Do geckos lay eggs?

yeeeess they do...OMG I found a tiny tiny egg on the floor today in studio. So i looked it up online and that is the only thing I can think of that has been in my studio and that lays eggs with a shell. mmmm. Not on my diet...I did go to grocery store today, PriceRight, like a BJ's. Bought some ceviche, wine and almonds. What else do I need? Balanced diet...right...right. But having spinach pesto with linguine tonight.

Blogging

I have been trying to figure out this blogging situation, I changed some setting by accident and it is not as easy as it has been in the past to blog. It is a chore now, so bear with me, I might even start another one, just because I am fustrated and gone through numerous help suggestions and troubleshooting hours (and hours and hours), so I will give a new blog address when I start the other one.

Anyway, life in Costa Rica is really nice, the weather has been beautiful here in the 70's, very windy today, but mostly sunny.

The Costa Rican National Symphony (the green hills are alive with the sound of music...lol), was last night in the town here, Cuidad Colon. It was fabulous, families and lots of children of all ages were there, the music was wonderful, and outdoors....everyone was interested and smiling, laughing, dancing...Carlos put a new doorknob on the back porch, made him some ginger tea...the yellow orchids I bought are doing well...the brilliant orange lilies are blooming in a tall vase...Bernarda and Isabella and I danced to Shikira...Isabella showed us how to belly dance, she is 8 yrs old..very funny...collecting things around property to study patterns, like leaves, seeds, pods, sticks, I know I am weird...studying my spanish...reading poetry...taking naps, sunning, cooking, finding colorful Costa Rican recipes...the lights all went blew out on my christmas tree, waaahhh

Angel Trumpets (work in progress)

You are too beautiful for words, that is why I paint you. I listen to the silent trumpets.
I just went up to the tree and they are all dangling and dropping to the ground. Expired.

Started this series of "Angel Trumpets". watercolor, pencil, colored pencil and who knows what jumps onto my paper while I work on them, maybe some gold leaf, maybe an insect, mixed media. I will allow whatever comes along to inspire me on this brugmansia journey this week. Starting off very abstractly and working on three paintings at the same time, here are two . . out of three . . . to be continued . . .thought it would be interesting to see how this series develops. Beginning, a middle and an end.

Sketchbook