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My Costa Rica Driver License or Licencia de Conducir. Slightly out-of-focus and my thumb over it to make it not copy-able. Security you know! |
Before I got residency I could drive a rent car with my Tennessee Driver License IF I had a current Visa in my U.S. Passport. The same is true now that I am a legal resident, but the Visa has to be renewed every 90 days! That means spending a lot of money and leaving the country. To get a Costa Rica Driver License you have to:
― Robert Lynd
My latest book is nearly 350 photos of bird, mostly in Costa Rica, but also from our surrounding countries.
Click book image to Blurb website, then click the image there to “preview” electronically.
This one has to be ordered through Amazon.com – trying something new.
From my kitchen looking across the DR/LR and terrace at another rain. Our rainiest rainy season in years has everything growing. |
Step out my back door and the flower garden is 6-7 feet tall! |
And the screen of little palms outside my office/guest room is growing too! |
Usually by December the “Dry Season” or our summer has begun, but it is raining again today and forecasts are for more. Its a good thing that I love the jungle! 🙂
Not the expensive one, just a simple Canon 100mm zoom, 1:28, Image Stabilizer (for hand-held) and auto focus. Here’s a few flowers with it and MY VERY FIRST HIBISCUS in my garden! I only recently got the plant which is slow-growing, but here’s the first bloom!
Hibiscus My Garden, Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
Once de Abril (haven’t found an English name yet) My Garden, Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
Heliconia My Garden, Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
Plumbago My Garden, Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
Red Ginger My Garden, Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
Porter Weed My Garden, Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
I think I did okay on close-ups of flowers before with a telephoto lens from a distance, but this is suppose to be better! It has the capability of a 1:1 ratio if I get close enough. Insects will be more difficult because they scare off, so I’ll probably continue with my 300 mm for them. Though, note the little tiny ant on the Porter Weed above. 🙂 And it is so nice having flowers blooming year around!
My Flora & Forests photo gallery
African Tulip Tree Also called Flame of the Forest and Fountain Tree At a neighbor’s house on the hill above me. Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
Yellow Bell Tree I have many of these around my house & just starting to bloom. Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
My photo gallery FLORA & FORESTS
We have a neighborhood chef now who prepares very good dinners to be picked up at his house Monday to Friday and today he prepared a traditional turkey & dressing dinner which I enjoyed with my neighbor Anthony along with a cranberry salad and pumpkin pie Anthony had prepared. I’m stuffed and ready to take a nap!
Our Thanksgiving turkey dinners came in decorated bags, here on plates at Anthony’s house ready for us to eat. |
And at my Spanish Class this morning we joined with another class for coffee and homemade goodies, language games, and each of us presented what we are thankful for, en español of course! Here is my paragraph as presented this morning: