This cute little frog lived in the Ranario in Santa Elana, Costa Rica. Catherine and I visited the Ranario after a very long taxi, water taxi, taxi ride from La Fortuna. We had seen the most amazing landscape from Lake Arenal over the patchwork fields and by tiny little farm houses. The rural areas of Costa Rica are indeed my favorite. I love everything about it; the living fences, the lone trees watching over fields of brown and white cows, the winding roads, the hills of coffee trees with bright red coffee beans clinging to the branches, the huge hydrangea bushes that seem like something out of Alice and Wonderland, and the slow moving tractor trailers with loads of sugar cane, mangoes, or something else just as wonderful.
Once in Santa Elana we found a place to stay and then ventured out for food and excitement. We walked to the Ranario on the other side of the valley. We took a tour with a wonderful guide. I found him to be both knowledgeable and hilarious. He bordered on highly inappropriate with most of his jokes but the language barrier was just strong enough to make it endearing and not creepy. Once the tour was over we went back armed with flashlight. Since the frogs are sensitive to the light flashes are not allowed. Luckily, Catherine is a good sport and has quite a steady hand with a flashlight so she gamely held the flashlight for several hours as I happily clicked away. She also took some stunning pictures that night when my hands got to shaky to be useful.
I used Lightroom 3 to lighten the shadow under his eye and add a watermark.
The etsy listing is here.
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