Barrio Copan has many casitas that are very humble full of people, especially children. They are always present due to their school vacation. The playground across from our house was community- built with the help of a previous artist-in-residence.
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| We share our studio for a while |
The farmers market is only on Saturday. We got there early to buy for the weekend when we are on our own. The weekdays we enjoy Dona Isabel's great cooking.
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| On the walk back from the market |
Saturday afternoon we grabbed a bus in town with other artists and headed for Palmares and the Carnaval. Loud and colorful.
On Sunday we got another bus and headed up the mountain to Sarchi and Zarcera. In Zarcera a man has given his life to cultivating and sculpting the vegetation in the cathedral's park.
He and Eleanor chatted and we found that he had been working for 50 years for little pay from the church. He said that the faces in the shrubs were all him. I'm guessing it helped to depict himself. Very personal work of love.
A constant mist blew through the town. We climbed a street and upon turning were taken by a beautiful, and at that moment, a somewhat hopeful, rainbow. Que linda!
The bus returned to San Ramon via a higher mountain pass. Clouds filled the valley below... lined with tropical farms. We continue to absorb the nature/culture. It will inevitably inform our work here.
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