Three flowers in our home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Scarlet Minivet, female, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Kelany Ganga, Sri Lanka.

Doing the washing up and meditating on the Kelany Ganga, Sri Lanka.

Kelani Ganga at Aswaththe, Puwakpitiya, Sri Lanka.

Photos of upstream and downstream of the Kelany Ganga at Aswaththe, Puwakpitiya, Sri Lanka.

Bathing a pet dog on the Kelany Ganga at Aswaththe, Puwakpitiya, Sri Lanka

'Pirith Mandapaya' and Kandyan Drummers at the Pirith ceremony, Eheliyagoda, Sri Lanka.

I went to this Pirith ceremony at the home of the Balawardene's and had a field day taking colorful photographs. Please click on the web-links below to see snippets of videos of the beginning of the ceremony:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XuFP-TEuuw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYS2Q_5Fzqw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEVc59A7-Ls

'White-throated Kingfisher', Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

One of the commonest and most flamboyant birds in Sri Lanka, the 'White-throated Kingfisher' - Halcyon smernencis - rarely fishes. It survives by eating bees, dragon-flies, lizards etc. It has a loud cry.