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Sunday, February 21, 2021

This Week in Review!

Hah! I like to use this title - it makes my post sound so important!

Four of my orchids are blooming now.

Trigonidium egertonianum:


Encyclia cordigera, a lovely spicy scent:

 

Guarianthe skinneri (Guaria morada), the national orchid of Costa Rica:


And I cannot recall the name of this one:
 

We moved my hammock from the back of the house and put it under the carport. We had a few drops of rain recently so I got tired of moving it under the eaves at the back of the house to keep it dry.


Missing in the above photo is our car. It’s now with the main Subaru dealership in Costa Rica. They have some sophisticated diagnostic tools which our local mechanic (Carlos) who works with them from time to time does not.  More to follow.

This is not an orchid, but a vine - Pyrostegia venustra, or flame vine. The flowers and their colours are amazing. This one is cascading down the tall retaining wall between our house and the vacant lot next door.


Every Thursday we have been buying a kilo of fresh picked strawberries from our friend Minor. The berries are grown around the Poas Volcano at a higher altitude. They are delicious.

We are expecting to receive our Covid-19 vaccine shots soon. We are in the second group to receive them. The clinic we are assigned to should be phoning us with a time and date.

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4 comments:

Unknown said...

YOU LIVE IN A bEAUTIFUL AREA . Not to hot Not much rain .

Diana Miskell said...

We agree!! We’re close enough to the Pacific beaches if we want a little getaway for a few days - it’s quite hot there. We do get rain in the green season, but we enjoy it. It doesn’t rain every day all day.

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