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| Music is the best cure for a sorrowing mind. Latin Proverb |
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| Most cart are filled with family members! Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Errrrrr, hmmmmm, son, this is an oxcart parade! Kids pushing their limits everywhere! 🙂 And here, people just say “¡Pura Vida!” |
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| And the line goes on and on! Three years of these and I’ve had enough, leaving early for lunch! They used to all be so unique, now they all look the same! 🙂 |
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| Hey! You need to get in the spirit of the parade! Cowboy hats and belts! |
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| As with all fiestas here, the Central Park is filled with venders selling everything from food to arts & crafts and even kitchen utensils! I had a caramel-filled churro and a Churchill to drink. See below. |
Costa Rica Churchill, is sort of a drink and a dessert found in lots of fiestas across the country, but mainly associated with Punterenas, the port city on the Pacific. Click the title to read an article about them and started in my birth year, 1940. Mine here was a little different than the one he describes. It was about 1/3 vanilla ice cream, 1/3 red snow cone (strawberry I think), and 1/3 canned fruit cocktail, not the fresh fruit in the article. Needless to say, Ticos love sugar! Me too! Like, would you ever find a churro in Mexico that is relleno with caramel? Costa Rica is just a sweeter place! 🙂
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| And little town kiddie thrills! A bouncy house too! |
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| White-winged Dove In My Garden, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Blue-gray Tanager In My Garden, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| In My Garden, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| In My Garden, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| In My Garden, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| In My Garden, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| In My Garden, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| In My Garden, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| In My Garden, Atenas, Costa Rica |
One of my favorite things to do is to sleep until I wake up, shower, eat a liesurely breakfast on my terrace admiring flowers and the visiting birds. So, after a busy, early, hard day hiking yesterday, I had one of my relaxed mornings today (23rd) and recorded part of it in the above photos. There were other birds and more flowers, but this is a good sample for today.
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| Shot of his brochure. |
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| My House Location (Red arrow) The big orange roof above & to left is my landlord from Montreal. Little orange to right & down is Anthony of Indiana. Big gray house is Richard from England. Towards mountains is downtown Atenas, white church steeple seen, top center-right. I walk this whole valley almost daily, one great advantage of not owning a car! Life in a rural small town. Pura vida! |
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| The Altar Boys & Girls Lead from the Church Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| The Band is already in the street. They join parade behind Jesus statue. Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Men in Biblical Costumes Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Real flower petals prepare the way. Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| New Priest flanked by Little Angels Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| The Risen Christ Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Some of the congregation join in the procession that circles Central Atenas, about 8 blocks back to church Atenas, Costa Rica |
Photo Gallery of these same above photos, Easter Processional 2017
This year it was held at end of the 4:00 PM Mass, meaning around 5:30 as it is starting to get dark and threatened rain this time. The last time I watched it was two years ago after the 9 AM Mass. And last year I was in Nicaragua and observed two Easter Week processionals that were really different. Here are links to those posts:
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| My Garden Sculpture Bird is engulfed in my growing garden, even in the dry season. This is as intended, a changing garden, my little jungle growing around the bird. Sculpture by Anthony Joseph Jeroski. |
See more photos of My Garden in my bigger Flora & Forest Gallery
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| ¡Pura Vida! |
