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My profession is to always find God in nature.
– Henry David Thoreau
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| 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 |
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| 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
And I also picked up an old dead branch along the road, lightly sprayed with gold paint, and put it in a vase of rocks for my árbolito de navidad (little Christmas Tree) this year and will decorate it with hand-crafted artisan birds. Here’s 4 of the first ones added. There will be more Fantastic Beasts! 🙂
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| Blue-crowned Motmot at breakfast this morning In Yellow Bell tree that will soon be blooming, Atenas, Costa Rica As usual, I said “Oh fuey! He’s not in the open for a good shot!” But this is a more common view! |
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| Tropical Kingbird (pretty sure, can’t see breast) From my terrace, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Maraca or Shampoo Ginger In jungle of my garden, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Heliconia behind Heliconia plants My garden, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Red Ginger amongst the ginger leave My garden, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Red Ginger amongst many plants My garden, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Layers of Leaves My garden, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Heliconia Overshadowed in my garden, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Between the leaves in my garden Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Rufous-naped Wren Seen at breakfast from my terrace, Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| White-ringed Flycatcher Seen at breakfast from my terrace, Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica Similar to the very common Social Flycatcher, Great Kiskadee & Boat-billed Flycatcher. But white on head makes a complete ring around his head and Kiskadee & Boat-billed are noticeably larger with larger bills. |
See also my BIRDS Photo Gallery
Each morning I walk through my garden and then eat breakfast on my terrace. Today I liked:
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| Overlooking my house on a cloudy sunset around 5:15. “And all is well on the western front!” 🙂 Yep, the sun shines from between 5 & 5:30 AM to the same in PM Every day, year around – 12 hours of dark & 12 hours of light! Nice! That’s because we are close to the equator. Same sunrise/sunset daily. |
And to my fellow Americans, forgive me for saying I was ashamed last night. The election did not go the way I thought was best, but God just may have something much better in store for us! So today I posted on Facebook the following quote and Scripture verse that better reflects my faith:
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| “God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. So we will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea.” Psalm 41:1 |
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| Banded Skipper Butterfly On the outside of my neighbor’s window screen. A better specimen and view than one I showed earlier inside my house. |
See also my BUTTERFLY & MOTH PHOTO GALLERY
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| Hoffman’s Woodpecker Female In my garden, Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica A little better photo than one posted the other day. |
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| White-Ringed Flycatcher In My Garden, Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| White-Ringed Flycatcher In My Garden, Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
And my BIRDS GALLERY online
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| Unknown Moth Inside my house, Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
See also my two “bugs” galleries:
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| Blue-crowned Motmot In My Garden, Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Blue-crowned Motmot In My Garden, Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
The other day I told about missing a photo of a motmot, well at breakfast today I got one. Not my best shot with the cool tail partially hidden, but okay to be behind some leaves.