Sunday, July 19, 2026

Sunday Smiles and SITAR - World Cup and on Costa Rica

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Enjoy the game!




Welcome to Sunday Smiles, I have an interesting fact on Costa Rica for you today.

For SITAR I drew a  Guanacaste Tree, the national tree of Costa Rica, an ACEO (2/1/2" x 3 1/2") in watercolour pencil).  It is a huge tree, This tree can grow to heights of 25–35 meters (82–115 feet) with a trunk diameter of up to 3.5 meters (11 feet). 




Linking to Gillena's Sunday Smiles and to Nicole's SITAR.

27 comments:

Katerinas Blog said...

In this heat, a tree like that,
with such incredible shade,
is a dream!
Good luck with the challenge, Christine!

CheerfulMonk said...

Hurray for Costa Rica!

Tom said...

...good for Costa Rica!

My name is Erika. said...

Ha ha about the world cup teams. But that is really a great fact about Costa Rica. :)

chocolat noir said...

Bonjour et bon dimanche bonne journee Bisous

Debra She Who Seeks said...

Bravo to Costa Rica and your tribute in art to its reforestation success! Enjoy the Big Game today!

Iris Flavia said...

Not a soccer fan here (luckily, huh, with Germany loosing off as I learned from the news). 35m tall - WOW. Would love to see those trees for real!

Elkes Lebensglück said...

Great Painting!!!

Gillena Cox said...

You made me smile
Happy Sunday, Christine
Thanks for linking to SundaySmiles

Much love

Tomichan Matheikal said...

Who do you think will lift the World Cup Trophy?

Anne Hagman-Niilola said...

Lovely art!

Martha Jane Orlando said...

Three cheers for Costa Rica! Your artwork is wonderful, too, Christine. Happy Sunday!

Christine said...

Tomichan, I think Argentina!

Wanda said...

Loved your Sunday Memes. Our grandson in law, is from Costa Rica. A beautiful place. His grandparents still live there.

Angie's Recipes said...

Hooray for Costa Rica!

DVArtist said...

I really love your art for the rain forest. Thank you for sharing with SITAR and have a nice Sunday.

Kathy G said...

I'm working on my soccer-watching setup right now :-)

LoveT. said...


The first one is cute. That's exactly how it is. :D

Jenn Jilks said...

Nicely done!

Lowcarb team member said...

Well done Costa Rica

All the best Jan

roentare said...

The meme is so good

DeniseinVA said...

Great, such a hoot those kitties! I just learned Spain won over Argentina. Enjoyed your art and the info about the tree. Thanks for the lovely post!

Mary Kirkland said...

I like your drawing.

J.P. Alexander said...

Lindos memes. Te mando un beso y buena semana.

chocolat noir said...

sublime ton blog

ellie said...

So great what Costa Rica has done. Love that. The Cat meme is adorable!

Caitlin&Megan said...

We need more trees! I hope the smoke has gone away now. Such a lovely picture. Thanks for the Cat meme too. Yes, truly Sunday Smiles 💖