Last weekend, we had a lovely time. We worked almost all day Saturday in the yard, swam, made dinner, then for Earth Hour- the international energy saving effort- we were supposed to turn the lights out from 8:30pm to 9:30pm, so we did. Flipped off the main switch to the house and we lit a candle to finish up dishes, which was actually really nice and relaxing, so much so, we fell asleep in the guest room and stayed there all night, enjoying a fresh breeze through the screen door.
We got up early on Sunday, puttered around the house until about 10 a.m., then packed up some drinks and went mango picking! Steve had found these trees out on a defunct farm where the trees are all on the public road (fruit on that side is public property!) and we picked two buckets full, probably about 80 mangoes. I thought up all sorts of recipes, though we seem to be plowing through the mangoes raw just fine. We fed a bunch to a cow who was hanging out in the neighboring field, which was really fun. After our two buckets and me picking mangoes right through the sunroof, we decided we could head home, and on the way we made a few detours.
We stopped to look at some chopped wood from a fallen, then chain-sawed tree on someone's farm. We were only checking out the wood in the road, again not wanting to steal anything. Then we stopped to let Caly play in a stream that we have to cross to get back home and next, we stopped to look at a dead cow we'd seen on the way out. I want a cow skull and she looked like she'd been out there a while. She had, she was all skin and bones, but she had no horns and she still had lots of skin, so we left her be.
Feeling very proud of our Sunday full of not much but play, we came home, swam in the pool, put on some jazz, made fried chicken and potato salad and had dinner on the patio. No reason to stop playing... we reasoned. So, we listened to more music, enjoyed a beverage or two, and hung outside until it was mostly dark, then reluctantly came inside and watched a movie. It was almost like being on vacation, only with the pleasures of not spending anything and sleeping in our own bed!
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Picking mangoes!
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It doesn't get much easier than standing up through the sunroof to pluck ripe fruit right off of the tree!
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"Rebecca" the cow. Another big fan of mangoes.
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Moo!
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Gotta love the attention to detail displayed in this home. Level? Plumb? Why?
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Typical pasture in Guanacaste with tropical hardwoods.
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More bucolic beauty.
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"Mango Avenue"
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More Gte. farmland.
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A real gem: guys pulling horses from a slow-moving truck. On the newly paved highway. You can lead a hick to pavement, but don't expect him to change his backwater ways all at once.
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Just another fabulous Costa Rican sunset.
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More setting, more sun, more silhouette.
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Mango trees, shadows, dirt roads.
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Hungry guy, pool, pretty flowers.
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Wildflower surviving despite no rain for 3 or 4 months.
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Labels: Costa Rica, day trip, dog, food, photo, tamarindo
# posted by jocelynbroyles original designs and jewelry @ 4/05/2009 06:23:00 PM
We got up early on Sunday, puttered around the house until about 10 a.m., then packed up some drinks and went mango picking! Steve had found these trees out on a defunct farm where the trees are all on the public road (fruit on that side is public property!) and we picked two buckets full, probably about 80 mangoes. I thought up all sorts of recipes, though we seem to be plowing through the mangoes raw just fine. We fed a bunch to a cow who was hanging out in the neighboring field, which was really fun. After our two buckets and me picking mangoes right through the sunroof, we decided we could head home, and on the way we made a few detours.
We stopped to look at some chopped wood from a fallen, then chain-sawed tree on someone's farm. We were only checking out the wood in the road, again not wanting to steal anything. Then we stopped to let Caly play in a stream that we have to cross to get back home and next, we stopped to look at a dead cow we'd seen on the way out. I want a cow skull and she looked like she'd been out there a while. She had, she was all skin and bones, but she had no horns and she still had lots of skin, so we left her be.
Feeling very proud of our Sunday full of not much but play, we came home, swam in the pool, put on some jazz, made fried chicken and potato salad and had dinner on the patio. No reason to stop playing... we reasoned. So, we listened to more music, enjoyed a beverage or two, and hung outside until it was mostly dark, then reluctantly came inside and watched a movie. It was almost like being on vacation, only with the pleasures of not spending anything and sleeping in our own bed!
