Saturday, April 28, 2007

A bird sucks honey from flower in Uswetakiyawa
Pink shoe flower and bud in Uswetakiyawa

"You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose" - Indira Gandhi (1917 – 1984)
Shoe flower and bud in Uswetakiyawa

Watching the waves of Uswetakiyawa shore

"The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, serenely, divinely aware" - Henry Valentine Miller (1891 – 1980), American writer and painter
Women watch the waves on Uswetakiyawa shore

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

At dusk in Uswetakiyawa

"Everything in nature contains all the power of nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson, (1803-1882) American poet
Waiting to be fed
A squirrel is being fed rice for lunch at Palm Village Hotel in Uswetakiyawa
Squirrel in Uswetakiyawa

Just married couple Amila and Nirosha at Palm Village Hotel inUswetakiyawa

"Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame". ~ Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862) American author
View of king coconuts through a net in Uswetakiyawa
King coconuts reflect on windows of Palm Village Hotel in Uswetakiyawa
Smiley at Barista coffee shop in Horton Place, Colombo

"Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts." - Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952)

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Caution on tailgating: "Don't Kiss me" is written on a truck, in Colombo

Monday, April 23, 2007

Temple flowers in water at the entrance of Lake View Hotel in Moratuwa
Cadju in Moratuwa
At a stall in Ratmalana
Fruit stall in Ratmalana

Sunday, April 22, 2007

Firewood seller in Pangadeniya on Colombo-Puttlam highway

Monday, April 16, 2007

Fishing in Dambulla lagoon

"Water is the driving force of all nature" - Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Fishing in Dambulla lagoon
Fishing in Dambulla lagoon
Cranes in Dambulla
Cranes in Dambulla
Iguana in Dambulla
Snake in Dambulla

Monday, April 09, 2007

In Horambawa-Kurunegala district - Myna

The Common Myna, Acridotheres tristis, is a myna, a member of the starling family. This bird is a common resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from Afghanistan to India and Sri Lanka. It is also known as the Indian Myna or Talking Myna for its ability to mimic human speech: Wikipedia
Myna in Horambawa-Kurunegala district
Cranes in Kirimichchai jungle - former no-man's zone in the East of Sri Lanka
Cranes in Kirimichchai jungle .former no-man's zone in the Eastern province of Sri Lanka
Cranes in Kirimichchai jungle-former no-man's zone in the East of Sri Lanka
Snake charmer in Pinnawela
Coconuts in Kooiyaavaadi-Katpity
Coconuts in Kooiyaavaadi-Katpity
King coconuts are kept for sale on the pavement in Dharmapala Mawatha, Colombo 7
Myna in Kolpitty
Woman weaves at Barefoot shop in Kolpitty
Woman weaves at Barefoot shop in Kolpitty
Cane products seller in Sinna Uppodai-Batticaloa district
Cane products seller in Sinna Uppodai-Batticaloa district
Young Buddhist Monk at Bihalpola Raja Maha Vihara in Horambawa-Kurunegala district on a full moon day
Naakawatte Ratnapala Thera and Sandagirigama Nanda Himi in the compound of Bihalpola Raja Maha Vihara in Horambawa-Kurunegala district
Young Buddhist monk in Horambawa-Kurunegala district
Crows at carck of dawn in Bambalapitty
Full moon in Kochchikade at dusk

Thursday, April 05, 2007

Banana ripes in Bambalapitty-Colombo

Sunset at Galle Face
Sunset at Galle Face
Flower arrangement of red Anthuriums at the main entrance of the Queens hotel in Kandy
Wild flowers are displayed to wish good night at Queens Hotel in Kandy