On December 20, 2008, a group of us friends got together for a Christmas lunch in Tierra Blancas (White Earth), Costa Rica. The house where we met at is an old family house built in 1910-20, and was shipped to Costa Rica after being ordered from a Sears & Roebuck catalog.
Go figure!
This house is a small, cottage style house with the original wall paper, most of the original floors, a wood burning stove and the most charming gardens you could imagne. Tierra Blancas is a farming area, especially onions. It sits high above Cartago on the slopes of Volcano Irazu. A refreshing day in cool breezes, warm sun and the fragrance of the gardens mixed with newly plowed earth. Truly a great day, at a great place with some wonderfully great company!
This is a photo of the orininal house. Maria Fernanda was not totally sure of the exact date the house was built.
This is the tierra blanca (white earth) the town is named for. This is a mineral used to make what we would call hominy. Cute house, huh!!
Looking down the mountain side toward Cartago.
One view of the garden
Next to the doorsteps
One of the bedrooms. Small beds and check out the closet space - two of them!!
The kitchen, complete with a wood burning stove
Bathroom
Making a bouquet from the side garden
Dennis took this picture. Maria Fernanda and Marco in front,L to R: Kimberly, Laura, and Renee.
Me in the back, of course.
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