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The public health system in Costa Rica is one of the best in the world, but as in other good systems there are occasionally delays for many reasons with an overload of patients and one always has the option to go to a private doctor at your own expense. Once Covid was over, when I …
8 Costa Rica New Year Traditions from Grapes to Beaches By Sarah Jordan in Tico Times, December 26, 2024 1. 12 Grapes for 12 Wishes As the clock strikes 12 not everyone is kissing their loved ones for the New Year. Some are starting their New Year with the love of grapes. 12 grapes that …
I just can’t stop photographing this unique tree! But every photo is different! 🙂 This species lives up to 25 or 30 years, which is a short life for trees, but they perform many functions in the rainforest & cloud forest. Here are two blog posts on it’s longevity from the University of Georgia in …
At least in this area, it is the time that most of the birds are nesting, meaning a different kind of bird activity. The feature shot at top is of a Yellow-throated Toucan coming out of her nest with a berry or seed in her beak. Below you can see a shot of how small …
Since around the first of the year I have been using the sound identification feature of my Merlin phone app to identify birds. For years I only used it to identify birds by photograph. I was slow to adapt to the new sound recording ability, always hesitant to add new technology, like the old man …
Chapter 1 of The Saga of Charlie Doggett MY ENGLISH ANCESTORS HELPED COLONIZE AMERICA FATHER’S LINES On 28 October 1636, Benjamin Doggett (WikiTree link), my paternal 6th Great Grandfather, was born to William Doggett III in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, who went on to become an Anglican Minister and pioneering missionary to the American Colonies where …
I’m one of those little boys who grew up with Tarzan Movies in the local theater in El Dorado, Arkansas. As I got old enough to go to the movies without a parent it was on as many Saturdays as possible with usually a new movie each week for kids in the “Saturday Matinee,” as …
“And what in the world is that?” You may ask! I will try to explain. It meant different things at different periods of my life, but Tarzan was a big influence on me, my ideas of life, happiness, joy, independence and creativity in several ways, especially in my love of nature, caring for the earth …
Here’s 3 more interesting “bugs” I got useable photos of . . . See earlier blog posts for other insect photos of . . . Tortuguero Butterflies Tortuguero Dragonflies For more “other insects” in Costa Rica like the above 3, see my gallery: More Insects CR (82+ Species alphabetically) or specific galleries on …
The carnival people arrived in town yesterday and started setting up for the central Catholic Church’s Patron Saint (San Rafael) Fiesta which, with donated food and entertainment on a stage in church parking lot, plus daily Bingo will all raise a little bit of money for the church. And the cheap carnival rides? Well I …