Transporting Furniture and… People?
This is a more common sight in Sri Lanka than you might think. When goods are transported, be they furniture,…
Other
A Squirrel and A Bird Come Visiting
I frequently see birds visiting the trees outside my kitchen window. They’re a welcome sight. I enjoy watching them flit…
Crafting/DIY As A Form of Self-Defense
I’ve always been a crafter/DIY kind of person – it’s the way we were raised. It’s part self-sufficiency, part economy,…
Purple-Faced Langur Monkey Travelling the Power Line Highway
I took these pics of our neighborhood gray purple-faced langur monkeys yesterday afternoon. It started with a noise up on…
Student Riots And Closing Universities In Sri Lanka
Yesterday, there was another incident of students rioting at a university here in Sri Lanka. It happens with a frequency…
The Yellow-Billed Babbler and Other Birds of Sri Lanka
Confirmed again, I am a geek. <a href=”http://pics.laurieashton.com/2009/20090209-17.jpg” target=”_blank”></a>Also confirmed is that this bird is the <s>Jungle Babbler (<i>Turdoides striata</i>)</s>…
For Your Entertainment. Cows And Garbage And Empty Lots.
Garbage is a problem here. Sometimes, the garbage collectors skip a week. Or two. Sometimes, when they usually come on…
Teeny Tiny Little Cute Froggy Napping In My Lime Tree
When I went downstairs to make lunch, and water the plants and such outside, I noticed a teeny tiny little…
The Papaya Mealy Bug Infestation Saga Continues
I pruned off more of the lime tree. It has about 1/8th the foliage left. All is damaged (the entire…
Garbage and Recycling in Sri Lanka
About a month ago, we received notice that garbage pickup was changing. We now had to separate out our compostables…
Neem Oil and Papaya Mealy Bug
Yesterday, on our way back from grocery shopping, we stopped at an Ayurvedic doctor’s office to pick up some beeswax…
Attack! of the Sand Creatures!!!
Every now and then, when I walk around the house outside, I’ll see all sorts of conical pits in the…
Time Change
Sri Lankan time changeHalf hour back, now match region Everyone still late. So my haikus suck. Deal. :p Here’s the…
Let the Chaos Begin!
Fahmi hired a driver for the next few days. What with everything going on, I gather the general consensus is…
I’m starting to get spoiled
Just a little… Not too much. I could certainly use more if anyone else wants to spoil me. Although that’s…
Fahim’s first day off…
Wedding stuff commences… Fahim took off the next few days because of the wedding and the possible help we might…
Sewing… Done.
I finished sewing the crinkly cotton purple/pink/yellow kameez this morning, although I have a leetle bit of picky detail work…
Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match
I dunno, I think I’m the only one… I got an email today that cited something I wrote in one…
Shrinking Fabric Haiku
Crinkly fabric shrunk.What to do? Oh, what to do?Stretch it out, my dear!
And another one…
Pink shalwaar is doneNext cut out crinkly fabricPink, purple, yellow.
Black Pajaama Pants
His second pair are done with the single exception of the waistband. The pants, as they came from the store,…
Fahim’s Pajaama Pants
The cream colored ones are done. The material is a real pain to work with – it unravels so very…