So, I thought this bug was very attractive when it showed up on my door screen the other day.
It’s about the 3″ across. A moth? Reminds me of a pair of oak tree helicopters.
I was so surprised to find the next day that it had changed into these beautiful velvety colors.
And by the third day, I can only surmise that it’s a very short life cycle.
We’re getting ready for a change of seasons. Marielos came today and polished our toenails.
We drank a little wine and chatted while she worked.
Then off to the pool to admire the results.
Story-teller, Carolina Quiroga, who uis from Columbia via USA, Janashared some latin tales with the children of Samara yesterday at the Natural Center. Presented in Spanish, it was also good practice for those of us who are still earning the language.
Jana Siimes entertained us during intermission with her soprano saxophone.
Carolina was a pleasure to watch as she engaged the children with her animated expressions and brought them into the stories she told. This event is part of the Festival International Puro Cuento and presented here by Festival Arte Samara. Events like these are precious in Samara. We thank Festival Arte Samara, who brings something fun to town about once a month.
We Samarenos gathered on the beach Sat. afternoon to say goodbye to our good friend Joe Potrebenko, who was killed last week in his home in Panama.
We wrote our messages of love and grief for Joe on paper boats. We sent our courage and strength to his wife, Betsy, and her mother Lorraine.
A new bench washed up in the tide on Samara Beach. Easily seats 20.
I love these blossoms. I think they’re a type of Agave, but everyone here just calls them cactus.
The plant is nice enough, a garden staple in Costa Rica – water conserving.
But they bloom only once every three years, just before they die.
When my maid arrived this morning she was aghast. “This weather is so strange!” Myself, I woke up in the middle of the night to sound of rain on the front patio. I could actually hear it moving from the front of the house to the back overhang below my bedroom window. Yesterday was the most gorgeous sunny day and hot. Today the sky is dark and it looks like this storm has some legs and will be sticking around. A day like this is just the reason we made up our list of Things to Do in the Rain.
A plea
sant and productive morning Saturday! We worked for an hour and a half, filled a half dozen garbage bags with beach detrus and enjoyed breakfast at Soda Sherif. Thanks to Bonnie, Louise, Austin, Rosie, and Steve.
It’s International Beach Cleanup Day. If we do it the world over on the same day, my garbage won’t roll onto your beach with the next tide.
In Samara, there’s a rendezvous at Villas Playa Samara at 8 AM. But, I think I’ll start downtown and work my way towards a beach bar for lunch.
Bring garbage bags and gloves. A plastic flower-pot makes a handy vessel.
Sandy-Shorts 