Costa Rica
Got up to a muggy morning and took the dog and the Dad to the beach for a quick surf. Caly and Dad played stick, when the two other dogs would let them. I surfed. The water was glassy and clean, the waves were waist to chest high, and three good friends were in the [...]
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Long day, but I think that it was pretty typical of how things go squirrely here and some of the beauty of living in Costa Rica. I got up around sunrise to get an early start on the day and get a long list of things done. After making sure that I had the tools [...]
Nothing gets you up on the roof faster than realizing that the first “real” rain of the season might be starting, and that there are six months worth of dead leaves filling your gutters. My first reaction when the pitter-patter began was to head out to our lovely outdoor patio upstairs to watch the sunset [...]
It was over 100*F in Tamarindo today (nearly 40*C). I, however, spent the hot part of the day in Liberia, where it was 41*C in the shade at nearly 5pm. That’s 106*F, folks. Hot. Damn hot. Oddly for this time of year, it is also windy. Which is great comfort as the wind, at least, [...]
I really like the sound of parakeets squabbling in the tree outside my window. I’m not so fond of the sound of doves. It’s just so… repetitive. And the sounds of pigeons mating? Hate it. Flap flap flap. Arrg. That’s all. Thanks for stopping by.
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