Project #365 Day 91 That’s a full basket you’re carrying on your head, sir.
I took this photo when we were waiting for traffic to move in downtown Colombo. This man is carrying a…
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Project #365 Day 90 Injured purple-faced langur
One of our neighborhood purple-faced langurs is injured. Check out the red splotch on the right arm. I hope s/he…
Project #365 Day 89 Vichuli Visits
The oddly-coloured (to me) blue and brown bird, aka white-throated kingfisher or vichuli came back for a visit today.
Project #365 Day 88 Is that a wasp’s nest?
I generally make it a rule to stay as far away from biting insects as I can. I tend to…
Project #365 Day 87 Buzz!!!!
Somehow, and no, I don’t know how this happened, I managed to not take a single photograph yesterday. Not even…
Project #365 Day 86 Fifty five, fifty six, fifty seven, fifty…
I don’t even know why it’s called a centipede. It doesn’t have a hundred legs, yet, centipede it is apparently…
Project #365 Day 85 Red Yellow Green
Garden Crotons or Variegated Crotons (Codiaeum variegatum) are native to Sri Lanka, among other countries. This comes as no surprise…
Project #365 Day 84 Insects and Reflections
Fahim’s sister and her children were in town for Eid. Naturally, with three children old enough to walk/run/look at everything…
Project #365 Day 83 Poison for the soul
Manioc, also knows as Cassava. My mother-in-law grows it in her garden and has fed it to me at least…
Project #365 Day 82 Here Comes Santa Claus
How do I know Christmas is coming to Sri Lanka? Honestly? Because of the Christmas decorations available for sale at…
Project #365 Day 81 Spiralling
This is the stem of a thebu plant (Costus speciosus). The thebu plant has a spiralling leaf structure. There’s probably…
Project #365 Day 80 Palm Leaf
I’m working on fostering my creative side, theoretically. Or, I hope. Or something. I’ve never really thought of myself as…
Project #365 Day 79 The Bee and the Jambu Flower Blossom
The bees and other pollinating insects have been buzzing around the jambu tree for the last couple of days, ever…
Project #365 Day 78 Cattle Egret, aka Gava-Koka
Yesterday, as a clan of cows wandered our neighborhood, eating the vegetation, a flock of cranes joined them, following in…
Project #365 Day 77 Jambu Flower Blossoms
The jambu fruit are growing – it’s that time of year. 🙂 The jambu erupt into blossoms, which then fall…
Project #365 Day 76 Red Eyes
I wish I knew what kinds of bugs we had hanging around our house. This guy looks so much like…
Project #365 Day 75 Monsoon!
We don’t get pretty little spitting little delicate rains here. Oh, no! No, no, no, no, no! We get the…
Project #365 Day 74 Woven Goods For Sale
This photo was taken on the road between Colombo and Kurunegala from out of a moving car, which is how…
Project #365 Day 72 The Brownouts and Bunnies!
Yeah, I can be a bit overdramatic at times, hey? 🙂 Every day, or, more accurately, most days, I make…
Project #365 Day 71 The Dying of the Lime Tree
My poor lime tree. Okay, it’s really my mother in law’s lime tree – she planted it and cared for…
Project #365 Day 69 Crane Fly? Or Something Else?
No idea what the heck this insect is, although it vaguely resembles crane flies. All I know is that I…