Early morning

Change of plan. We decided that it made more sense for Rey to travel to San Jose alone today, and for me to go alone next week for my hospital appointment. That way, Nilo doesn't have to go at all! He and I can spend the week at home, quietly doing, while Rey gets on with work in the herbarium, without the need to be thinking about how bored we're getting in the meantime.

So, this morning I was up at 3:30 am to say goodbye to him. I couldn't see the moon to begin with, but then realised she was on the otherside of the house, peering at me through the forest.



















Looks like batik!

It's definately worth getting up very early here. For one thing it's the only cool part of the day. Beautiful and peaceful...



















This morning's first light at Los Charcos de Osa.

... apart from the birds. The Scarlet Macaws started up at 4:30am this morning, squawking their heads of, as is their want, and accompanied by a group of green parakeets. Bloody noisy lot! Waking up at Los Charcos is abit like waking up in a zoo. Not that I'm complaining. Although, there is the occassional morning when one feels one could happily strangle the laughing falcons, with their raucous cries of "Guaco" (pronounced Gwa-ko), for which they are locally named. Other than this, there is generally much twittering, cheeping, trilling, and beeping, and many other bizarre noises that only Dr. Zeus could name, and making Los Charcos an ornithologist's paradise!

And then, we all know that the early... spider... catches the... umm... butterfly?















A dainty breakfast, well under wraps. The weekend begins!

Blue and Green

It's a beautiful Summer's morning here in the Tropics. The sunlight still low, yet intense, embracing and transforming. Dark to light. It's worth getting out and exploring one's surroundings early in the morning, the day lays waiting with gifts renewed! I've decided to explore light and the combined effects of blue and green, which seems to me to epitomise the flow of creative energy, and to define our planet. Blue, a first order or "primary" color, color of the heavens and of life-giving water, usually restful and passive. Green, a second order or "secondary" color, also usually restful and passive, and the most dominant color in the plant kingdom.

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." John 1:1.

I think he forget to put the "L" in "Wor[l]d"?























(Top L-R, Mora tintoria, vine (undeter.sp., leaves of Papaya, Center L-R, Carludovica druedii, Los Charcos de Osa entrance sign, Melastomataceae leaves against blue plastic tarpulin, Below L-R, Cecropia peltata, insect herbivory on leaves of Heliconia wagneriana, fern (undeter.sp.)