Day 31/#365 Squirrel Love
I stood on our balcony, looking around, enjoying the sounds of birds chirping and calling and singing to each other….
Day 30/#365 White Bellied Drongo
The bird of the day is… the White Bellied Drongo. I believe. There’s the White Bellied Drongo (Dicrurus caerulescens), also…
A banana plant falleth down
A few days ago, a fierce wind started up suddenly. The wind was strong enough to make the mango tree…
A lizard came for a visit…
This guy is about 15" or so long, including the tail, so not terribly big. I saw him when I…
Day 29/#365 More Out and About in Sri Lanka
We went out briefly today and these are a couple of pictures I managed to get. Garbage pickup in Sri…
Day 28/#365 The Birds!
Every morning, I wake up to birds chirping and chattering and singing. And if you haven’t guessed by now, it’s…
Day 27/#365 The Cat!
I messed up posted two Day 26s, one on yesterday’s date, the second on today’s date. Both were photos from…
Day 26/#365 Spotted Dove
Today’s bird is a Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis), also known as the Spotted Turtle Dove, Chinese Dove, and Alu Kobeiya…
Project #365 Day 26 Sunbird!
Today’s another birdie day. This birdie is a new one for me, I think. You know, lousy memory. I may…
Project #365 Day 25 Layard’s Parakeet… I think…
These are some of the bright green birds that visit our neighborhood. They can be difficult to spot since they…
Project #365 Day 24 Out and About
Shops tend to be on the very small side (compared to stores in the US and Canada, for example) and…
Project #365 Day 23 A dark green bird…
There are times when a point-and-shoot camera totally sucks, like when the object you want to focus on is small…
Project #365 Day 22 Where is that wascally squirrel?
This is my second time writing this post. Ugh. Not ugh because the post is so terrible. Ugh because I…
Project #365 Day 21 Fuzzy Wuzzy Caterpillar
This one is my choice of picture of the day. At least, so far today. I love the nasty caterpillar…
Project #365 Day 20 Brown Butterfly and Big Ants on Red Flower
This brown butterfly is an occasional visitor. He flits, he flies, he takes a brief rest break. I have no…
Freaky Friday Spider!
Take a good look at this spider. Notice, first of all, that it really is a spider. The two sets…
Project #365 Day 19 Snail
Slugs and snails seem to be everywhere here. They burrow into plant roots, they inhabit my compost bin, they crawl…
Project #365 Day 18 Flowering Decorative Palm
Many types of palm trees grow here. This is the flower for a decorative palm at the beginning of its…
Project #365 Day 17 Wild Yam Flower
Any empty spot of land quickly turns into lush greenery of some sort, especially during the rainy season, when a…
Project #365 Day 16 Bird Silhouettes!
Early morning, I stumble onto the front balcony, barely awake. I pry my eyes open and look around. What do…
What happens on Eid ul-Fitr?
Eid ul-Fitr is the festival day marking the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting for Muslims. Eid ul-Fitr is…
Project #365 Day 15 Fungi!!!!!
Are you a fun guy or gal? If you are, you might like this… Yeah, pretty bad pun, huh? Yeah,…
Project #365 Day 14 It’s a bird! No, it’s a plane! No, it’s…
A fruit fly? I’m not entirely sure – it seems too big for a fruit fly, plus the wrong colour,…
Project #365 Day 13 Dragon’s On Fire!
I know, I know – I had a dragonfly photo post just a few days ago. But how can I…
Project #365 Day 12 Mooooo!
I heard a high-pitched whiny "Moooooo!". This is not at all unusual here. But since I’m nothing if not a…