Saturday, March 24, 2007

Day 6-9 (Grecia - Mi Nuevo Casa)

Day 6 - So, with any house that hasn't been lived in in over 2 years there is bound to be non-human residents. Meet Ratón:



Ratón wasn't welcomed and I wanted him out. Immediately! So, instead of killing him I sweeped him out of the house. (So Costa Rican) But, NaNa had other plans for him. Poor guy. He didn't stand a chance. I tried to set him free...really I did. HA!

After Ratón left this world to be in the next, a few more of his cousins decide to come out. All these new introductions seem to come about when the housekeeper, Cynthia did her first weekly cleaning (she comes once a week). Cynthia speaks no English. Nada. But boy can she clean! She brought the life back into this house! I think when Cynthia cleaned outside the house, she must have put down some type of insecticide around the house because every National Geographic creature has come out!!!

Day 7-8
- I discovered BAYGON will help control the hormiga (ant) population. NOTE:CR doesn't have FDA regulations. Enough said. HA!:



Day 9
- BAYGON kills Geckos? Yep, geckos...I'm definitely in Costa Rica. I can take my binoculars out, sit outside on the porch and bird watch. Amazing.

I also brought some art supplies with me so I could capture my Costa Rica experience in Charcoal and Conté:

Tree Frog

1 comment:

kimburgerly said...

Great drawing! I didn't realize you were a fine artiste as well! You are multi-talented rennaisance woman!

Wonderful photos as well. Glad the town has everything you need!