Pacuare Pictures

Kirby found all these sand dollars on the beach and we set up this crab to guard her stash

Life is good at the house of dreams. The days revolve around meals, with coffee and the beloved nutella toastlettes in the morning, a re-invention of leftovers for lunch, and a delicious feast prepared by Kirby to finish off the evening. There has been sun in the mornings for the past couple days and today we spent some time out in the cold tub, which is a round mini pool that seems like it would be a hot tub but it's cold.  Perfect for an afternoon of cloud, bird, and ant watching.  We've been working in some yoga as well (aren't you proud, Shuli!) but I must say Kirby has been a much more diligent student than I this past week.  Surprisingly, our relaxing schedule hasn't allowed for many writing opportunities so this blog is just a random mix of pictures to finish off our documentation of our time at the Pacuare Reserve.   Enjoy!

Who doesn't love seeing love in the wilderness!?

We spent about 15 minutes trying to get a good picture of this guy.  He looked so beautiful with his bright red wings, but when he wasn't flying he was just plain brown. Kirby captured him perfectly here, you can even see his orange antennae!

Cleaning up the canals with the school kids - can't you see how into it they were!? What they really wanted was our feathery hair clips, as you can see here.

This little bat lived in our room with us. He was our favorite roommate because he kept to himself and helped keep the bugs under control. 

Our room at the reserve.  Too bad we didn't think to take a picture of it when we were all moved in. Even though we were only there a week, we settled in quite nicely.

Monkey eating breakfast

These crabs were all over the beach and the forest

The tree in the center of this photo looked amazing, so huge and with so many vines and plants growing all over it. The photo doesn't come clost to capturing its majesty, but it gives an idea at least.

Kirby had a mysterious way of attracting the animals at Pacuare - she found this little turtle right at our doorstep.

We re-located the little turtle back to the lagoon where he belongs. Here he is, about to take the first step into his new life.

This butterfly is cool, but I look a  little creepy

Jungle camouflage

Howler monkey snack time

Ok hope you enjoyed the pictures - now we're off to buy groceries for the next feast!