Banana blossoms in Bambalapitty

"Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance." - Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)

Sunset in Araiyampathy- Batticaloa district

"Peace is not only better than war,but infinitely more arduous." - George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist (1856 - 1950)

Lady Birds on Cadju in Kallady- Batticaloa district.

“These paper boats of mine are meant to dance on the ripples of hours, and not reach any destination.” - Rabindranath Tagore (Poet, Playwright and Essayist, Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, 1861-1941)

Firewood seller in Eravur

Firewood seller in Oddamaavadi

" The business is getting better. Because a lot of people buy curd due to hot weather here" said Mohamed Farook (50)

Nungu in Koyil Poratheevu, Battcaloa district

Nungu ~ Kernel of the Palmyrah; the near-black fruits contain three heart shaped & cream coloured 'nungus', when cut into the hard shell and out pop. Some fruits may have up to four kernels in one fruit.

It looks and tastes like very delicious jelly, as a unique wonder delicacy of nature

Ducks in Kallady Mugaththuvaaram, Batticaloa district

In Vakari, East of Sri Lanka, Palai pazham season has just begun. Palai pazham is a sweet fruit

Palai pazham season has just begun in Vakari, East of Sri Lanka. Palai pazham is a sweet fruit

Full moon in Batticaloa

Sunset over a lagoon in Batticaloa

"When it is all too much, when the news is so bad meditation itself feels useless, and a single life feels too small a stone to offer on the altar of peace, find a human sunrise.

Find those people who are committed to changing our scary reality.

Human sunrises are happening all over the earth, at every moment. People gathering, people working to change the intolerable, people coming in their robes and sandals or in their rags and bare feet, and they are singing, or not, and they are chanting, or not. But they are working to bring peace, light, compassion to the infinitely frightening downhill slide of human life.

- Alice Walker, Novelist and poet, Speaking at the June 2006 Commencement of Naropa University, CO, USA

Cadju on tree, in Kallady-Batticaloa district

Nungu is for sale on road side in Cheetipaalayam, Batticaloa district

In Kathankudy, East of Sri Lanka Cane basket seller on bicycle

Cane basket seller on bicycle in Kathankudy, East of Sri Lanka

Crane in Batticaloa

Shoe flower in Bambalapitty

A scene in Wellawatte afte heavy rain

In Grandpass, Colombo 14 - Firewood for sale

Firewood for sale in Grandpass, Colombo 14

A crow sits on shower near the swimming pool at Palm Village Hotel in Uswatekiyawa

Jamsen fruit in Uswetakiyawa

Rough ocean in Uswetakiyawa

A view of the ocean in Uswatekiyawa before raining

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

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)

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

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

Firewood seller in Pangadeniya on Colombo-Puttlam highway

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