Month: March 2009

Posted in Geekery

Making Non-Petroleum Jelly/Lip Balm

I need some kind of non-petroleum jelly-ish substance, something suitable as a heavy-duty moisturizer for Fahim’s scaly…

Posted in Geekery

Finding Beeswax in Sri Lanka…

Can be interesting. After much discussion and procrastination, on a grocery shopping trip one day, Fahim ran…

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Cows, Magnets, and Magnetism

This definitely falls into the bizarre-for-me category of information. <a href=”http://pics.laurieashton.com/2009/20090322-18.jpg”l target=”_blank” ><img src=”http://laurieashton.com/tn/2009/20090322-18.jpg” align=”left” alt=”” /></a>Thanks…

Posted in Other Sri Lanka

Transporting Furniture and… People?

This is a more common sight in Sri Lanka than you might think. When goods are transported,…

Posted in Other Sri Lanka

A Squirrel and A Bird Come Visiting

I frequently see birds visiting the trees outside my kitchen window. They’re a welcome sight. I enjoy…

Posted in Other Sri Lanka

Crafting/DIY As A Form of Self-Defense

I’ve always been a crafter/DIY kind of person – it’s the way we were raised. It’s part…

Posted in Other Sri Lanka

Purple-Faced Langur Monkey Travelling the Power Line Highway

I took these pics of our neighborhood gray purple-faced langur monkeys yesterday afternoon. It started with a…