooo good
go get some if you’ve never tried it) that was boiling. {The picture that says
JHW with the house are cocoons}. Tiny
threads came thriving out the top of the balls. Ladies and Gents this is silk
threads…they combine 5 of them together to make a single silk thread. Okay so
it’s a process, what bothered me is you have to boil silk work cocoons. Being a
nature enthusiast I went into this SAVE THE WORMS DON’T BUY SILK protest mode.
I felt sad. I mean they should have had a sign “no worms were hurt during this process”.
The house was pretty cool though. He had a large collection of Chinese pots and
plates, very intricate wood furniture, and many Buddhist tapestries/statues.
Our tour guide pointed out that JT put a lot of Thai homes, traditionally one
giant room that’s the whole house, together and westernized them. It was fun to
walk house to house. JT disappeared mysteriously when he was 61, a very
important age in Buddhism (off to research you go)! Minds open, hearts close,
bellies full.
-Foodie and Nature Enthusiast
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