Bloom Where You’re Planted…

Fertilize your soul with travel!

I love to plant my feet in Costa Rica’s lovely brown sand. But do you know that some deranged folks think the sand along my favorite beaches is too brown? I’ve always felt that if you’re concerned about the color of a good beach, you aren’t living your best life because the Pacific edge sand is the perfect blend of soft but firm and splendid to walk on. The waves caress it, tide pools ingest it, the jungles enfold it, and pelicans soar over it. What’s not to love?

I felt uninspired about posting this week until I thought about Valentine’s Day. Here’s a bouquet for your eyes.

The Frangipani worms were hungry in 2024.

A gin and tonic with flair.

The peaceful and tasty Ballena Bistro.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Sharon Wagner is a supernatural writer, inexhaustible travel blogger, and illustrator of children’s books, including Maya Monkey. A creative from birth, she never stops dreaming of magical worlds to unravel with words. Her debut novel, The Levitation Game, launches this summer. When she’s not traveling the jungles of Central America, Sharon lives in Minneapolis with her husband and two cats.

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16 Comments

  1. Beautiful butterfly and lovely flowers. Happy Valentine’s Day to you and yours!
    Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, enjoy your day and happy week ahead!

  2. Absolutely amazing and oh so pretty – love the frangipani worm!
    I visited you via image-in-ing: Le Hostellerie des Trois Pigeons
    My links: 48+49. I hope you will join us weekly at Wed-Sat at #WordlessWednesday (words welcome) https:// esmesalon . com / tag / – hope to see you there

  3. During our entire trip to Costa Rica earlier this year we were always amazed by how colorful things in the landscape were: birds, bushes, buildings, distant mountains, lakes… and the sky. You clearly felt it as we did.
    best, mae at maefood.blogspot.com

  4. I’m ready to book a trip!!

    I also like brown beaches. They are nice walking beaches. Visually the white beaches are great but harder to walk on.

  5. What beautiful flowers. I wouldn’t care what color of sand there was if I could look at flowers like these. Thank you for your Valentine’s Day inspired photos.

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