Egg Lady and the Strawberry Lady
The walk to Saturday markets in Cuidad Colon are wonderful, always seeing a friendly face shopping and a treat to have "pipa" juice while walking around picking out the next weeks meals. Sunday open markets are a much bigger than Colon and a treat of color every week. Pat & Willy have taken me with them on Sundays to Santa Ana to get the freshest and best produce in CR, the morning light is exquisite, I don't need an excuse to join them, 6:30 am sharp, or they leave without me. A feast for the eyes as well as the tummy. We always stop for fresh bread too, they love to cook and entertain us "starving" artists for the holiday, this year, no different...bocas, Christmas lunch, while looking over their well tended gardens of purple, orange and blue. Purple my new favorite color.
I am back here at the colony, (7th year), some things are different. The big pine trees are gone in front of my studio. Ok, it's a better view of the mountains, but now it is much hotter in the daytime, no shade. The top of the property is sold now, and bulldozers clearing land for new construction of homes. Progress?
Still a nice place to be. Studio is full of inspiration! Findings of flowers, nests, flowers, sticks, stones, other pieces of nature, scattered all around here at studio.
Waiting for Cal to come today. Yahoooooo!
