Tag Archives: nature

Weekly Photo Challenge: Unique

Weekly Photo challenge: Unique These may not be unique, but they certainly are unique to me! Thank you Joel (of FindingMyselfInPanama) for letting me use a number of your excellent photos for this post! Here’s some other posts for this … Continue reading

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Climbing the Mountain

Cerro Santa Cruz OK, so it wasn’t exactly a mountain, just a hill but near the top it felt like a mountain! I didn’t make it all the way up, deciding to be sensible and not stress my sore knee … Continue reading

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The River in Summer

I know, it’s supposed to be winter, but in Panama it’s summer. We are getting no rain and it’s often very breezy. It’s drier, a little warmer in the afternoons, and a little cooler at night. Someone commented on my … Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Love

Weekly Photo Challenge: Love No challenge here. This is easy!   I remember hearing something a long time ago that stayed with me – “Love is a behavior, not a feeling. Love is a verb” It is how you behave with … Continue reading

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Número cien (number one hundred)

Blog post number 100! Who would have thought? When I started this, it was only to keep my family and friends updated, and to document my experience of moving to Panama. Over the last new months it has evolved into … Continue reading

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Summer Flowers in Panama

It’s summer now. I know, it sounds backwards to me too, but it’s definitely a different season here. We’re getting very little rain and a lot more wind.  It’s a bit warmer in the daytime but still comfortable with the … Continue reading

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Lets go to the River!

There is no water in the neighborhood today. It happens, so we have water stored for such days. But, I wanted to wash my hair and freshen up after bike riding and we hadn’t been to the river for a … Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond

Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond   This challenge turned out to be more challenging than most for me. I had some ideas but had trouble turning them into reality. Then I had this opportunity, my husband sitting beside the river. Hopefully the … Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Illumination

Weekly Photo Challenge: Illumination I was in the front yard yesterday enjoying the sunlight on the bougainvillea flowers and thought, what’s a more interesting illumination than the sun?! So, I grabbed my camera and my macro lens, and these are a … Continue reading

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What is this tree?

Or, is it even a tree? When we were out on our bicycles yesterday, we saw the strangest thing! At first I thought it was a dead tree with a vine climbing up it, but on a closer look I … Continue reading

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