Rice farmer makes art with plantings that show cats

Picture purr-fect: A lively cat image created by Tanyapong is seen in rice fields in Chiang Rai province, north of Thailand. — Reuters

A sleeping cat hugs a fish in a picture seen from the air, picked out in sprouting rainbow seedlings in a rice field in Thailand to illustrate a traditional proverb about abundance.

Farmer Tanyapong Jaikham and a team of workers planted the seedlings at various spots in the field in the northern province of Chiang Rai to depict cartoon cats, hoping to lure tourists and cat lovers.