Christmas Day

Merry Christmas!

Here are some pictures of Nilo opening his presents this morning. By the way, it was about 95 degrees here today!


















Nilo's Christmas... sack!


















Nilo and the Dinosaur robot he's "always wanted"... only, a miniature version!


















Minisaurus... Some cute looking robot!


















And there was Mars Mission lego...


















And some moon sand... and more lego...


















And here's this years Christmas stalk, (fallen branches of Peltogyne purpurea or Purple Heart, a rare tropical hardwood species with purple colored wood, trees of which exist in our forest reserve) and which Nilo decorated himself! We'll have to get a proper shot of it at night with it's rice lights. It's very pretty.

Amazing light

Where we've been working - it's a hard life! - Playa Preciosa as the light fades.














Looking across the Gulfo Dulce...














Looking towards Cabo Matapalo...


















Celestial blue clouds...


















Everything turns golden.

Nilo's driftwood sculpture

Nilo loves making driftwood sculptures on the beach.














Here's a picture of him at Playa Preciosa when he was just a nipper (he's the little guy with his back to the camara in the blue shorts), watching the big kids making one.














And here's him making one of his own last week.














My job was to select the pieces to be used.














Dada comes to inspect the work in progress.


















Last one back to the room's a rotten egg!

What a luxory!

Recently, we have been doing some work at Playa Preciosa on the outskirts of Puerto Jimenez and last week we were invited to stay over at the Pearl of the Osa/Iguana Lodge (www.iguanalodge.com), by friends - the lodge's owners - Toby and Lauren. What a luxory!!!


















Nilo admires himself in the elegantly lit bathroom mirror.














Careful!.... Those pillows might swallow you!














One of Lauren's (that's to say, she painted it) gorgeous paintings, many of which adorn the lodge. This is one of my favorites, a magenta colored Hibiscus flower.


















Oh! Lovely Dada... lovely!














Nibbles on the beach front.


















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Nilo and I on the beach head in the Reserva Playa Preciosa and Platanares.














Nilo climbing on driftwood roots.

Delicious!

Mmmmmm... Nilo chooses from the cake section at Delicias de Dominical.

Row your boat

Nilo tries his hand at kayaking for the first time.

Catch of the Day

While I was in the hospital, Nilo managed to catch this fish!