Vegetables grown in our home-garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Ladies-fingers.

Aubergenes.

A variety of chillies.

Cabbage.

Easy to grow, gives one a lot of pleasure growing them, organic and goes a long way to reduce your food bill.

Scenes, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

A stinging bees' nest.

Coconut flesh left out to dry in the sun.

A black flower - 'Bakammona' Owl, 'Yakaa mala' Devil flower in bloom.

Sunrise at Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Behind the clouds.

Emerging from the clouds.

Partially visible.

Totally visible.

 I took this sequence of photos from the Manikkawaththe Pansala, Avissawella around 6am. There was a morning mist at that time.Camera used was a Nikon D90 with a 18-105mm Nikon Lens.

Scenes around Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Old Government quarters near the Railway Station.

Old wayside residence at Puwakpitiya.

Old shop at Puwakpitiya.

Old private residence at Puwakpitiya.

Manufacture of tea, Sri Lanka.

Tea sales point, Meepe.

Stages in making of black tea.

A weighing balance used to pack tea in chests.

A day's scenes at Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

'The dew on the flowers (&leaves) has come with the dawn'

Purple flowers.

Squirrel on a tree. 

A 'Common tailor-bird'.

Elephant Pass, Sri Lanka.

War Memorial at Elephant Pass.

Palmyra groves near Elephant Pass.

The road to Paranthan.