Project #365 Day 97 – Gava-Koka Revisited
This bird is a Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis), so named because it follows cattle around. In Sinhala, it’s called a…
Project #365 Day 96 – Croton Flower Revisited
As always, please feel free to comment and critique. I’d love to hear from you – what works, what doesn’t,…
Project #365 Day 95 – Croton Flower
As always, please feel free to comment and critique. I’d love to hear from you – what works, what doesn’t,…
Project #365 Day 94 – Kahakurulla
Say hello to one of our neighborhood Black-Hooded Orioles (Oriolus xanthornus), also known in Sinhala as Kahakurulla. S/he’s an infrequent…
Project #365 Day 93 – Blushing Jambu
This is unripe jambu fruit still on the tree. I was doing my Project 365 posts over on A Canadian…
Project #365 Day 92 Red Wave
Do you know what this is? No cheating by looking at the categories or tags, now, ya hear? 😉 Hah!…
Images of Poverty
In the first image, You can see a small concrete building with black plastic sheets covering one wall, then the…
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 is carrying a…
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. I hope s/he…
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 visit today.
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. I tend to…
Project #365 Day 87 Buzz!!!!
Somehow, and no, I don’t know how this happened, I managed to not take a single photograph yesterday. Not even…
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 red bus is…
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 it is apparently…
Lizard Crossing
It’s true, it happens fairly often. Large lizards cross the road, roam the neighborhood, wander around seeing the sights. Stop…
Project #365 Day 85 Red Yellow Green
Garden Crotons or Variegated Crotons (Codiaeum variegatum) are native to Sri Lanka, among other countries. This comes as no surprise…
Installing a Water Line
Houses are frequently started, then finished in fits and starts. Sometimes, finishing a house will take place years later. Our…
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 walk/run/look at everything…
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 me at least…
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 for sale at…
Project #365 Day 81 Spiralling
This is the stem of a thebu plant (Costus speciosus). The thebu plant has a spiralling leaf structure. There’s probably…
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 of myself as…