12/22/2021 Merry Christmas from Costa RicaThis is a tiny tree I brought from the USA to Costa Rica for us to enjoy this 2021 holiday season. May your Christmas be Merry and Bright. Sunshine and warmth from Costa Rica. 12/15/2021 How to Wash Clothes in Costa RicaHow to Wash Clothes in Costa Rica:
NOTE: Weather apps are very unreliable. It can be raining in the town that has the sensors, but sunny hot in your town.
NOTE: Clotheslines in full sunlight are the quickest way to dry clothing. The better clotheslines are just under roof overhangs. 22. Using clothespins, HANG clothing on clothesline. 23. MONITOR clothing until dry. CAUTION! Rain will wet clothing and delay drying. The delay can cause clothing to stay damp for days. 24. When clothing is dry to the touch, REMOVE and STORE clothing. 25. Repeat directions as often as necessary. 12/8/2021 Art Supplies Found in the WildOk, not completely in the wild, but at least in someone's garden driveway!
While visiting our neighbor Nacho, I found some rich, black, thick charcoal laying around some flower bushes. The type of charcoal that’s found in a 2x3x1 inch box in an art supply store and sells for a few dollars. The juicy charcoal that oozes blackness on paper…and smudges and brushes away easily to make grays. Nacho laughed at me for asking for his charcoal. Charcoal in Costa Rica is used as deodorant or for gardening fertilizer, not art supplies. He shrugged and offered me more charcoal. I took just what I needed. After all, I just found an almost endless supply, right across our road!!! I finally got to make the value chart I needed for class! If you happen to be in Uvita, Costa Rica, come out and see me and three more awesome artists at Dolce Uvita on Saturday, December 11th, 2021, from 10 am – 3 pm. For more info, https://dolceuvita.com We live in a very small, cute house while we build our new home in Costa Rica. This means very limited art painting making happy space. This is ok, as I’m sticking to studying for a class I’m enjoying. Everything is small for this class: paper swatches, painting surfaces, supplies, etc. This is good…because as I make new things there is limited storage space, too. The first few weeks here were spent at the coffee table and the back patio tables. I’m still spending time at the coffee table for things like collaging and cutting paper. I adore my new art table. We decided to have local Uvita craftsman Freddy make us this table. Here’s all the reasons why we love this table:
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