July - 2020

Leaving a July Unlike any Other in our Verdant Southern Zone of Costa Rica

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Jul 28, 2020

Leaving a July Unlike any Other in our Verdant Southern Zone of Costa Rica

This enchanting Golden Orb Weaver Spider photo was captured at Paradise Portal Plantanillo by Dani Bellavita on 29 July 2020." In the...

Enjoying the Quite Rainy, Green Season in our Beloved Southern Zone of Costa Rica

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Jul 21, 2020

Enjoying the Quite Rainy, Green Season in our Beloved Southern Zone of Costa Rica

Squirrel Cuckoo ... Pajaro Ardillo Another Amazing Moment in Time caught by Jory Freimann. Welcome New Subscribers and Pura Vida...

What a Wonderful Place to Chill Out ... Our Beloved Southern Zone of Costa Rica

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Jul 15, 2020

What a Wonderful Place to Chill Out ... Our Beloved Southern Zone of Costa Rica

The message from this lovely Sloth today is ... sometimes doing less ... is more. Welcome New Subscribers and Pura Vida Blessings to All...

Welcome July & an Eclipse and Much Love in our Paradise in Southern Costa Rica

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Jul 9, 2020

Welcome July & an Eclipse and Much Love in our Paradise in Southern Costa Rica

Leaving June with Flowers in our Precious Southern Zone of Costa Rica

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Jul 9, 2020

Leaving June with Flowers in our Precious Southern Zone of Costa Rica

"Live now, believe me, wait not till tomorrow; Gather the roses of life today." Wise words by Pierre de Ronsard

So Many Reasons to Love the Southern Zone of Costa Rica

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Jul 9, 2020

So Many Reasons to Love the Southern Zone of Costa Rica

Mirror Mirror in the Air by mama Sheri Welcome New Subscribers and Pura Vida Blessings to All

Enjoying The Stormy Season in our Peaceful Southern Zone of Costa Rica

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Jul 9, 2020

Enjoying The Stormy Season in our Peaceful Southern Zone of Costa Rica

This beautiful Congo Monkey photo was caught by Wizard Photographer, Jory Freimann, published here with many thanks. Welcome New...

Happy New Moon ... Happy Autumn Equinox ... and Happy New Year to Some of us

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Jul 9, 2020

Happy New Moon ... Happy Autumn Equinox ... and Happy New Year to Some of us

Something I wanted to share this week after a visit to the US Embassy ... is that if your passport is expiring in the next months or even...

Wonderful happenings in our Southern Zone of Costa Rica

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Jul 9, 2020

Wonderful happenings in our Southern Zone of Costa Rica

Two thousand fifteen is bustling along at a lickity split pace ... certainly hope you are enjoying it to the fullest (and shaking out all...

As the thunder bellows ... in this amazing Southern Zone of Costa Rica

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Jul 9, 2020

As the thunder bellows ... in this amazing Southern Zone of Costa Rica

We are celebrating what will probably be the last ChayoteVine in this current format. Si Dios quiere, next week we will be introducing...

Enjoying the end of the Rainy Season in ChayotevineLandia

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Jul 9, 2020

Enjoying the end of the Rainy Season in ChayotevineLandia

A warm welcome to the many newcomers to our amazing Southern Zone of Costa Rica ... Our good friend Dennis Garber shared a very useful...

NIA Classes ... John & Ann Bender ... Paradise Lost ... Oregano Oil ... and so much more!

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Jul 9, 2020

NIA Classes ... John & Ann Bender ... Paradise Lost ... Oregano Oil ... and so much more!

For local folks: my son's technical/environmental colegio is selling tree seedlings at 400 colones each (75 cents). The three species are...

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Jul 9, 2020

Welcome to Pura Vida Connections ... new home of the Chayotevine!

We are very excited to welcome readers to our new Vine ... housed now at our new Pura Vida Connections site. We hope you enjoy it and...

May you find shelter from the storms in our Southern Zone Paradise ...

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Jul 9, 2020

May you find shelter from the storms in our Southern Zone Paradise ...

Not sure if it's sunspots or what ... but my internet, which is usually quite chipper, and has been very, very slow and very unreliable...

Rainy Season Returns to Shock even the locals in ChayotevineLandia

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Jul 9, 2020

Rainy Season Returns to Shock even the locals in ChayotevineLandia

Loving hearing my Tico neighbors and friends commenting on the very unusual wet times we've been enjoying the last few days ... some...

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Jul 9, 2020

Days of Gratefulness in the Southern Zone of Costa Rica

A while back I shared this video, Grateful: A Love Song to the World and thought it would be the perfect reminder for this week. There...

Bring it on 2015 ... Loving Life in the Southern Zone of Costa Rica

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Jul 9, 2020

Bring it on 2015 ... Loving Life in the Southern Zone of Costa Rica

Warm welcome to the first edition of the Chayotevine for 2015 ... seems like the high winds we've been experiencing lately have blown...

Summer & Shakin' Southern Costa Rica Style

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Jul 9, 2020

Summer & Shakin' Southern Costa Rica Style

Certainly hope you've been enjoying the changing seasons here ... so different from where most of us came from. That nearly 3am 6.6...

Welcome sorta Summer to our Southern Zone of Costa Rica

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Jul 9, 2020

Welcome sorta Summer to our Southern Zone of Costa Rica

And welcome to our new Readers and Community Friends ... so many spirited visitors and snow birds are back. This transitional time of our...

In a Cloud in our beautiful Southern Zone of Costa Rica

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Jul 9, 2020

In a Cloud in our beautiful Southern Zone of Costa Rica

This is the 'cathedral' in our Central Park of Perez Zeledon ... checking to see when it was renovated. Click here to see some history of...

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