Blooming 'Kadapul mal', Home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

At 5pm

At 5pm

9pm

9pm

The 'Kadapul mal' as called in Sinhalese, blloms in the early night and spreads an alluring scent. Alas by morning it is faded.

Monkeys at play, Meepe, Sri Lanka.

They play havoc with plantations. Coconut young nuts, rambuttan fruits are targets for pillaging by these wild denizens.

Laughing lassies, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

I took this picture on a sunny day in a paddy field at Gampaha.

Flowers in our garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Grand-son watching TV, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

My Grand-son needs two arm-chairs to watch TV.

'Gaduguda' and 'Arecanut, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

'Gaduguda' fruit fleshy and sour relished by the yougsters.

Flowers of the 'Arecanut' tree.

Welcome to the new Principal - Ms.Mercy Galagama, Ferguson High School, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka.

The old 'Assembly Hall where the welcome by the Old Girls Association was held.

Mercy in her school days - leading the School Band - Photo by Ms. S.R.Veerasingam.