Good,
Bad and The Ugly
The
Coronavirus has good and the bad of us in one go.
Good
think about it is, that we eat what we have not what we wished to have
eaten.
For
me all the collections of chocolates are over.
The Fruit and Nut ice cream I finished a month earlier.
Stopped
alcohol totally due to the Tax Imposition by previous government.
Previous government lost due to this single tragedy.
This government will lose due to banning foreign alcohol and increase in illegal alcohol production and price.
Also they did not lower the price of alcohol and the price of Petrol and Diesel that plummeted due to Saudi action on Russians was a non event for us.
That low price is completely put under the carpet for now.
I
have few friends who will definitely vote against who love alcohol as
a way of life.
My
advice for them to drink “Dasa-Mula-Aristaya” our high priests
consume before a sermon and its alcohol content is over Vodka by many
a mile.
I
am currently preparing a list of 10 locally available (some may have
to be imported like “Weniwel”) medicinal plants to be added to
“Dasa-Mula-Aristaya” as our export quality local production with
the help of “SiddhaLepa Veda Mahattaya” of old.
Bad
things are the local “Paraya” dogs are hovering all over looking
for food in desperation.
We
do not have any food left to feed them like sprats and dry fish!
It
was not my gut feeling, not to have another dog after our loving one's
demise.
But I continued to feed the “Paraya Dogs” in plenty but never allowed
them to follow me to home.
If
I did NOW is the time for me to have a heart attack.
Now they call the “Politicians Paraya” after not having got a payment or have to pay the “Give Away Money” in installments over two years with six months grace period.
As
for the birds including lovely parrots and Ceylon Oriole come daily
to feed on mulberry (Ambul Ambili- found the Sinhala name while
searching for medicinal plants) fruits and the “Honey Birds” feed
on the three flowering plants.
Magpie
and Bullbul started devouring and gorging on the guppy fish in style, I
moved them to the big fish tank in panic state.
Now
all the water lilies have large leaves giving them cover from the
predators.
A
Bullbul pair made a nest over the pond and I made it sure I spray
enough water over them while watering the tall bamboo trees covering
the edge.
They
decided not to lay eggs.
As
for the rooftop garden there are no restrictions and they can feed
and drink and make even nests, if they so desire.
The
black bees have a colony and they feed on the lilie flower pollens.
It
takes solid three hours for me to water the plants and fill the
containers (drying up in hot sun).
On
an economy note, I decided to feed the fish only twice a week since
my last packet of fish food is going down fast.
They
have to survive on diatoms and algae and the population control is on
the card and birds doing it in style.
The
bat who decided to make a home did not find a partner and never came
back with Coronavirus as a treat for the New Year.
