Category: Other

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Are marriages necessarily hard work?

Nope. The husband and I have been married six years next month. We had a bit of…

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Validation

This is a really cool video I saw on a friend’s blog. I’m not huge into watching…

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Customer Service in Sri Lanka

About four or five months ago, we signed up for a new high-speed Internet service in Sri…

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Sri Lankan Bats and Bat Houses

I know, I know, I’m strange. I’m considering bats and bat houses. 😀 Here’s the thing –…

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Shocking News: Most Sri Lankans Don’t Use Banks!

I really don’t get this kind of reporting. I don’t. In a shocking revelation, a Sri Lankan…

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Mooo!

A cow and a calf, happily munching away on the vegetation in the empty lot next door….

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Spiders… Urgh!

We get a lot of spiders here. Some are small, some, not so much. Here’s one that…

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Chernobyl Beetle!

Okay, so he’s probably never been to Chernobyl, or, really, out of this country, so I’m being…

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Hassles at the grocery store

Life is an adventure here in Sri Lanka, sometimes in ways you don’t quite – as a…

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Introducing… Pani Kurulla!

At least, I think it’s what’s locally known as. That’s what Fahim told me, but he’s not…

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Are cows everywhere in Sri Lanka?

Um, yeah, pretty much. Not in Colombo itself so much, but where we are, in Nugegoda, which…

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Polkichcha or Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis)

I’ve decided to make Fridays a Flying Friday day. That means that I’m going to showcase some…

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Cows snacking in the next door lot

Every now and then, I’ll hear a really really loud MOO! That usually means that either a…

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Witch’s Brew, also known as Paspanguwa

When Fahim or I or, well, anyone else in this house, starts coming down with a cold,…

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Flying Fridays is for the birds! Are you in?

And flying insects and bats and… I dunno. I’m kinda thinking out loud here, but I’m considering…

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Common Tailorbird doing a fashion shoot

Here he is, the Battichcha or Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius), getting ready to pose… And here he…

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Birds of Sri Lanka

This isn’t about all birds in Sri Lanka, but rather, birds that I’ve seen and photographed. I’m…

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Teeny tiny little greenish bird

This bird is a frequent visitor to my garden. In particular, to the trees and area outside…

Posted in Garden Other Sri Lanka

Growing – and killing – mint in Sri Lanka

You know how, whenever you bring up that you’re growing your own mint, suddenly all sorts of…

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Recycling in Sri Lanka

Our municipality changed how garbage collection is being done a couple of months back. We now have…

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Bag Gardening Resources

I came across the following video about a year ago – it’s fairly short and fun to…

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Rice-Bag Gardening

I read about using the plastic mesh bags that rice comes in for garden pots – a…

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Sri Lanka’s Colombo Crows

We were visiting Fahim’s brother’s wife’s family in Colombo when I spotted these birds. Of course, everyone…

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Provincial Council Election Ballots in Sri Lanka

Elections are done a bit differently here. No surprise there. But there was a surprise – to…

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Noise Laws in Sri Lanka

About a year or so ago, I remember reading or hearing about new noise laws that had…