These two doves – at least, I think it’s these two doves – have been hanging around our neighborhood a lot lately. I have to admit wondering if it’s mating season for them, but I’m too lazy to look it up just at the mo’. 🙂 Anyway, here they are, playing around. … Not just on the power line, but at the junction thingie on the pole where all the wires connect up and stuff.
Two and a half weeks ago, I tweeted about our bathroom door not opening. At all. Happily, no one was…
I talk about the squirrels a fair bit here. I even take pictures now and then, Shocking, yeah? And then…
Cows are everywhere here. Cows that wander freely through neighborhoods and even in heavy traffic are common here. Vehicles driving…
This week’s challenge is the Double-Crunch. I’ve posted my week’s goals. And here’s what I did: Exercise: I did 55…
2005 was an all-round difficult year. The Asian tsunami happened only 5 days before 2005 started, and Sri Lanka was…
Alas, no chameleons or other creatures keeping me company today that I could see. Instead, I’m showing you a picture…
I don’t know how he does it, I really don’t. Fahim can fall asleep in the weirdest positions. Like this….
I haven’t been in the habit of doing "The Best of…" posts, but I thought it might be nice to…
I didn’t start growing my hair long until about 1991. Prior to that, it never really reached my shoulders even….
I wonder what they’re called. I’m not trying to be cute or funny – I leave that to Fahim 😉…
My sewing machine went on the fritz a couple of months back and we just got around to getting it…
In the first image, You can see a small concrete building with black plastic sheets covering one wall, then the…
I took this photo when we were waiting for traffic to move in downtown Colombo. This man is carrying a…
In Sri Lanka, there’s the government-run bus system and then there are the privately-owned buses. The big red bus is…
Garden Crotons or Variegated Crotons (Codiaeum variegatum) are native to Sri Lanka, among other countries. This comes as no surprise…
Houses are frequently started, then finished in fits and starts. Sometimes, finishing a house will take place years later. Our…
Fahim’s sister and her children were in town for Eid. Naturally, with three children old enough to walk/run/look at everything…
Manioc, also knows as Cassava. My mother-in-law grows it in her garden and has fed it to me at least…
This is the stem of a thebu plant (Costus speciosus). The thebu plant has a spiralling leaf structure. There’s probably…
I’m working on fostering my creative side, theoretically. Or, I hope. Or something. I’ve never really thought of myself as…
The bees and other pollinating insects have been buzzing around the jambu tree for the last couple of days, ever…
