by Diane Laughter | Apr 26, 2017 | Animals
When I was a girl we had female beagles and three times we had puppies. It was so educational and such fun that I wanted our Rottweiler, Dulci, and us to have the experience. Believe me, we earned this privilege, because having an un-neutered female is a challenge...
by Brett Rousseau | Feb 15, 2017 | Animals, Art
Art is coating the walls at ViVerde, quite literally, with a number of large new mosaics.
by Diane Laughter | Jan 9, 2017 | Animals
The theme of this post is animals. Much of our fifteen acres is wooded, so you can be sure there is a whole world happening we don’t see. Every day we do see plenty of birds, squirrels, lizards, and iguanas. We find turtles every now and then. We put a dot of...
by Amelie Rousseau | Dec 28, 2015 | Animals, Art, Construction, Food & Recipes
I am amazed by how much Diane, Gerard, and Brett have accomplished in only one year (not alone, of course). This place is beautiful, way better than I expected. Because I was there during rainy season, everything was green and lush. Since my arrival mid-September I...
by Diane Laughter | Sep 15, 2015 | Animals, Art, Construction, Landscape Design, Permaculture
Okay, it has been a while since you heard from us, way too long. If you know us, though, you know we have been busy, so busy. Since the beginning of this year, Gerard and I both filed for and received our Nicaraguan residency, registered our business, ViVerde SA...
by Diane Laughter | Oct 7, 2014 | Animals, Landscape Design
We moved to our 15 acre farm at the end of August. The month before the move, we were busy procuring what we needed to set up our own housekeeping (the Granada rental was completely furnished). We had fun working with a local metal shop to design and make grillwork...
