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This is an ongoing collection of photos of my home in Las Fincas de Escamequita, an Eco Development started by my friends Donn and Juan. Thanks to a very generous landlord, in January of 2008 I moved into a new two-bedroom home that abuts a 400-acre nature reserve with monkeys, toucans and other exotic birds, rabbits, foxes, skunks, sloths, iguanas and several thousand species of insects.

The house is UV-solar powered, save for the propane stove. With a full charge on a sunny day, we have no problem running the refrigerator, two laptops, modem and router (ISP is solar powered, too), lights, water fountain pump, small television and DVD player (no cable or satellite), bedside lamps for reading, and the ceiling fan all night. On a cloudy day, we undertake self-imposed rationing.

The photos are in reverse chronological order, and while not stunning (well, maybe one pr two!), hopefully give my family, friends and landlord an idea of what life is like at Las Fincas, especially the changes in seasons. The photos were taken from March 2005 through November 2009.

Purple zinnia
snail and yellow wildflower
Feeding Time
View from the front porch
Black Dog
View from the Garden
purple habanero plants
Gated Cosmos
Gated Cosmos
double orange cosmos
Road Home to Las Fincas
Orange lantana
Purple wildflowers
Cemetary in the campo
Neighbors
Neighbors
Sleeping dog in the campo
House in the campo
Side yard
View of hanging chairs
view from backyard
Three colors
Purple Zinnia
pink cosmos
bee camoflauge
Checking things out
Casa
Hidden path to the garden
Banana plantation
Baby papayas
Front yard
Path to front door
Front yard
Black Dog
Orange butterfly on a leaf
Orange on orange
Invasion of bees
Stella
Bull in the garden
Purple gate
Colorado at the hitching post
Coral snake
Nica vista
Green beetle
Dayglo green beetles
Orange cosmos after the rain
Strange bugs on my pomegranate
Black-headed trogon
Road home
Blue Grosbeak
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