Life in Costa Rica: I have a bird

I don’t have curtains in my kitchen window and there is a bird who keeps flying to the window and pecking against it. I also have a cat - well half a cat - and this morning, for the first time, the cat noticed the bird. It was quite funny watching her stalk the bird. She is now climbing on everything. My spray bottle and I are quite busy. Yesterday she climbed up a towel and was on the stove. Just now she managed to get on the cabinet with the sink to get a closer look. She is also verturing farther outside but she pretty much only goes when I am also outside. Otherwise she just goes on the deck or in the planters outside the front door.

I decided where I wanted to start my all white garden and all I had to do was message Jose and I had a trailer of rich dirt and workers. Once the holes between the rocks were filled, I replaced the plants and they planted them. I had a couple others already planted so they transplanted them. There is room for more so I will keep looking. I also cut some of the green leaves with white edging to add as soon as they root. Jose checked the branches I had from the tree that fell and he said two were good. They planted them near the new garden, in the rocks over my little stream. They have big clusters of white flowers so they will fit right in.

Jose brought his daughter, Denise, and his son, Ishmael, and they had a fun time playing with Dally. Denise will stay here while I am in the US. I have told her that during April she should bring her puppy, Agatha, over to let the two animals get to know each other. I don’t want Dally to beat up the puppy. German Shepherd puppy!

Next week is Holy Week so no crochet or craft ladies. I will go to Ziomara's one day and Saturday is her birthday. Last year I went on Good Friday.

I love, love, love my skylight. There is so much natural light, not just little areas of lights. Even with the doors and shutters closed, I don’t need to turn the lights on until it is dark outside.