Category: Life

Every now and then, we have bugs that voluntarily die. Old age, maybe. This one landed on…

This might just end up being a regular thing with me. 🙂 I’ve mentioned before that all…

Tags: flowers, flower buds, Sri Lanka

As it turns out, no, not this time. 😛 This time, we’ve got an actual human working…

Tags: purple, flowers, purple flowers, Sri Lanka

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

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

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

Tags: jasmine, flower, flower buds, Sri Lanka

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

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

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

Tags: flower, flower bud, Sri Lanka

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

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

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

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

A few days ago, a fierce wind started up suddenly. The wind was strong enough to make…

We went out briefly today and these are a couple of pictures I managed to get. Garbage…

Shops tend to be on the  very small side (compared to stores in the US and Canada,…

This one is my choice of picture of the day. At least, so far today. I love…

This brown butterfly is an occasional visitor. He flits, he flies, he takes a brief rest break….

Many types of palm trees grow here. This is the flower for a decorative palm at the…

Any empty spot of land quickly turns into lush greenery of some sort, especially during the rainy…