Pictures of flowers one would have liked to give one's girl-friend of younger days.

Pictures taken in our home garden, Avissawella.

The 'High Level road' at Kaluaggala, Sri Lanka.

In the 1960s this road was on an embankment with shrub jungle on either side. This surrounding land would get periodically flooded by the waters of the adjoining Kelany Ganga. Now building line the road on either side of a very busy traffic highway.

Sights at Kaluaggala, Sri Lanka.

Wood carvings for sale at Kaluaggala.

Water-buffalos and Egrets, Kahahena, Waga, Sri Lanka.

Water-buffalos are excellent lawn-movers. When they feed on the grass insects take flight from the grass. The Egrets are close-by to make a meal of the insects. Symbiosis at its best.

Old bridge and water pipes conveying water to Colombo from Kalatuwewa, Kahahena, Sri Lanka.

Photos taken on the road to Labugama from Kaluaggala.

Flowery tree, Karandana, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

On the road to and at Haputhale, Sri Lanka.

Near Haldumulla.

A wild growing orchid.

Goat and squirrel, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

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What you see above are three pictures of a male squirrel. You can just make out the descended testis below the root of the tail. During the mating season the testis descends from inside the abdomen to the scrotum. The cold outside stimulates production of sperms. During the non-mating time the testis is drawn into the abdomen where the higher temperature suppresses sperm production. This new position of the testis inside the abdomen also protects it from injury. The squirrel jumping from branch to branch has a high chance of injuring its testis if the testis remains permanently outside the abdomen. 

Scenes around the Beira lake, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Boats for hire.

The suspension bridge and Island.

A crow and a pelican.

Road upgrade, Karandana to Dammulla, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Heavy machinery is being used to widen and repair roads in rural areas in present Sri Lanka. The Road Development Authority is in charge of these projects. The old system of the PWD ( Public Works Department) and Road Overseers of the 1960s is long gone.

The road to Dammulla from Karandana, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

This road is undergoing full relaying. The long neglected outlying areas are getting a face-lift.

The 'Pansala' at Karandana, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

The entrance.

Jak tree  with fruits.

A bunch of 'King coconuts'.

Papaw tree with fruits.

Nature has lavished so much to this land of ours.

The road to Karandana, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

House by the roadside.

High school board at Uduwaka.

Elderly female using a cell-phone by the roadside. This was most probably done to avoid the householders in her residence overhearing her conversation.

Just enough room to pass a bus plying the route.

A little piece of Campuchea in Sri Lanka.

Sights from the Campuchea - Sri Lanka Frienship Society building complex at Bomiriya on the Low level road to Avissawella.

Sights at the 'Waters Edge', Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Free transport by electric trolley to the parking area.

Bougainvillas in bloom near the entrance.

Area to sit and relax.

A view of the flower stalls.