A new dawn

Hi...not only is this the start of 2012...the year the Mayan calendar comes to an end drawing to a close one 'age' allowing another to be born...but it is also what i hope to be the first of regular updates of my blog. Perhaps the birth of the new age might be a touch more significant than my blogging but none the less I hope there is a little amusement along the way.

Actually on the subject of new beginnings the picture below shows what might be the start of one for Galle.



In a suggestion of what is to come for this wonderful sleepy historic town the 'blue rinse' brigade arrives searching for trinkets. Of course it will change things...but the old ways will never completely fade.



Meanwhile closer to home...in fact at home...a friendly peahen continues to taunt Bifta..our rottweiler cross...on her morning stroll across the roof tops of the Fort.



Before coming to Sri Lanka I thought Peahens, and their more colourful beaus, only ever lived in parks and royal gardens. However in Sri Lanka the 'blue' peafowl abounds and whilst the national bird is a Gallus Lafayetti Jungle fowl, an image of a peafowl adorns the national carrier.

And with that the first day of Jan 2012 comes to an end...



...with a spectacular sunset.