Last Week of Moving Sale! 8-14 November

There has been no time for blog posts this week with an off and on flow of local people responding to my Moving Sale Galleries (linked) and I have continued to add items for sale, so locals please keep coming back! 🙂 THIS WILL BE THE LAST WEEK OF THE SALE! Ending Saturday 14 November.

The most over-looked or not used categories have been the arts, except for my African Arts Sale Gallery (linked) which has only 3 items left! And they are 3 of my favorites! 🙂 Now I’m telling you about the three other art categories with hugely discounted prices that might interest you . . .

Letting some of my Art Collection go at bargain prices at https://charliedoggett.smugmug.com/MOVING-SALE/Wall-Art-By-Other-Artists OR CLICK THE ABOVE IMAGE

This sub-gallery has some of my “Collected Art” from over the many years of my long life and though I love it all, I will likely live the rest of my life in a small apartment without space to display or store it all, so some must go. CLICK ON THE ABOVE IMAGE TO SEE THAT GALLERY, then call for a time to come by and check it out as with the next two sub-galleries.

Last chance to get a Charlie Doggett photo! See what is left at: https://charliedoggett.smugmug.com/MOVING-SALE/Wall-Art-My-Nature-Photos – The above image is not complete, more have been added, but still going fast!

My first 12 years living here in Costa Rica and many of the last 10 in the USA were given to nature and travel photography and above is mainly wall art from over these last nearly 20 years with a few other things like two mouse pads and I have 5 coffee mugs left that I am just giving away if interested in a mug with a butterfly photo. Like with the previous gallery, call for a time to come look at what is available and finally I have everything clearly labeled with the price and other information. And yes, much of the above are items that did not sell in my earlier efforts in an art gallery and some arts & crafts fairs, but ALL ARE DISCOUNTED AT LEAST 75% with a few as low as $1!

Accent pillows with flower photos on both sides. Go to: https://charliedoggett.smugmug.com/MOVING-SALE/Flower-Accent-Pillows-1-each

And lastly, one of my favorites, the Flower Photos Accent Pillows, that I never understood why they did not sell at the gallery or the craft fairs, but now you can get a brilliant $20 accent pillow for only$1!

Then My Last Week Here (15-22 November) . . .

If you have ever moved, you know that there are a million things that have to be done and the moving sale prevented me from doing many of them including a physical for entry into a Senior Adult facility along with address changes and cancellations, etc. etc.! 🙂

That last week will be capped off on Sunday 22 November with a “Farewell Charlie Luncheon” at a neighbor’s house with several local friends coming to say goodbye. Then 23 & 24 are the very last minute packing with the actual move on 25 November and the beginning of another chapter of the old man’s life, an adventure to still be discovered from the greenway to the city streets! A lot to explore and discover! Plus a lot of new friends to grow old with. Thanks to all of you for your kindnesses and good wishes and the blog might be quiet again for a while as I finish the transition to a blog from a slightly different perspective. We will see what happens! 🙂

¡Pura Vida!

MOVING SALE!

It is coming together and I will continue to add more items over the next week I’m sure, but the website Photo Gallery Listing of Items For Sale is well underway and can be seen at this web address: https://charliedoggett.smugmug.com/MOVING-SALE

It is of course mostly for local people in or near Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica, but if someone anywhere in the world is willing to pay the shipping cost for anything (like some of the art or the stamp collection) then I will get it shipped to you once paid. If you have any questions, use the CONTACT menu item at the top of this page.

This is all happening very fast for me! It has to end no later than November 20 and probably sooner as I have to get rid of everything one way or another.

¡Pura Vida!

And THANK YOU! Blog Readers!

My blog/website host just reported to me that I had 11,000 views or visits in the month of October 2026! That just makes me want to do a better job, but be patient with me while I make this big move in November, then I’ll settle down to an even better nature blog! 🙂

Groove-billed Ani

On a short morning walk by the cow pasture this morning I managed to capture this image of a Groove-billed Ani (my gallery link) that is moderately common in this part of Costa Rica. See some of my other images in the above-linked gallery. And you can read about them and see their range map on eBird.

¡Pura Vida!

Online Moving Sale (for those in Atenas)

I’m just starting it and before even the first gallery was up I sold most of my potted plants to a neighbor, but there are so many more things that I must sell before moving, so keep checking it for new additions over the next couple of weeks. It is in the form of a Gallery titled Moving Sale! (linked) And everything is priced way below the value. Everything must go!

A Bug with No Name

The AIs threw out possibilities but no match. My research shows the closest genus to be Nyctibora, with no exact species match found there. It is one genus of the many cockroaches and you can see a list of it’s possible species on Wikipedia. I photographed this one on the grasses of the cow pasture across the street.

Possibly a Nyctibora Genus insect, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica.
First shot of possibly a Nyctibora Genus insect (cockroach), Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica.

¡Pura Vida!

Banded Peacock

One of, if not the most frequently seen butterflies this year for me (a down year for butterflies). See my collection of them in the gallery: Banded Peacock (linked). It is another of those butterflies found only in Central America and the lower edges of Mexico.

¡Pura Vida!

Monarch

What seems like everyone’s favorite butterfly, the Monarch (my gallery link), will probably be in my garden as long as I have these Milkweed Flowers, the favorite of the butterfly which also eats other nectar, but it is the only plant leaves that Monarch Caterpillars will eat! This one might even have come from one of those caterpillars that ate all the leaves off of one of my Milkweeds back in August! 🙂

Monarch on a Milkweed Flower, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica

¡Pura Vida!

Stripe-headed Sparrow

A fairly common and conspicuous sparrow found from Costa Rica to Mexico. See more of my photos of this little guy in the gallery: Stripe-headed Sparrow (linked).

Stripe-headed Sparrow, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica
Stripe-headed Sparrow, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica

¡Pura Vida!

Western Wood-Pewee

The Western and Eastern Wood-Pewees look alike to me and though iNat’s AI ranked this one as Eastern, eBird’s Merlin said Western and I yield to eBird on birds! 🙂 I saw this one on the fence of the neighborhood cow pasture and you can see others that I have labeled Western Wood-Pewee in that linked gallery.

¡Pura Vida!

Barred Antshrike

Not your every day bird! And I’ve seen more here in Atenas than anywhere. This one in my garden a week or so ago. See my other (better) photos in gallery: Barred Antshrike. And read more about them on eBird. It is found only in Central & South America.

¡Pura Vida!

Lesson’s Motmot

The first seen in my garden since December 2025, plus I saw one earlier the same day on my morning walk up the hill, but it was in bad light and thus no good photos. See my earlier photos at Lesson’s Motmot from different Costa Rica locations. This is another purely Central American bird with the usual overlaps into Southern Mexico.

Lesson’s Motmot, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica

¡Pura Vida!

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