Red vented Bulbul couple.

Whispering 'sweet nothings' to its mate while perched on a TV antenna.

Away in a manger

Another beautiful Christmas song composed in the 1950s

Two versions of 'Away in a manger'. Click on each of the links below separately.

Away in a manger – Celtic woman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOJb6uOF05Q&feature=related

Karaoke version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y91yNsdrE4&feature=related

A favourite Christmas song.

Little Drummer Boy - James Pierpont. publ.1857

 Click on the underlined web-address at the bottom. The words are as follows:-

Come they told me pa rum pum pum pum

A new born King to see, pa rum pum pum pum

Our finest gifts we bring  pa rum pum pum pum

That’s fit for to give our King  pa rum pum pum pum

rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum

So to honor Him pa rum pum pum pum,

When we come.

Little Jesus pa rum pum pum pum

I am a poor boy too,pa rum pum pum pum

I have no gift to bring pa rum pum pum pum

That's fit to give our King pa rum pum pum pum

rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum

Shall I play for you!  pa rum pum pum

On my drum.

Mary nodded pa rum pum pum pum

The ox and lamb kept time pa rum pum pum pum

I played my drum for Him pa rum pum pum

I played my best for Him pa rum pum pum pum

rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum

Then He smiled at me pa rum pum pum pum

Me and my drum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUHYnOTJ_uk&feature=related

A Christmas card

A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Remember it's the season to be merry and  joyful.  
Click on web site below to see your Christmas card.  It's Jacquie Lawson's newest card for 2011. Don't forget to turn on your "speakers".     

Click on this link:    http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=2007134554829&source=jl999

Another flower in our garden

Flower in our garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

A variety of carnation?

Another rose

Another rose in our garden at Avissawella, Sri Lanka. Is it shedding a tear?

The beauty of leaves.

 Two pictures of leaves in our garden at Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

A blooming rose-bud

I took this picture in our garden at Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

A crow sucking honey from a large flower.

I took this picture at Nawalapitiya, Sri Lanka.

Beauty and the beast

A beautiful rose-bud being eaten up by an arthropod - Scene in my garden.

A rose-bud.

A rose-bud with all its potential is a very lovely thing to look and contemplate on. I took this picture in our garden.

The beauty of a 'jam fruit tree'.

The many interlacing branches of this tree form a lovely pattern. These are not random arrangements. These could be explained as formed from small units called 'fractals' made according to the instructions of the genetic code of each species. Plenty of birds visit this tree. I took this picture at Nawalapitiya.

Learning to live together

Someone once made a remark 'Children are little savages. They need to be civilized'. Getting children to 'learn to live together' is one of the most important parts of a child's education. I took this picture of apparent harmony among children.

When Grandpa is away ...

I left my grandson in the beleif that he will be safe in the pram. This is what I saw when I returned. NEVER UNDERESTIMATE your grandsons abilities to get into trouble.

A farmers implements in Sri Lanka.

Toy fans, Saman Dewale, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka.

This seller of toy fans exhibiting a lot of colour caught my attention at the 'Saman Dewale', Rathnapura, Sri Lanka. He had a rollicking business.