Anyway here's a bunch of pics of the same paddy field during different seasons.. taken from late October 2009 to mid March 2010.
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October 2009
See a lot of white specks towards the top of the pic? These were the Black headed Ibis and Cattle Egrets who used to frequent and forage in the paddy field in big throngs. The largest flock of big Ibis I counted once was around 20 - 30. Haven't seen them in ages.
October 2009
December 2009
Filled to the brim with chocolaty mud.
December 2009
See the bare boughs of this tree? Would you believe this is the very 'Tree of Life' that was full of foliage that I used to talk so frequently about. Well it was the CEB folks who came and chopped off its branches cause we were having frequent power cuts those days. I miss the green of greenery but now I get to see a lot more blue of sky blue thanks to that.
*In case you wondered why this pic and the above one are resized, it wasn't me but my phone who did it, when I tried to move it from one folder to another.* o__O
January 2010
Emerald green carpet and a bunch of Cattle egrets.
February 2010
I really like this unusual cloud pattern. Will add a more clear capture of these clouds later along with my exclusive cloud gallery.
March 2010
Not sure if the paddy turned into these tones due to a good harvest or due to dehydration as there were no rains for months.
This is probably one of the hottest summer seasons we're experiencing here. Sometime back the temperature here went up to 33C reminiscing the Anuradhapura and Trincomalee climates. -__- Now the average temp. is always around 30C, when it's supposed to be hanging around 25C. *I need to double check if I'm living in the mild hill country or somewhere in the northern dry zone* o__O
We did have some heavy thunder showers, but only for a handful of days. It rained at the wrong time too, just when the farmers were getting ready to collect their harvest. Some were lucky enough to beat the rain, but the others ended up with sacks full of drenched paddy. Luckily it doesn't rain anymore so they can at least dry them up with the blessings of the scorching sun.
