Gallo Pinto is the traditional breakfast of rice and beans served in Costa Rica, which is where we happen to live now. Click on photos to view them at full size.Tumblr (3.0; @gallopinto)http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ef207924ef420754fb8de0a9c3faf075/tumblr_mmxay5jh5Q1qgt710o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Hey everyone! Leigh has started a new tumblr to share her latest illustration projects, such as this giant ink drawing of an alligator. Want to see what Leigh has been up to (artwise)? Then follow her new blog:</p> <p><a href="http://leighcox.tumblr.com">leighcox.tumblr.com</a></p> <p>gracias! </p>http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/50628349531http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/50628349531Thu, 16 May 2013 21:27:41 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m75tq8rQAF1qgt710o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m75tq8rQAF1qgt710o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Leigh found this guy on our upstairs patio. While trying to nudge him down the stairs (mystery toads and dogs don’t mix), he puffed up like a giant angry cheeseburger and refused to move. She eventually got him down to the sidwalk, but he still looked displeased. </p>http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/27200261704http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/27200261704Sat, 14 Jul 2012 10:56:31 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m75tfqmLDR1qgt710o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m75tfqmLDR1qgt710o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Costa Rica shows its love for us in the strangest ways.</p>http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/27199942200http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/27199942200Sat, 14 Jul 2012 10:50:12 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m75t3tSSY11qgt710o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A Black Iguana goes for a stroll up the side of our house.</p>http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/27199578497http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/27199578497Sat, 14 Jul 2012 10:43:04 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m75smt54K71qgt710o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m75smt54K71qgt710o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>An Hourglass Tree Frog that Michael found hiding on our front door during a storm. He is about the size of a prune. </p>http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/27199075677http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/27199075677Sat, 14 Jul 2012 10:32:51 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m75s531G0s1qgt710o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A really great fishing boat spotted in a neighbors yard. </p>http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/27198547821http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/27198547821Sat, 14 Jul 2012 10:22:14 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m75rwmygbv1qgt710o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The ocean washes up some pretty impressive things. </p>http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/27198301825http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/27198301825Sat, 14 Jul 2012 10:17:09 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6zcxmFsSl1qgt710o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6zcxmFsSl1qgt710o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6zcxmFsSl1qgt710o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>During low tide, the beach in Esterillos reveals miles of hardened lava flows. You can walk out on them and explore dozens of tide pools, or just stand back and admire how it looks like a crazy aerial map. </p>http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/26959895958http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/26959895958Tue, 10 Jul 2012 23:08:07 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6zcbtd9jk1qgt710o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sunset from the back porch.</p>http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/26959099154http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/26959099154Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:55:04 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6zc2we9aN1qgt710o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We have never seen so many chickens hanging out at the beach until moving here.</p>http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/26958772996http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/26958772996Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:49:43 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6zbt1ZU9I1qgt710o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6zbt1ZU9I1qgt710o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6zbt1ZU9I1qgt710o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Moths! So many neat moths here!</p>http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/26958415779http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/26958415779Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:43:47 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6zbhvkbHh1qgt710o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6zbhvkbHh1qgt710o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><div> <p>Our butcher gifted us this insanely large bone as a treat for The Rza. He basically was so excited that he couldn’t even bring himself to chew on it, he was too worried about guarding it from everyone else. Going on hour four (and the smell is getting noticable), he turned his head for a minute to watch a bee and Leigh managed to snag the bone back, never to be seen again. It was probably the best day of his life. </p> </div>http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/26957990421http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/26957990421Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:37:04 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6zb0lM0UV1qgt710o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Creative takes on cold dinner continue in the jungle. Here we have salad nicoise, made with fresh caught local tuna, joyfully shoveled into our faces using a whole wheat baguette topped with fresh goat cheese. Leigh has been really into making fresh bread and cheese lately, especially since we found a famer who sells goats milk at our local market. </p>http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/26957311431http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/26957311431Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:26:44 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6zajpXXbt1qgt710o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6zajpXXbt1qgt710o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Our new home is in Esterillos Oeste, a small fishing community on the pacific coast. Our property is smooshed right into the tree line of the jungle, and the wildlife that shows up is varied and constant. Here we have some sort of enormous flying roach we named “Gregor,” and a (sorry it’s blurry, they move QUICK) poison dart frog spotted on the front patio!</p>http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/26956642808http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/26956642808Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:16:36 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6zab7hjfA1qgt710o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Rza adjusts to his now hotter and greener surroundings. </p>http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/26956300569http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/26956300569Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:11:31 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6za5scuyp1qgt710o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6za5scuyp1qgt710o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>So we moved to the beach! Sorry for the slow updates lately, Leigh has been taking pictures much faster than she can sort them.</p> <p>These are both of our new back yard, as you can see we’ve been suuuper busy.</p>http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/26956083534http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/26956083534Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:08:14 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6pxwfsB7h1qgt710o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6pxwfsB7h1qgt710o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Hot weather results in lots of salad-ish dinners. Here we have fresh pita bread, carrot-sriracha salad, cucumber yogurt salad, fresh baba ghanoush, and grilled chicken sausage, red peppers, and onion. All from scratch because we aren’t really sure where to buy these things here even if we wanted to?</p>http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/26603675657http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/26603675657Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:05:01 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4vbufIia51qgt710o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mike and Natalee in Montezuma, shortly after jumping off of the waterfall behind them. </p>http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/24110293555http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/24110293555Wed, 30 May 2012 21:47:02 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4vbfaPp9W1qgt710o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4vbfaPp9W1qgt710o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Montezuma critters. </p>http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/24109802636http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/24109802636Wed, 30 May 2012 21:37:57 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4vb5qLJNM1qgt710o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Post-surfing, time for lunch!</p>http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/24109477972http://gallopinto.tumblr.com/post/24109477972Wed, 30 May 2012 21:32:13 -0600