Back after three weeks to the lotuses on the balcony, this week those in the big pond, which began to blossom after there had been four, one after another in the little one. But the first, which had been a beautifully developing bud when I last wrote, was damaged, and the morning I expected it to blossom I went up ...
She said and he did not sayShe showed and he did not showShe waited, waited, waited a while longerBut he never said or showedShe thought for long with a broken heartWalked away alas never to say or show
Finally last week I was able to get a few more roses for the new beds in the garden. Or rather for the one bed there, where I placed two plants, while one of the others I bought went into the bed by the pond beside the garage. The other went into the bed on the balcony where my first ...
The little tanks on the balcony also did well this year. The black mollies continued to flourish in the first one I had built, under the long flower bed on the east. They come in several sizes, indicative of their fecundity, and I think you can see in the second picture the littlest towards the bottom. There are also platies, ...
There are two other beds in the downstairs garden, in addition to the two I showed last week. One was there from November, in the corner between the downstairs bedroom and its bathroom, and I have tried roses there but they have failed to produce blooms, doubtless because not enough sun reaches the place. I have greater hopes of the ...
I return today to my fish, and though there have been losses recently, I thought I should show something positive given that there was so much about loss earlier this year. When disaster struck the pond by the dining room, I removed all the fish that were there except for the one white gourami that had survived. The four catfish, ...
Thurstan College and Isipathana College will battle it out for the Blackham Wijewardena Trophy in their 61st Battle of the Brothers annual cricket encounter scheduled to be played on the 24th and 25th of February, 2024 at SSC Grounds, Colombo. The post LIVE – Isipathana College vs Thurstan College – 61st Battle of Brothers 2024 appeared first on ThePapare.
After nearly two months I go down again to the main garden, though there is not much to show there in the way of flowers. However while I was away in January Somapala corrected the deficiencies I have noted previously with regard to the new little beds in the garden. He raised the level of the bed in the southwest ...
I failed to post here on Saturday since I was travelling, and we started earlier than I had thought we would and arrived later. But since on Mondays I do not post usually on either this or the literary blog, I thought I would make up for Saturday by talking today here about my ponds. I did not want to ...
The second T20I of the three-match series between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan will take place on Monday, 18th of February at Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium. The post WATCH – Sri Lanka expect to close the series with a game to spare – #SLvAFG 2nd T20I Preview appeared first on ThePapare.
