Author: LMAshton
Project #365 Day 95 – Croton Flower
As always, please feel free to comment and critique. I’d love to hear from you – what…
Project #365 Day 94 – Kahakurulla
Say hello to one of our neighborhood Black-Hooded Orioles (Oriolus xanthornus), also known in Sinhala as Kahakurulla….
Project #365 Day 93 – Blushing Jambu
This is unripe jambu fruit still on the tree. I was doing my Project 365 posts over…
Project #365 Day 92 Red Wave
Do you know what this is? No cheating by looking at the categories or tags, now, ya…
Images of Poverty
In the first image, You can see a small concrete building with black plastic sheets covering one…
Project #365 Day 91 That’s a full basket you’re carrying on your head, sir.
I took this photo when we were waiting for traffic to move in downtown Colombo. This man…
Project #365 Day 90 Injured purple-faced langur
One of our neighborhood purple-faced langurs is injured. Check out the red splotch on the right arm….
Project #365 Day 89 Vichuli Visits
The oddly-coloured (to me) blue and brown bird, aka white-throated kingfisher or vichuli came back for a…
Project #365 Day 88 Is that a wasp’s nest?
I generally make it a rule to stay as far away from biting insects as I can….
Project #365 Day 87 Buzz!!!!
Somehow, and no, I don’t know how this happened, I managed to not take a single photograph…
Sri Lanka’s Bus System
In Sri Lanka, there’s the government-run bus system and then there are the privately-owned buses. The big…
Project #365 Day 86 Fifty five, fifty six, fifty seven, fifty…
I don’t even know why it’s called a centipede. It doesn’t have a hundred legs, yet, centipede…
Lizard Crossing
It’s true, it happens fairly often. Large lizards cross the road, roam the neighborhood, wander around seeing…
Project #365 Day 85 Red Yellow Green
Garden Crotons or Variegated Crotons (Codiaeum variegatum) are native to Sri Lanka, among other countries. This comes…
Installing a Water Line
Houses are frequently started, then finished in fits and starts. Sometimes, finishing a house will take place…
Project #365 Day 84 Insects and Reflections
Fahim’s sister and her children were in town for Eid. Naturally, with three children old enough to…
Project #365 Day 83 Poison for the soul
Manioc, also knows as Cassava. My mother-in-law grows it in her garden and has fed it to…
Project #365 Day 82 Here Comes Santa Claus
How do I know Christmas is coming to Sri Lanka? Honestly? Because of the Christmas decorations available…
Project #365 Day 81 Spiralling
This is the stem of a thebu plant (Costus speciosus). The thebu plant has a spiralling leaf…
Project #365 Day 80 Palm Leaf
I’m working on fostering my creative side, theoretically. Or, I hope. Or something. I’ve never really thought…
Project #365 Day 79 The Bee and the Jambu Flower Blossom
The bees and other pollinating insects have been buzzing around the jambu tree for the last couple…