Hawk at My Cabin in Esquinas

I saw him before breakfast high in a tree over the lagoon on the Manakin Trail and then after breakfast he stopped by my cabin to say hello! 🙂

Roadside Hawk, Esquinas Rainforest Lodge, Piedras Blancas NP, Golfito, Costa Rica

For more shots from this and other trips here in Costa Rica, see my Roadside Hawk GALLERY.

¡Pura Vida!

My Birthday Party

And I’m a little late reporting on what was this past Tuesday, but thanks to those who wished me a happy birthday (July 4) from around the world! And it was, as always, happy when I’m in a rainforest! ? The photo is of the birthday cake the lodge made for me, decorated with local fruits and topped with a sign that translated to all English says: 83 – Happy Birthday! – Charlie – We wish you a happy birthday full of joy and you enjoy it very much. From: Esquinas Rainforest Lodge.

My 83rd birthday cake in the rainforest!
83 – Happy Birthday! – Charlie
We wish you a happy birthday full of joy and you enjoy it very much. From: Esquinas Rainforest Lodge.

¡Pura Vida!

Salome or Boisduval’s Yellow?

Maybe! Again, another yellow that is not an exact match to any in the book or online. Another one I got in my garden a few weeks ago. Nice, whatever he is! 🙂 NOTE: In 2024 I decided that this is a female Dina Yellow, Pyrisitia dina.

Salome or Boisduval’s Yellow – Maybe! Atenas, Costa Rica
Salome or Boisduval’s Yellow – Maybe! Atenas, Costa Rica

¡Pura Vida!

And for those following it, my Saturday morning “Coffee & Art” photo sale did very well. Of course I didn’t sell everything, but I sold a lot! 🙂 THANKS to all who came! You are appreciated!

See My Garden Tomorrow

Even if you aren’t into art or my nature photos, maybe you will enjoy a walk through my garden tomorrow morning to see my 50+ blooms on the Maraca or Shampoo Ginger plants plus the other flowers blooming right now and shown below these Maracas in a slide show. Enjoy!

Continue reading “See My Garden Tomorrow”

15% OFF All My Books

for the next two days, June 21-22, 2023 by using the Discount Code: BSTORE15 when checking out from the Blurb Bookstore. Check out all 79 of my photo books with the most recent on top and save 15%! Go directly to my bookstore at: https://www.blurb.com/user/cdoggett or click this image of the first page:

CLICK IMAGE to go to my bookstore where you can preview every page of every book!

And by the way, I will have 14 of my photo books available this Saturday, 24 June, at my Coffee & Art show at my house, 105 Roca Verde #2, 9-12am! See you there! 🙂

¡Pura Vida!

Art Show at My House Next Saturday!

One week from today! Anyone in Costa Rica is invited to my casita to view all of my many photo-art items that are available here now. I spent about $5,000 getting ready for a new art gallery that was to open June 15 in Atenas that did not open for various reasons. Now I’m stuck with piles of art work in my tiny casita with no storage space. So almost everything must go! And all is PRICED BELOW MY COST!

COFFEE & ART

9-12 am, Saturday, June 24

Come & Go as you please

105 Roca Verde #2

See photos at: ATENAS ART GALLERY AT MY HOUSE

INCLUDING:

¡Pura Vida!

Wall Art Available in Atenas

I will always prefer that you order wall art directly from my online Photo Gallery which is hosted by SmugMug.com who uses professional printers to print each of these, whether on paper, canvas or my new preference of “Float-mounted Metal Print.” I ordered each of these from my gallery.

There are 11 new ones ordered especially for the new local gallery that did not get established, plus about that many more I already had. You can see them online in two places:

  • Wall Art Images in a sub-gallery in my big Photo Gallery on SmugMug.
  • Or on this website at: Art Gallery at My House, but you have to scroll down past the floral accent pillows which I listed first with wall art second. Everything available is presented there on one page, while in the galleries there is a separate sub-gallery for each category.

The feature photo is one of the bigger images, a sunset from Cancun with Costa Rica on that horizon! 🙂 And below is one of the four Red-eyed Tree Frog photos available.

Red-eyed Tree Frog at Arenal Observatory Lodge, 20×16 inches, Metal, $100 USD or ¢55,000 CRC.

¡Pura Vida!

Coffee & Art, June 24, 9-12 am

Come and Go as you please! – ¡Ven y Vete como quieras!