Some rainy seasons get SO wet that -

The local kids looking at the way the last gully-washer changed the creek that runs behind our house - this is actually about 1/2 a kilometer downstream from our house --- see how rocky our soil is? Also note that whatever einstein designed the new bridge, actually created quite a fine dam!
This is a closeup of where the bridge joins the dirt road - looks to me that if someone doesn't do something, that bridge could end up being an island. I'm not kidding you, that truly was a bridge - is now an odd sort of ford.

And this shot is a closeup of how every little rock protects (at least long enough for a photo) the ground underneath it:

Despite the rain, interesting new bugs are appearing in the garden

& Our peach-colored Angel Trumpets (about a foot long) perfume the air.

In the area -

This is a portion of one of our local hydroelectric projects ... very picturesque and functional, too. Unfortunately, many of Panama's water rights are being purchased by other countries, and the newer hydroelectric projects that are going in are not so picturesque - worse, the electricity will be sent to other places and the profits will go there, too.


View of Paso Ancho from the coffee farm that's up the mountain from our house - soon, coffee beans will be ripe and the sounds of workers picking will join the bird's songs.

Wiki Map -

You should be able to click on the title of this post - if not, the link is below, as well. This Wikimap link gives you a topographical map of our part of Panama - the square in the upper left corner is where our house it.... As I type this, I'm listening to birds singing, which is why Paul titled our block 'birds, birds, birds'.


http://www.wikimapia.org/#y=8796444&x=-82641993&z=14&l=0&m=s&v=2

OR you can google casa foguth and the link.