Growing in the Trees

The various plants that hand onto trees in the Jungle are just cool. No soil, and all the water they need form the air. Nifty! And not just small little plants, but, like this one, the tree dwellers can get really darned big!

Don't Blow Your Top

Arenal, Costa Rica. This is the view from our hotel! I guess that many people visit Arenal and never get the chance to see top of the volcano so we were very lucky. We were in Arenal for 4 nights and saw the mountain top every single day. WooHoo! We did not, alas, get a chance to see the actual lava flow, but the continual steam form the eruption was pretty impressive!

First grilled pizza!!!

Here is our first attempt at a grilled pizza with homemade dough. This one is Courtney's cause it is prettier!! Note that this is half way through the cooking.


And here is Courtney's when done. Tasty!!!!

Little Birdie

Whole bevies of quail come to feed at my parents' feeder all year. This guy visited us at Christmas last year.

Dew Drop In

Seen on the ground cover on a walk at the Sea Ranch New Years 2008. I like the way the drop pooled in the center of the star. Most Nifty Nature!

Purty

Sunset. Sea Ranch, CA 12/2008