Got up slowly, for the first time in a long time, and watched the morning develop outside the window while enjoying a little air conditioning (more for noise abatement than for cold, the mornings have been lovely).

Threw the board on the rack and the dog in the back and cruised down to Tamarindo Rivermouth to catch some overhead waves with offshore winds.  Good surf, and darn fun despite the brief and painful longboard-nose incident.   No permanent damage to either part.

The slightly crowded beach (for here) gives me hope for a little micro-scale economic recovery, which is welcome.

Back to the house to do some yard maintenance, hand watering the yard on a windy, sunny day might not do much for the plants, but it feels good for the person doing the watering.

Baked a few loaves of bread, made some marinated cherry tomatoes and eventually cooked the pork roast that has been marinating for the better part of a week.   Jocelyn whipped up some yucca/sweet potato "mashed potatoes" that were wonderful, as well as an arugula and peccorino salad.  We enjoyed some delicious Zin brought by Ben last month, while cooking, then a little more of the same while eating. 

We dined by candlelight under the stars, on the pool deck, enjoying the evening breezes and an intermittent meteor shower to the southwest.   Eventually we turned out the lights, extinguished the candles and struggled through a losing battle with sleeping vs. star-gazing while enjoying some dark chocolate and a little more of that bottle of Zin.

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