Month: October 2009

This is the view from just outside the Arpico department store where we go for grocery shopping….

I’ve mentioned before that, in empty lots here, stuff grows. Yeah, cuz "stuff" is such a highly…

Every now and then, we have bugs that voluntarily die. Old age, maybe. This one landed on…

My fascination with cows continues. If you like looking at cows, this provides you with further entertainment….

This might just end up being a regular thing with me. 🙂 I’ve mentioned before that all…

Qumana is the latest in a bunch of desktop blogging applications I’m testing, all in an effort…

Tags: flowers, flower buds, Sri Lanka

I’ve got to admit, it’s true, wasps frighten me. I’m allergic to just about every kind of…

As it turns out, no, not this time. 😛 This time, we’ve got an actual human working…

Tags: purple, flowers, purple flowers, Sri Lanka

I was downstairs, getting ready to mix up some bread dough and make some sweets, when I…

First person to guess what this is gets points. Lots and lots of points. Redeemable for, uh,…

Tags: project 365, fans

In the empty lot next door, a lot of vegetation grows. Besides the banana plants, there are…

This picture is for the shop where I bought my stone mortar and pestle and cast iron…

The orchid tree that sits in front of our house – on the street side of our…

Water lilies beside a major road in Battaramulla. Water lilies grow in a few waterways here. A…

Tags: jasmine, flower, flower buds, Sri Lanka

Here is a rice paddy field, which is a fairly common sight. Despite rice growing here, rice…

Remember the red flower bud photo I posted yesterday? It bloomed. Those are big fat black ants…

Here, we’ve got a shop (printing, Internet, communications services) to the left in the picture. In front…

Yes, it’s outside, and yes, it’s probably getting dusty. Ah, well, you know, that’s how things go…

Tags: flower, flower bud, Sri Lanka