Taiwan 2024 - iPhone 15 Series, Meat Vendor in Zhuqi Market

...very typical meat vendor in the Zhuqi market.

Taiwan 2024 - iPhone 15 Series, Market Lady in Zhuqi

 

Taiwan 2024 - iPhone 15 Series, Mobile Vendors in Zhuqi

The market where we did most of our shopping in Zhuqi was interesting enough, with blocks of vendors and wall-to-wall people in the street between them.  But these types are what interested me the most.

One that was perhaps slightly more affluent below:

Taiwan 2024 - iPhone 15 Series, Mannequien Arms

Chenjean was shopping in a clothing store there in Zhuqi when this caught my eye just outside...

Taiwan 2024 - iPhone 15 Series, Homemade Pickup Truck

You would think that only an eccentric would drive a vehicle like this, but I saw several others just like it.  Must be a local guy just slapping stuff together and selling to his neighbors.  Reminds me of those horse-drawn wagons in Mexico with car tires just like these...

Taiwan 2024 - iPhone 15 Series, Colorful Plant with Glowing Edges

Glowing Edges below:

Taiwan 2024 - iPhone 15 Series, Eccentric Motorcycle Guy

Now THIS was an interesting character.  When we saw him we thought he was homeless, so after talking to him for a while Chenjean offered him some money.  No need, he said, and showed us his wallet containing a huge roll of cash.  Has a family with grown children in the area.  Nope, he's just an eccentric be-bopping around, flitting from place to place on his motorcycle, which to us seemed just as novel as its rider:

Taiwan 2024 - iPhone 15 Series, Orchids in Zhuqi

These orchids were blooming nicely on the sidewalk just outside a coffee shop in Zhuqi.  Original pic below...

Taiwan 2024 - iPhone 15 Series, Seamstress Setup

From Chenjean's little village we would often go to Zhuqi nearby, at 34,000 a metropolis compared to where she grew up.  After having lived in the region for more than a half century, the family knows quite a few people there, and we'd stop by to visit or do business.  Saw this contraption in a little shop where a seamstress they knew worked out of her living room.

Taiwan 2024 - iPhone 15 Series, Crate Pattern

Photographers look for patterns, so this one wasn't going to get away as we walked by.  Found and glowing edges effects below: