'Cess-pit' ?, Polonnoruwa, 14th Century Present Era.

This is supposed to be a cess-pit constructed in the 14th Century at Polonnoruwa, Sri Lanka. It is lined with rings of baked clay.

Another popular old-time toy.

A toy popular nearly 40 years ago.

 

I got my carpenter to make this toy of my childhood days. My grandson was fascinated with it and preferred it to all his brightly colored plastic toys.

Scaly breasted Munias, Avissawella

I found these small birds flitting from grass tops, eating the grain. They allowed me to approach close enough to take this picture.

Children in a playground - Nawalapitiya.

Nawalapitiya has a nice childrens playground. I took this picture on a Sunday morning. The children had come from a play-school closeby and were having some sort of a celebration.