Plaque on the wall of my physical therapist’s office:
Reinventa su vida cada mañana
Reinvent Your Life Every Morning
Reinvent Your Life Every Morning
An Eventful Day
8AM Spanish Class with Hilda my new “more mature” teacher who has been trying to help me understand past perfect participles in Spanish and I’m not sure I do in English! 🙂
An errand-running morning after class with about 5 stops and much accomplished.
2:30 bus to Alajuela gave me time for my late lunch or early dinner there before a 4:30 appointment with another new Jesus in my life, Dr. Roberto Jesús Gamboa Arend, Dermatologist. He looked at all my “tags” and other growths, moles, assuring me that I do not have cancer, then used the nitrogen or whatever to freeze-dry most of them. I have a cream to put on each of them until they fall off on their own, which took two pharmacies to find and I barely made the 5:30 bus back to Atenas which was standing room only. I stood less than a minute when a young man, maybe 20 I guess, got up and insisted I take his seat. This is typical of the high respect given to older people here. A good feeling.
I’m home and tired now with only 1 little errand for tomorrow. Whew! Photo is of sunset from my terrace last night.
¡Pura vida!
Flowers at Tranquilo Bay
A sampling. To see more go to the 2018 Bocas del Toro gallery.
Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama
See my “Trip Gallery” at:
2018 Tranquilo Bay, Bocas del Toro, Panama
Mainland Birding Near Bocas del Toro
Only a sample of the many birds we saw driving from the coast up the mountain in mainland Panama at closest point to Bocas del Toro Archipelago of islands. For all that I photographed on this trip see my TRIP GALLERY 2018 Tranquilo Bay, the Birds sub-gallery.
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| Green Ibis Mainland Panama near Bocas del Toro Islands, Panama |
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| Passerini’s Tanager Mainland Panama near Bocas del Toro Islands, Panama |
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| Dusky-capped Flycatcher Mainland Panama near Bocas del Toro Islands, Panama |
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| Pale-vented Pigeon Mainland Panama near Bocas del Toro Islands, Panama |
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| Cattle Egret Juvenile in Nest Mainland Panama near Bocas del Toro Islands, Panama |
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| Boat-billed Heron Juvenile near nest Mainland Panama near Bocas del Toro Islands, Panama |
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| Swallowtail Kite Mainland Panama near Bocas del Toro Islands, Panama |
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| Silver Throated Tanager Mainland Panama near Bocas del Toro Islands, Panama |
Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama
See my “Trip Gallery”:
2018 Tranquilo Bay, Bocas del Toro, Panama
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Check out BirdLife International for ways you can be a better conservationist.
Their People & Nature Program!
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And for Costa Rica Birders I recommend the Facebook Group
A Little More Progress on Website Today
I continue to see more butterflies which is part of June & July here and want to keep my nature theme even on posts about the website.
Today was the day for my online video visit with a specialist or “concierge” who was Nancy and very helpful, answering all my questions and giving me a boost forward in my understanding of technical things that can be frustrating. And one of the best things she did was recommend WP101 help videos online. I have already watched 6 of them and again got another boost forward making me more hopeful that this site will be successful eventually. She claims that moving my blog from Blogger to WP is “pretty straightforward.” But I will get the site working a little smoother before I try that.
Hello world!
Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!
At Hogar de Vida Children’s Home for a Week
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I will be sleeping in a boys dorm for 7 nights with the mission team from Nashville on this leafy children’s home campus this week. Not sure yet about Wifi or internet. Atenas, Costa Rica
Grass Fire Approaching – Left House
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| Shot on cell phone from my terrace. Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Shot from behind my landlord’s house on cell phone. Fired headed our way – lots of smoke! Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
This fire is behind my làndlord’s house behind mine. Bomberos or firemen are on scene but there is no water. I decided it not good to breath smoke plus nothing I can do and no power, internet or water. So I am camped out at a fav restaurant.
Will go back after dark and hope I still have a house!
First ever post by my phone.
Tarcoles River Today – First 7 Birds
This morning I got to go to Tarcoles River again with new friends John & Kit Loesche. But I have only had time to process first 7 bird photos. More coming tomorrow and maybe another day!
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| Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl My favorite and closest I have been to this species. Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Green Heron
Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Osprey
Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Mangrove Swallow
Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Snowy Egret
Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Little Blue Heron
Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
None of these were new species for me, but the pygmy-owl was the big treat and closest I have been to the two I have seen. Closeness makes a better photo even though he was in the shadows (another bird photography difficulty. We saw him off the parking lot of the boat facility we used, Jungle Crocodile Safari, my favorite because they emphasis the birds rather than the crocs and don’t feed the animals like some of the other tours do.
¡Pura Vida!
See also my BIRDS Photo Gallery
Poas Lake Reappearing – Maybe Park Open Soon
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Official Photo with water returning.
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| My 2015 Photo of Active Volcano I think the same place as their photo OR is the lake they are talking about the one below?
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| My 2015 Photo of the inactive crater, a blue-green Lake Botos but I think they are talking about the active cone, don’t know if this one went dry too.
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It is a positive sign that the lake is starting to reappear which I hope means the park will be opening again soon. Read the article at:
https://news.co.cr/lake-poas-volcano-costa-rica-reappears-rainfall/69998/
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| Another “official” photo of Poas erupting August 24, 2017 One of several eruptions, mostly gas and soot but not lava like some. It has been closed for more than 9 months now and no longer active. Poas Volcano, Costa Rica |
Reopening the park is important to the Park Services budget as one of the most visited parks and to all of the local people who depend on the area tourism. The nearby La Paz Waterfall Gardens has remained open all this time and continues to be a popular tourist site.
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| Me at Poas.2015 |
Did you know? Poas Volcano has the second largest volcanic crater in the world: vacationscostarica.com
I have taken more than one visitor there and not been able to get in because of cloud cover, especially during January-April. In fact my only visitor who got to see it was Kevin Hunter, so consider yourself lucky Kevin! The second largest volcano in the world to visit and the most popular in Costa Rica.