Project #365 Day 53 Common Tailorbird
I’ve mentioned before that, in empty lots here, stuff grows. Yeah, cuz "stuff" is such a highly technical descriptor, right?…
Life
Project #365 Day 52 Volunteers
Every now and then, we have bugs that voluntarily die. Old age, maybe. This one landed on my kitchen counter…
Project 365 Day 51 – Out and About
This might just end up being a regular thing with me. 🙂 I’ve mentioned before that all sorts of things…
Is that a monkey on my telephone line again?
As it turns out, no, not this time. 😛 This time, we’ve got an actual human working on the telephone…
Project #365 Day 48 Purple Purple Plurple
Tags: purple, flowers, purple flowers, Sri Lanka
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 looked out the…
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 wall, so not…
Water Lilies
Water lilies beside a major road in Battaramulla. Water lilies grow in a few waterways here. A few times, I’ve…
Rice Paddy Field
Here is a rice paddy field, which is a fairly common sight. Despite rice growing here, rice is still imported…
Project #365 Day 41 Red Explosion!
Remember the red flower bud photo I posted yesterday? It bloomed. Those are big fat black ants crawling around in…
Shops, Food Carts, and Produce Stalls
Here, we’ve got a shop (printing, Internet, communications services) to the left in the picture. In front of that, there’s…
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 show some more…
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 following day. During…
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 see one now…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…