Author: LMAshton

Howdy! I'm a beginner artist, hobbyist photographer, kitchen witch, wanderer by nature, and hermit introvert. This is my blog feed. You can find my fediverse posts at https://a.farook.org/Laurie.
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Project #365 Day 48 Purple Purple Plurple

Tags: purple, flowers, purple flowers, Sri Lanka

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Project 365 Day 47 The Rat Snake vs. The Fahim

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

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Project #365 Day 46 What Am I?

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

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Project #365 Day 45 I’m a fan

Tags: project 365, fans

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Project #365 Day 44 A Purple Flower

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

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Spiders and Cob Webs

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

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Project #365 Day 43 The Resurrection of the Orchid Tree

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

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Water Lilies

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

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Project #365 Day 42 Jasmine

Tags: jasmine, flower, flower buds, Sri Lanka

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Rice Paddy Field

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

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Project #365 Day 41 Red Explosion!

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

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Shops, Food Carts, and Produce Stalls

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

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Selling Furniture in Sri Lanka

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

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Project #365 Day 40 Red Flower Bud

Tags: flower, flower bud, Sri Lanka

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Project #365 Day 39 The Naming of the Bird

This bird, an Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis), visits me pretty much every day for the last…

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Cows!

These pictures were all taken on our way to the Battaramulla Arpico, a 15-20 minute trishaw ride….

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Project #365 Day 38 The Thing! and It!

We have altogether too many bugs and insects and creepy crawlies and things that make me scream…

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Project #365 Day 37 Out and About in Sri Lanka

We were out and about again today – grocery shopping to Battaramulla – so I figured I’d…

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Day 36/365 Fahim and the Mystery of the Leaking Water Tank

A few days ago, we had a power cut that lasted all night and part of the…

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Day 35/#365 Reaching for the Sky

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Day 34/#365 Help! Let me out!

Geckos are just a part of life here in Sri Lanka. I mostly don’t scream when I…

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Day 33/#365 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Bugs inside the house, that’s understandable and unavoidable. Geckos, for that matter, can’t even be kept out….

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Day 32/#365 Alien Bug From the Andromeda Galaxy!

I wandered outside to our garden and looked at our pretty flowers (did you notice the ant…

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Day 31/#365 Squirrel Love

I stood on our balcony, looking around, enjoying the sounds of birds chirping and calling and singing…

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Day 30/#365 White Bellied Drongo

The bird of the day is… the White Bellied Drongo. I believe. There’s the White Bellied Drongo…