Three-Toed Sloth Rescue Video in Limon Costa Rica A Thunderstorm Knocked Stinky, the Three-Toed Sloth from a Tree We recently had some events happen here on the farm that were cause for great distress but as you know periods of great distress are often followed by relief and happiness. When the storms come here there
New Year’s| Celebrating a New Year in Costa Rica December 7th completed our first year here in Costa Rica. The New Year’s party we attended definitely gave us hope for the upcoming year. I bought a pair of new shoes for the new year and danced all night on a gravel driveway in them (not the
A video on making tamales for christmas in Costa Rica. How we did our part by getting leaves from the yuti growing in our yard. We were lucky enough this year to have some friends invite us over to make tamales, which is a Christmas tradition here in Costa Rica. Our involvement was to bring
Harvesting, Cooking and Preparing Pejibaye, Peach Palm Fruit Pejibaye, or Peach Palm, is a squash type fruit that grows high in the leaves of an extremely spiny and dangerous palm tree here in Costa Rica. Twice a year this palm opens up a huge clam shell leaf and white seeds hang on strings from it,
Starting a New Life at 40? What was I thinking? We stayed overnight at a friend’s house recently so that we could be there early the next morning to catch their great green macaw saying “Quiero Café” or “I want coffee”. Cocito comes into the house sits on the back of his own chair and
There are two types of sloths, one man and one animal *Looking back at this video is hard. It has horrible editing, bad grammar & all sorts of things wrong with it. Shows our early progress but not worth your time. Kim 2/14 Our video shows one of our cute sloths in his Guarumo tree,
Spooky Things in Costa Rica. Our first few months were a bit scary. Ewww, this video shows the scary side of Costa Rica. Our first few months here have been eye opening to say the least! Barry found what he thought was a Hog Nosed Rainforest Pit Viper above his head, but turned out it was
Our Trip through Death Valley National Park and Rhyolite Ghost Town During our U.S. Road trip we stopped at Death Valley National Park. Kim first saw the campsite and she was not sure about staying there. It was, by far, the ugliest campground she had seen up to this point. It looked boring and dusty
Our first days living on a Costa Rica farm. We were staying on a friends farm and learning everything including Spanish. You can’t expect to come to Costa Rica and just take the country by storm. Even if you have a building plan, money and big dreams, nobody cares. There are permissions, stamps and rules that need
Our video of Zion National Park, Utah – We spent a week camping in this amazing park. It really does have everything, but it is expensive. This is basically a shaky park brochure. The previous video of the 6 pack firestarter was also shot in Zion. When you see the Angels Landing hike portion you
Making Butter, Collecting Fruit and the Birds – Our new life in Costa Rica Begins We arrived on December 7th and it has rained every day save for three since then. The Caribbean rainy season can last until February and then begins again in August. It is the rain that keeps everything this lovely shade
Applying for Residency in Costa Rica In early August we went back to Costa Rica to apply for residency. We stayed in San Jose proper which is unusual for us, as we normally get straight on a bus to Siquirres and never get to see the big city. We decided that after business was was finished that
How to Sharpen Images in Photoshop Guest Post – By Andrew Ducker The most subtle and realistic way to sharpen images in Photoshop. This easy click by click video demonstration allows you to follow along while you are practicing on your screen. There are options discussed so you get the correct changes based on your