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Walking was as natural as breathing. Everything we did included walking paths! As a child, walking became a natural part of daily life but somehow was never something the family photographed. 🙂 Thank goodness for that street photographer that gave us several shots like this one over those early years in Fort Smith!
On the Caño Negro river trip Saturday we passed this sow or mother pig with one or more babies between her and the tree and her unique Cattle Egret guard! 🙂
And yes, there was probably a farm somewhere nearby and she just wanted “to get away from it all!” – Down by the riverside! 🙂
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.”
~Winston Churchill
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¡Pura Vida!
Around noon every day you see some of the elementary school children eating their lunch with their mothers in the park across the street from the school. Some grade levels only go a half day, morning or afternoon, meaning they eat lunch before or after school. But all ages of children are very close to their mothers making lunch with Mom very natural. Almuerzo con la madre.
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| The Male Mantled Howler Monkey eating one of the apartment mangos. A few are getting ripe, though most are still green as you can see. So the howlers will be here for awhile I suspect. Hacienda La Jacaranda, Atenas, Costa Rica |
If you’ve never heard a howler monkey you must listen to the howler monkeys. We are hearing them more often now, day and night. But they don’t bother my sleep.
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| Mother-child don’t show their faces as much as Papa. Hacienda La Jacaranda, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Papa keeps a watchful eye on us humans looking up at them. Hacienda La Jacaranda, Atenas, Costa Rica |
If you liked my simple cell phone photos of the Easter Procession at our Atenas Catholic Church yesterday, check out this video of Easter Procession in an Escazu, Costa Rica church.