Are marriages necessarily hard work?
Nope. The husband and I have been married six years next month. We had a bit of an odd whirlwind…
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Validation
This is a really cool video I saw on a friend’s blog. I’m not huge into watching videos, but given…
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…
Spiders… Urgh!
We get a lot of spiders here. Some are small, some, not so much. Here’s one that visited me. Until…
Chernobyl Beetle!
Okay, so he’s probably never been to Chernobyl, or, really, out of this country, so I’m being a leetle beet…
Hassles at the grocery store
Life is an adventure here in Sri Lanka, sometimes in ways you don’t quite – as a foreigner – expect….
Introducing… Pani Kurulla!
At least, I think it’s what’s locally known as. That’s what Fahim told me, but he’s not absolutely positive. But…
Are cows everywhere in Sri Lanka?
Um, yeah, pretty much. Not in Colombo itself so much, but where we are, in Nugegoda, which would be the…
Polkichcha or Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis)
I’ve decided to make Fridays a Flying Friday day. That means that I’m going to showcase some kind of flying…
Cows snacking in the next door lot
Every now and then, I’ll hear a really really loud MOO! That usually means that either a cow is eating…
Witch’s Brew, also known as Paspanguwa
When Fahim or I or, well, anyone else in this house, starts coming down with a cold, out comes the…
Flying Fridays is for the birds! Are you in?
And flying insects and bats and… I dunno. I’m kinda thinking out loud here, but I’m considering doing a Friday…
Common Tailorbird doing a fashion shoot
Here he is, the Battichcha or Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius), getting ready to pose… And here he is with wind…
Birds of Sri Lanka
This isn’t about all birds in Sri Lanka, but rather, birds that I’ve seen and photographed. I’m keeping a general…
Teeny tiny little greenish bird
This bird is a frequent visitor to my garden. In particular, to the trees and area outside my kitchen window,…
Growing – and killing – mint in Sri Lanka
You know how, whenever you bring up that you’re growing your own mint, suddenly all sorts of people pop out…
Recycling in Sri Lanka
Our municipality changed how garbage collection is being done a couple of months back. We now have to separate out…
Bag Gardening Resources
I came across the following video about a year ago – it’s fairly short and fun to watch. It shows…
Rice-Bag Gardening
I read about using the plastic mesh bags that rice comes in for garden pots – a cheap, readily available…
Sri Lanka’s Colombo Crows
We were visiting Fahim’s brother’s wife’s family in Colombo when I spotted these birds. Of course, everyone laughed at me…
Provincial Council Election Ballots in Sri Lanka
Elections are done a bit differently here. No surprise there. But there was a surprise – to me – when…
Noise Laws in Sri Lanka
About a year or so ago, I remember reading or hearing about new noise laws that had passed in Sri…