A New Life In Costa Rica

Weather worn

 The birds are not loving the wind gusts the past couple of days.

 

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 The winds seem to have battered this poor parakeet. 

We watched a brown jay get slammed into a branch when he came in for a landing just as a wind gust came through the yard.

 

 

 

 

Wishful thinking

 

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We drove into the city today to attend The Women's Club of Costa Rica's used book sale at the Pan-American School.  Each of us had things we were hoping to find. Both Bill and Callista had specific author's and titles they were looking for while I wanted a specific exercise DVD.

While we didn't find the items we'd hoped to get we did find others. After looking over my purchases when we got home I realized that my purchases were items I needed more than the one I desired. It's awesome when the Universe works that way.

 In addition to our books we also enjoyed the bake sale. Honestly, can one really enjoy too many cranberry orange scones? And just how many are too many? They were delicious!

Way to go ladies!!!

If what we saw at the start of the sale, around 10am is any indication it was a successful event.

Fascinating Flower

                                                                        Passion flower

 

 

 

 

 

Fiesta de los Aves

A bird party...

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The birds are thrilled we've stocked all the trees with bananas! Hubby came home with a couple of huge racks this morning. We were able to cut one up and get five nice sized bunches to hang around the yard.

A friend who had lunch with us today said it was like una fiesta de aves. She loved listening to all the different songs and seeing the different species that came around.

Going nuts!

Usually I'm the one people accuse of being nuts. This time it was my husband! 

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Yes, we're nuts for nuts. When we heard about this nut distributor near the town of Atenas we had to check in out. You can tell by the look on Bill's face he enjoyed looking at all the products. Initially, he intended to buy a kilo of salted peanuts, carmel candied peanuts, generic candy coated peanuts (think peanut M&M's) and a fourth kilo of trail mix.

Once I had him take a look at the pile and reminded him we were there to get "healthy" snacks he switched the two sugar coated nuts for a bag of almonds and small bag of cashews. Much healthier choices!

The email we'd gotten from Gringo Central San Ramon about "The Nut House" led us to believe the prices here were cheaper than other places. Bill insists the almonds were about the same or a little more than he'd just paid for a bag he bought me for Christmas.

Less expensive or not we are enjoying our nuts. And we enjoyed our adventure in and around the Atenas area that day. We may not participate in the group outtings posted by the folks at Gringo Central but I'd like to thank them for giving us ideas and reminding us of places we haven't been in a while.