Let's start with the Light.
Nature is pushing forward with Spring.
Sometimes you need to push a bit yourself.
Gretchen, my brother Rob and I returned from a super trip to Costa Rica, just 20 days ago.
Timing is so important and many times just random. We were fortunate to have everything go smoothly. We stayed at our new favorite lodge, Congo Bongo, on our favorite beach.
Here is a busy Sunday.
The insects were beautiful, too.
Blue Morpho Butterfly
Helicopter Damselfly
A True Bug... maybe a leaf-footed bug
But the Frogs were the best!
Like this Red-eyed Green Tree frog
Masked Tree frog
Strawberry Dart Frog (a poison dart frog)
They even knew where to hang out. An Andinobates?
The birds were not bad either.
(Can you spot 2 Great Green Macaws?)
And, of course, there were the Sloths and the Howlers...
This trip once again renewed our trust in our fellow humans (well, some humans). We met amazing new friends from all over the world, most of whom were talking about our REAL "most pressing problem":
Human Caused Climate Change.
I continue to be impressed with the people of Costa Rica --
so many smiles and so much kindness...
Our return to NH had the usual travel bumps. But in the big picture we were sooo lucky to sail through airport immigration and customs. We caught the bus out of Logan and were in the house by 12:30 am Friday, March 6.
I am so thankful to be living where we do. My friend Harry persuaded me to get out and photograph a waterfall. I went with him outside Meredith where we had a great day to appreciate our environment .
I also had the joy of finding a true "Roly Poly" isopod in our greenhouse. My first ever...
Good Memories of Teaching Life Science
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Since being home, the world has surely changed. The good news is we live in an area of beauty and space to be with Nature.
We also
have choices: Be responsible and take a chance to turn this latest
Wake-up Call into a balance of sustainability and kindness...
Or go down to greed and hate and the collapse of our species.
But that will be for another Blog...
