Around the Neighborhood

Posted on March 14, 2017 by Kris Cunningham

I hadn’t been out on my bike for SO long! I don’t know, inertia, laziness, busy… but yesterday Joel gave me the boost I needed to get out there. We didn’t go far but it felt great! I took my camera so here is a little bit of what we saw.

There is a new neighborhood going in not far from ours. Just across from our neighborhood is another of single family homes but they are building an apartment building there. It doesn’t seem like it will fit in but we’ll see what it’s like when it’s done. The last photo is the hill with the cross on top that you can see as you go up the road to Boquete. We are on the back side of that hill. It is the height of summer dry season and you can see how brown and dry everything looks.

an apartment building?!
nice houses in the new neighborhood
well done street
a playground in progress
we are behind this hill

There are some gorgeous trees at this time of year. The most spectacular are the yellow ones that are about done for the season, but pink and white ones are still blooming and looking beautiful.

a pretty pink
and another
a white one in our neighborhood
Joel on his way home past a pretty pink one
the yellow one in our neighborhood is done for the year. On windy days the flowers can be blown off in a day or two.

There are quite a few other things blooming as well.

the neighbor’s bougainvillea continues to come through the fence and bloom like crazy
Some more bougainvilleas and other flowers
I’m not sure what these are
I don’t know what these are either but many of these are very big trees covered with these pretty flowers
this huge tree is making new lacy leaves and dropping seed pods everywhere’
Mangoes! they are getting big all over town

By March I am always tired of dry season. I don’t like everything brown and dead, and the constant heat and sun is getting old. But, there are upsides like all these beautiful flowers. If I whine, remind me of all the people in the northeast USA who are getting a blizzard!

We stopped by to visit my friend Avionetta
Her friend, who’s name I can remember, wanted some lovin too.
Our neighborhood hourse
This mom and baby are just outside our neighborhood. The young one is getting as tall as mom.
The church down the road is decorated for Easter
I wouldn’t want that job in this hot weather
Joel stops in front of the view of Volcan Baru
I went to a store that sells clothing for road workers and construction workers, bright safety oriented things. Check out my new shirt. it’s very comfortable, breathable, reflective, and bright. It was about $10 and I’m very happy.

(Bug warning below!)  This noisy bird was sitting on our front fence the other day, and one night I came out to see this cool bug sitting on one of my solar lights. It was very nice and let me get as close as I wanted, use a flash, turn it this way and that, and it didn’t even move.

these grackles can make a lot of noise
Here is my nighttime visitor with the long feelers
I’m not sure I would call the face handsome though

Just another day in the life of a retired expat in Panama.

About Kris Cunningham

We live in David, Chiriqui Provence, Republic of Panama! This blog is about some of our experiences in our new country.
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18 Responses to Around the Neighborhood

  1. Sue Dreamwalker says:
    March 14, 2017 at 11:04 am

    Wonderful views, and love seeing the wild life, and even those bugs have a purpose 🙂 take care.. 🙂

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  2. Ken Kimsey says:
    March 14, 2017 at 12:47 pm

    The hill with the cross on it…is that located at a church? I’m just curious. It’s on the road to Boquete, right?

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    • Kris Cunningham says:
      March 14, 2017 at 12:52 pm

      No church, just an unoccupied hill. Yes, you can see it as you leave David on the way to Boquete. I think it’s a little bit above the site for the new bus terminal and mall, but on the other side of Via Boquete.

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  3. Alan says:
    March 14, 2017 at 6:57 pm

    That bird is a Cow Bird, and yes they are extremely noisy! I no likey when they stay in my hood from March – Sept.

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    • Kris Cunningham says:
      March 14, 2017 at 7:03 pm

      I’m trying to think… Texas maybe? there were so many of them. Here we only have a few which is better. I don’t blame you for getting tired of them after months and months!

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  4. peggyjoan42 says:
    March 15, 2017 at 7:06 am

    Great photos. Loved viewing your neighborhood.

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  5. fatontheinsideblog says:
    March 15, 2017 at 9:38 am

    So beautiful! Get rid of those nasty bugs and I’ll be there! 🙂

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  6. Yo soy perdido says:
    March 15, 2017 at 12:29 pm

    Flowers, bugs, birds, bike rides, dogs (not on leashes), horses – what more could one want? Chickens! I would want chickens, with a rooster…

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    • Kris Cunningham says:
      March 15, 2017 at 12:32 pm

      We have chickens! There are everywhere, including in our neighborhood. We don’t miss the rooster on the corner though who used to visit the neighbor’s yard at 5AM, and make us think of the many ways we could eat him. 😀

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      • Yo soy perdido says:
        March 15, 2017 at 12:36 pm

        Now I’m looking forward to photos of chickens. Eat the rooster? No, no, no. Roosters have so much personality. Though I must admit being woken up by one that’s not your own at 5am could be a bit of a nuisance.

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