Today’s Butterflies in Garden
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| Pale Spotted Swallowtail Maybe Or could be Red Spotted Purple Or Female Tiger Swallowtail Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Banded Peacock Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Chisos Banded Skipper Atenas, Costa Rica |
AND a great big yellow one (maybe a Sulphur) who would never land for a photo! 🙂
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Happiness is a butterfly,
which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp,
but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Bringing Flowers Inside
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| I haven’t been sharing the bouquets I pick for the house, but this one was different than most, so thought I would share. Atenas, Costa Rica |
“A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in–what more could he ask?
A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.”
Home Business Signs: Dentist
This is just two of several in-home dentists in Atenas.
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| I guess 24 hour service is easier from your home! 🙂 Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| With Dental Tourism big in Costa Rica, we have many dentists! Atenas, Costa Rica |
And the photo gallery of Home Business Signs in Atenas
Dentists are medical professionals
who help you put your money where your mouth is.
~Author Unknown
Costa Rica ranked as the second most inexpensive place in the world for health care
Read this Article in Live in Costa Rica for more information.
Just one more reason I love living here!
Visit to Jade Museum Today
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| One of the retired Americans in Atenas organizes trips like this occasionally. Today’s trip was to San Jose to visit the famous Jade Museum. |
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| Like the gold museum here it is a museum of Pre-Columbian Culture with modern exhibits of not only historic jade pieces but dioramas and videos of the pre-Columbian indigenous people here in Costa Rica. Magnificent San Jose, Costa Rica |
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| The modern building of 5 stories has the latest educational presentations assisting schools in history education. San Jose, Costa Rica |
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| Even a Jade-Jaguar monster for the kids! San Jose, Costa Rica |
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| Afterwards we have lunch at Porky’s Burger Bar, Home of 50 types of hamburgers and 100 beers! San Jose, Costa Rica |
Enjoying Retirement in Costa Rica
Charlie Doggett
¡Pura Vida!
My other photos of San Jose from earlier trips San Jose
Home Business Sign: Stuffed Grapefruits
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| Toronjas Rellenas (Stuffed Grapefruits) In the front of their house they sell muy rica (very rich) stuffed grapefruit. Grapefruit is cooked in sugar to make it candied, then stuffed with cream cheese Delicious! Atenas, Costa Rica |
See also the photo gallery: Home Business Signs – Atenas
Or browse through all my galleries at: Charlie Doggett’s COSTA RICA
Retired in Costa Rica
¡Pura Vida!
What is that apparatus?
About my last blog post a faithful reader writes asking: “What is that apparatus behind the lady containing all those bags?”
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| I circled in red what he is talking about in yesterday’s photo. Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| And zoomed in on it for a closer look. It is something every house is suppose to have, cesto de basura or trash basket like your garbage can in the states. You put your trash bags in here for pickup and they only pick up bags. Anything not in a bag will be left, even boxes! Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Here is my trash basket along the street by our gate. 3 houses in our compound use it. Size and color is up to you, but metal required and off the ground to avoid dogs, iguanas, etc. And everything must be in a bag to be picked up! There is a recycling center here, but without a car, not accessible or used much. Atenas, Costa Rica |
“Cleanliness is next to godliness.”
~ My grandmother
Or several of my Photo Galleries feature Atenas – just browse through them to see a quaint little town
Home Business Sign: Language School
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| Su Espacio where I study Spanish 3rd location is in home of owners Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Home of David & Corinna & location of language classes Near public library & police station downtown Atenas, Costa Rica |
It was difficult for them to pay rent for a house in the country and a storefront in town plus riding bus to town daily, so by moving to town to a large-enough house they can live and work in the same location with just one rent. They have one room as a classroom and could have additional classes at same time in their living room and on their covered terrace, so very practical.
And my photo gallery of Home Business Signs – Atenas
Home Business Sign: Auto Detailing
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| Auto Decorations? Of course this image makes you think of your car. And adding decorations, audio, alarms, etc. 🙂 Atenas, Costa Rica |
Across the street from the Sports Park one young man runs a business out of his garage or more likely out of his parents’ garage. And every morning he carries this portable sign out to the curb to attract other young men fortunate enough to have a car (not many). He basically adds unnecessary accessories to your car, I guess to attract women like this. Interesting home business.
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| Before he gets up and puts the girl out, his closed business. Atenas, Costa Rica |
I’m growing a new photo gallery: Home Business Signs – Atenas
The cars we drive say a lot about us.
~Alexandra Paul