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- Clouds of Chattering Parrots in Ojochal Costa Rica... 14 hours ago It’s that time of year here… when the parrot babies become adolescents and swarm through the skies like the teenagers they are in packs of chattering irrascible cacophonic splendor. I think I just made up a word! I’m here in Ojochal, Costa Rica babysitting a home, a dog and a cat...
- San Vito Visa Run 5 days ago This quarter’s Visa Run was to San Vito, a small (15k population) town about forty minutes from the border with Panama. I read online that it was one of the less traveled borders and that the views getting there were terrific, so I thought, why not?
- Baptism in Paradise... 1 week ago Little Evangeline was baptized this past weekend. First time I’ve been involved in a ceremony of this type since I’ve been here. The last was thirteen or so years ago when my son got married. This was interesting in several ways for me. First, it was a mass-baptism with many other...
- Jaco, Costa Rica... 3 weeks ago Here’s the beginning of my trip to Jaco, Costa Rica from downtown San Jose. Traveling with my sis who’d never been out of the US, much less into an area that was so incredibly foreign (!!) in terms of cultural differences. We caught a public bus in the Coca Cola station pictured above...
- A Grocery List, A Recipe, and A Couple of Things I Forgot To Include... 1 month ago I was attempting to obliterate this painting with aqua over the top of something I wasn’t happy with when I stopped and realized maybe I had something here… In my daughter-in-law’s eyes it’s an underwater scene… Here’s a recent grocery list of stuff...
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Helen Devries
18:59 PM October 31, 2012
18:59 PM October 31, 2012
A blog detailing the transition to a whole new life as it goes along....not in the comfortable sunset glow of hindsight....honest, open and well written. It makes me look back at my own start in Costa Rica and think...yes, I recognise that....
