Ceviche, Fruit, Roses and an Armadillo

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Last week we joined our friends Diane and John for lunch at Casa Nosstra Bar & Grill in Grecia. I ordered ceviche with avocado - healthy and delicious and perfect for a hot day.

There are lots of recipes on line for ceviche so this would be easy to duplicate.

This is the largest mango tree I have ever seen and it’s loaded with mangos:

It is growing in front of the entrance to the Coopevictoria sugar cane and coffee processing plant, not far from where we live.

We had breakfast recently at the Victoria Cafeteria (next to the plant). Here’s my cafe mocha:

We too have a mango tree, although not as large but we will be enjoying plenty of mangos soon:

We also have roses:

Limes (not quite ripe):

Orchids:

And an avocado tree (obviously not ripe yet):

Finally, a mora bush (a type of blackberry):

We are early risers and up before the sun. About a week ago, Lance heard some rustling down in our garden. A flashlight revealed some sort of animal digging in a tire planter where I had lavender growing. Eventually the lavender was pushed out, roots and all, and we could see that it was an armadillo causing the damage.

The nine-banded armadillo is common and widespread in Costa Rica, in a variety of habitats, and is active by day or night. They eat fruit, invertebrates, carrion and whatever grows under lavender plants!

Here’s the video: