

Changing Times in our Exquisite Southern Zone of Costa Rica
Thank you to Brandon Mark Bushard for this splendid hibiscus he captured. Welcome New Subscribers and Pura Vida Blessings to All...

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Aug 4, 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...

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Jul 28, 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...

Pura Vida Connections
Jul 21, 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...

Pura Vida Connections
Jul 15, 2020


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

Pura Vida Connections
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

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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

Pura Vida Connections
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...

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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...

Pura Vida Connections
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...

Pura Vida Connections
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...

Pura Vida Connections
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...

Pura Vida Connections
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...

Pura Vida Connections
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...

Pura Vida Connections
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...

Pura Vida Connections
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...

Pura Vida Connections
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...

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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...

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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...

Pura Vida Connections
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...

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Jul 9, 2020







