Casa La Joya

11/12/2023

M’mmm, sounds delish! 😋

11/12/2023

We’re booked up over New Year’s but there’s still time to visit Casa La Joya for an unforgettable hot weather Christmas!

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17/11/2023

Nauyaca Waterfall Nature Park, one of Costa Rica’s biggest, most spectacular waterfalls is less than a 2 hour drive from Casa LaJoya.

13/11/2023

In other news - Casa La Joya and sunsets like these could be yours for a week or two any time in December, January or most of February!

Casa La Joya - Close to beach / Oceanview

14/08/2023

La Sirena receives a visit from her original sculptor, Billo, who will oversee her restoration. While she is feeling a little dehydrated having been out of the ocean over a week now, she is enjoying all the attention and visitors as she convalesces.

06/08/2023

Pura Vida! La Sirena is safe and sound ashore, resting quietly and awaiting repairs. Her tail got broken and she has some cracks but all in all she is doing well. Now maybe I will actually get some work done this afternoon.

06/08/2023

Alrighty, we got a bigger back hoe to bring in the mermaid!

06/08/2023

Ok - tide should be about right to start Day 2 of Operation Rescue La Sirena. Hoping she can come ashore today. That mermaid is seriously cut off from anymore chiliguaro shots! Falling off her perch like that, honestly 😉.

05/08/2023

So the tide started to come in before they were able to make La Sirena light enough to bring her to shore; she will spend another night under water and Operation Rescue La Sirena will start up again when the tide goes out tomorrow.

05/08/2023

Did you know La Sirena has her own song and video?! Thanks for sharing Laura Hersey Bustamante!

La Sirena… Siren ….of my soul The silhouette of you breaks the sunset and the sunrise will sacrifice itself on y...

05/08/2023

The amazing town of Esterillos Oeste has mobilized and are rescuing La Sirena off the rocks with a backhoe as we speak.

As many people are now aware, our beautiful statue "La Sirena" has su… Scotty Chidester needs your support for Our precious "La Sirena" of Esterillos Oeste .

05/08/2023

My beloved La Sirena was claimed by this morning’s tide. Anxiously awaiting details from Esterillos Oeste as to her present whereabouts and the logistics of re-attaching her. Fortunately mermaids can swim and she can’t drown.

27/07/2023

Back in January I took a photo of a
Macaw from my balcony and posted it on FB - that inspired Bonnie Chapman Roy to paint a beautiful painting - and in July, the macaw came home to live in my bedroom Casa La Joya .

27/07/2023

Beautiful Esterillos Oeste at sunrise and breakfast with los perros at Soda Marguerite’s.

26/07/2023

Delicious Hawaiian pizza at El Patio with a new friend hoping for scraps. (He’s much better behaved at subtle begging than Robbie ever was.)

25/07/2023

A lot less exciting than the sloth but this is one fine breakfast if I do say so myself.

25/07/2023

So for this morning’s adventure - I get down to the beach, I have missed the sunrise - and all of a sudden this woman comes up to me and says a whole lot in Spanish I don’t understand - and one word I do know - perezoso. At first I thought she meant I was lazy for missing the sunrise, then I realized she wanted to take me to see the sloth - on our very own beach!!! He was so cute and so close to the ground and just hung around blinking while we took photos.

25/07/2023

Tonight’s soundtrack is ocean mixed with tropical rain pitter patting on jungle foliage. Zzzzz…

25/07/2023

Another superb dinner at Los Almendros Restaurant Esterillos Oeste - starfruit papaya daiquiri, their superb plantains and tonight’s special, shrimp with many delectable accompaniments.

24/07/2023

Rom Gallegos will be in Esterillos Oeste tomorrow afternoon at my house, Casa La Joya with some of his beautiful new pieces around 2:00pm. To find me, turn right at the SuperSol then take your first right after that (about 100m) up the tsunami route on Calle Cabo Caletas (or, the house next door to Beau’s) - hoping to see some of you tomorrow! And now, I clean!

23/07/2023

When you are almost home, it starts to rain buckets and you think - this is the perfect moment to duck into El Patio for a beer. And maybe a pizza, we shall see how this goes…

21/07/2023

Can you find the macaws in this tree?

19/07/2023

Yin (restorative) yoga at Encantada Costa Rica (Encantada Ocean Cottages) this morning. Like all antiques I require a great deal of restoration!

19/07/2023

If the power hadn’t gone out I would never have know how crazy big and bright the fireflies are here at night.

18/07/2023

And now the rainbow fulfils it’s promise and we’re back to normal rainy season weather.

18/07/2023

Why yes, I would like a dragon fruit martini, thank-you!

17/07/2023

Such a gorgeous rainy day in the rainforest, started with seeing a full rainbow, in the middle there was work and a walk on the beach, and finishing up on my balcony with the book my goddaughter gave me for Christmas (how much do I love that now she introduces me to new writers and new music 🙂