Farm Dogs

 My friend’s farm is co-owned by 6 different people or families.  Each person has their own land, objectives for their land, and their own farm dogs!

This is Buster my friend’s dog.  Sweet and loyal boy.  He likes to play fight with another farm dog (Manchas— which means Spots).  

My friend has dedicated her land to planting flowers, shrubs, and trees to attract native birds (see list of new birds for me at the end of the post.).  Another woman has coffee and cacao on her land.  Another couple are using their property for education purposes—having classes and seminars in an outdoor classroom they built.  There are tilapia ponds and sugar cane and donkeys and chickens and a few pigs.

I’m sleeping through the rooster noises now— helped by the gentle sounds of rain almost every night. The mornings bring fog, bird song, and coffee from the farm.

Sweet Sacha the great-grandma of the canine crew

Buster and Mateo.  Mateo is small but mighty.  And Buster just likes to be in every photo!!

New birds for me in the last few days:  tropical kingbird, scissor tail kites, swallow tanager,  bananaquit, crowned woodnymph,