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Leaving Costa Rica Behind

I have left Costa Rica behind. I'm staying with my daughter, her family, four dogs and three cats while my apartment building is being built. The occasional chaos of this household is quite the change from my quiet little place in Uvita. The tree with yellow blooms came to me as a tiny plant in a gallon pot. It shot up in Costa Rica's generous soil and sun into a tree of gorgeous and sweet-smelling yellow blooms in no time without any help from me. The head of the Butterfly Research Center in Quepos gave it to me for being a good listener to attract more butterflies to my garden. He's the foremost butterfly expert in Latin America, a fact I didn't learn until one of the young men studying with him who happened to work at the hotel where I was staying in Quepos told me with glee. I have mentioned several dozen times now how very nice the people of Costa Rica always treated me. Who gives away valuable plants to a stranger passing through? All the staff at my hotel were very kind to me during my stay. My memories of that area, where Manuel Antonio National Park is located, with the most beautiful beach in Costa Rica, are fond indeed. The little fellow on the other side is not a native of Costa Rica, however. I just like his white decor. I took a photo of him in Borneo. AuthorCathyParker.com