When they don't wash away
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| Just 15 minutes of rain |
Oh, yes the rain came and away floated our Flip-Flops . Hopefully we have solved the problem as our property was taking on extra rain run off from the road..........can you say......TROCHE ( trench ) and indeed Shapiro and I dug a very nice long and deep troche across the front of our property along the road to move the water somewhere else .........Lo Siento ( I am sorry ) don't need anymore water here . Still , we knew we need terra ( soil ) delivered to add a couple of inches of height in front of our Casa along with the driveway........however , one thing at a time as our budget for our sencillo paraiso ( simple paradise ) evaporated along time ago .
Yet life is so beautiful here as you can see from the cut flores we get from our garden
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| Standing Heleconia From Our Jardin |
And my fravorite Heleconia in a most appropriate Vase ( empty champagne bottle )
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| Hanging Heleconia From Our Jardin |
Our friend Surfer Mike brought this beautiful 9 foot section of philodendron that we attached to one of our trees on the north side of the casa . We know have 4 different varities clinging to 4 arbols but I don ' t think well have enough room for the 896 other varities of philodendron .
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| Regalo from mi amigo Mike |
And then there are some most pecular fungus that pop up.............out of the ground here in our jardin
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| So...........Any Clue |
And then there is mi esposa in the Cocina ( Kitchen ) making Pan...........36 years of marriage and I have to bring her to the remote jungle in Southwestern Costa Rica to Bake Bread . I have got to say it is awesome whole wheat Pan and I do believe there is a possibility of sour dough coming to a Cocina near me soon . Come on mi espose.......stop making me wait for the sour dough .
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| Mi Esposa making Pan |
It is not all work here , there are mornings where we take long walks on the beach especially when we have morning low tides . Last Sunday we walked 6 miles and came across this
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| Where is the Old Bay |
YES......we have blue crabs here in the Rio Coto . So I am telling mi esposa that we should do chickin - neckin back on the edge of the mangrove and then it occured to me.............Crocodiles like chicken necks TOOOOOOOOOO . I do believe I have mentioned in one or two blogs that we do have Crocodiles and we have seen crocodiles...........so our game plan for the large container of Old Bay , used primarily for fresh camarones ( shrimp ) may serve another purpose when I can find an amigo that goes crabbing with the crocodiles .
In our early days of our jungle adventure and life here in our Casa , anything that moved deserved caution........Hey , I have watched National Geographics , " Most Deadly Snakes of Central America " and the funny thing , it seems Costa Rica has most of them . And , fact number # 2 , the hospital in Golfito has the largest supply of Anti - Venin Serum in Costa Rica............Sooooo , always look where you are going and what you are picking up . This brings me to my stump sitting friend in the photo below . I believe he is in the Baslik Lizard family also know as the " Jesus Christ " Lizard becaus they can walk on water and on my first encounter with this lizard he reminded me of the poison spitting hooded lizard in Jurrasic Park # 1. But alas we are friends and from the Cocina ventanna ( kitchen window ) we watch him jump up on his backyard stump to chill .
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| Straight Out of Jurassic Park |
And still , I wait and wait and wait for my first " B C " encounter..............that would be Boa Constrictor . And yes I am very excited for that day to come because on that day I can truthfully say , " We do live in a jungle " .
I really do try to get the blog out every week but time slips by so fast . We are coming up on 6 months here on Playa Zancudo and in just 6 days we head to Boquete Panama to renew our tourist visa for our next 90 days . Reflecting back on this journey I have to say it is an " Awakening " . Understanding a different life and what we need to happily exist in an insane world . The simplicity of our life here with no car , oh my God all of you cringed at that thought , doing without TELEVISON , anyone breathing after that statement and making do with what you have.........that would mean , NO WALMART or Big Box Store to purchase all those things like the 3 Chip - n - Dip sets we sold at one of our yard sales . " Life begins at the end of your comfort zone " Thank you Neale Donald Walsch and Pura Vida
