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. Birds… Every now…
Countries
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 butt sticking out…
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….
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 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…
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…
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…
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 6 Thebu and Papaya Mealybug
A little over a year ago, our househelper brought some thebu one day. She made the leaves into a sambol…
The parting of the papaya mealybug and the lime tree
I’ve mentioned the papaya mealybug infection in several previous posts. Unfortunately, the papaya mealy bug (Paracoccus marginatus) continues to be…
Cheeky Squirrel!
I swear, every creature in the neighborhood loves these pink flowers. Including, it would seem, this very healthy neighborhood squirrel….
Two images of poverty in Sri Lanka
It’s difficult to understand what abject poverty can really mean. To someone in a relatively wealthy nation like Canada or…
License Plates!
You know how, in places like Canada or the US, there’s a uniformity in the way licence plates look? Different…
My first ladybug
…that I’ve seen in Sri Lanka. I’m sure there are many more. I’ve heard tales of them, after all. 🙂…
Six Years and No One’s Dead Yet…
Today marks our six year anniversary. Six years ago today, Fahim and I met in person for the first time….
Our trishaw driver – rock, meet hard place.
We have a regular trishaw driver. Fahim’s family has been hiring him for years. He’s honest, he does a great…
Customer Service in Sri Lanka
About four or five months ago, we signed up for a new high-speed Internet service in Sri Lanka – AirTel….
Sri Lankan Bats and Bat Houses
I know, I know, I’m strange. I’m considering bats and bat houses. 😀 Here’s the thing – bats eat a…
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 banking expert says…
The Fisher King! Well, no, not really…
It’s the kingfisher, as it’s known in Sri Lanka. More accurately, this bird is the Whte-Throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smymensis race…