The annual Festival of Spheres was held this weekend in Palmar Sur just a few minutes south of the road to Osa Mountain Village. Vendors were displaying their wares and some good food was being cooked by locals. An orchestra from San Jose had made the 4 hour trip to come and play at the [...]
Osa – Where the Rainforest Meets the Sea
April 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A magnificient book about Osa has been published by nature photographer Roy Toft www.osabook.com. He has posted a most remarkable video about Osa on his book website.
Places to Intervene in a System # 6…
April 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A couple of days ago, while resetting the router in our little ‘caseta’ down the street, I happened to look at the new ICE electric meters installed this month, and noticed a tremendous variation in electricity usage between one unit and the next — like 6:1. Having been thinking a lot lately about ways to [...]
Going Away Party
March 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Sadly, we are saying goodbye to our friends Josh, Jamie and Alex… for the time being. Some things changed with Josh’s employment that required him to move back after having moved his family and parents here to Costa Rica for what he thought would be a permanent thing. We are really going to miss them. [...]
First Fish Fry From The Tilapia Pond
March 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Yesterday was a historic day as we harvested the first Tilapia from the pond. Approximately 28 we’re caught, cleaned and fried up for all who wanted to try them. These photos were taken by Ricardo who brought a big pan to cook them in. “We harvested a few 29 tilapia from our pond. It was [...]
How to Pluck a Chicken
March 18, 2012 By 6 Comments
We discuss many things here at OMV, the least of which is of no particular importance to anyone outside our immediate community bubble. (It’s debatable whether the most of which is, for that matter, but to move on…) Just last night Babe said to me: “Oh! A bug flew into my forehead! Don’t they have [...]
Using Nature’s Genius To Solve The Problems The Planet Faces
March 12, 2012 By 1 Comment
Michael Pawlyn gives an interesting talk about how nature has already figured out the answers to many problems the planet faces and how human ingenuity is helping to harness the power in nature to create a more sustainable planet. By creating closed loop systems the waste of one is the food of another and eventually [...]
Cowboys At Osa Mountain Village
March 4, 2012 By 1 Comment
Sunday morning at about 8:30 am Osa Mountain Village was graced by some of the local cowboys and their families on their way to Colinas for a day of fun. The celebration in Colinas is a two day event with bull riding and other fun cowboy events. The families stopped by Toucan Tilly’s for refreshments [...]
Mardi Gras & Cabbage Potluck Dinner
February 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
We had an abundance of cabbage from our gardens and Lou Anne suggested we have a cabbage night potluck…. so we did in conjunction with Mardi Gras. There were cabbage fritters, cabbage and artichoke in cheese sauce, 2 kinds of cabbage soup, mashed potatoes and cabbage, cabbage relish, cabbage rolls with meat and rice, 2 [...]
Song #93—Livid in the USA
February 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I know, it seems like I obsess about the US country. Maybe I do to some extent. It’s been said that it was the Jews who perfected turning cultural trauma into art. I’ve got some of that DNA and perhaps it contributed to my turning the soap opera of US politics and policies into stupid [...]
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