Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Scenes, Sri Lanka.

Cattle Egrets near a grazing cow.
The egrets pick the ticks off the body of the cow. They stay near the grazing cow, as they make a rich feast of the insects on the grass which fly out, when the cow disturbs them

Lovers tryst under a tree, on a country lane near a paddy field - a scene as old as time.

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

House-hold items, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

Saw-dust fired cooker. The saw-dist is packed leaving a central column of air. It is then lighted from below.

Unfinished stone pestle, used in grinding copra, to extract coconut oil.

Monday, January 19, 2015

A variety of edible Yams for sale, Kaluaggala, Sri Lanka.


From time immemorial edible yams were dug up in the wild or cultivated for their food value. I came across this outlet selling a variety of  yams at Kaluaggala on the Colombo - Avissawella road.