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| “Open Bird” Garden Art by Anthony Jeroski, Garden of Charlie Doggett, Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica, front door view. Anthony just emailed another suggested name of “Holy Bird” for the holes in it, but holy has many other meanings for me. |
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| Vertical View of Garden Art from front door. |
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| Arrival View or First Impression from the Driveway In some ways I like this view best – more subtle. |
The fired clay sculpture was made of Costa Rican clay by my former next door neighbor Anthony and was fired at the University of Costa Rica the week before he left for his new art experiences in Spain. I wanted it to be like one of the flowers growing out of my garden. At first I looked for driftwood to mount it on but couldn’t find what I had in mind. Then I found this tree stump just tall enough to bring it up with the taller flowers. I think it is just right! Here it is on the stump before installed in the garden:
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| Once installed in the garden, it sort of looks like the bird is growing up out of the ground. I got the stump at a rustic furniture shop, Muebles Rusticos They mostly make rustic furniture out of items like this, including the table I got there for my terrazzo between the two rocking chairs (next photo) |
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| A place to sit drinks when sitting in the rocking chairs! Costa Rica loves it woods! Most furniture and house ceilings are wood. And the rustics like this table are popular. The car is last weekend’s rent car in my driveway in front of the garden. |
I am so blessed to have found this house and to live so well for so much less than the retirement center in Nashville! Someone said they heard a rumor that I was moving back. What!? Do you think I’m crazy? I’m having more fun, living better, healthier and cheaper here than anywhere else in my life. Costa Rica is my home now! And I hope this same house for a long time!
