S is for Sonrisa! (Smile!)

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costa rica, Ecuador, happy people, madres, mothers day, Panama, Smiles, sonrisas

Break time from kitchen duty! Doesn’t she have a genuine smile?

There are many great words that start with S in Spanish.  After I typed an assortment of words in the “New Post” page, I pondered the many photo options for those words.

Most people don’t particularly care for images of snakes; the word for a poisonous snake is serpiente. (Otherwise it’s culebra – correct me, Spanish speakers, if I’m wrong!)

I usually sign my emails and notes with the word siempre, which means always.

Sandia – watermelon would make a fun pictorial, as would sapo – toad.  (A frog is called a rana.)

Other helpful words are Sabor-Taste,   Sed-Thirsty, Salud-Health, Salud-Cheers, and Salud-Bless You! Last year I was walking down a quiet sidewalk in Cruzita, and two men were walking on the other side of the street.  One sneezed, and I automatically stated, “Salud!” and kept walking.  They looked over at me, were shocked to see an ‘outsider,’  and they chuckled – as did I!

Shunning all of the above, I present to you an assortment of sonrisas in honor of Mother’s Day! (The photos were taken in Ecuador unless otherwise noted.)  Enjoy!

Friends for Life! I remember when he was a little babe sleeping in his grandmother’s hammock!

She’s happy to serve fresh grilled tuna for breakfast! Playa Tarqui – Manta – Ecuador

Artists Are Happy People! El Matal, Ecuador

Amigos – San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua

Lovely Smile – Republic of Panama

Sweet Smiles – The Gifts of Innocence

Costa Rica

Detail “Twin Smiles” – Acrylic

Oh, to be happy! Museo Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador

Monkey see, monkey do, I see a monkey just like YOU!

This post is not only for Frizztext’s Alphabet Challenge but also for Jake’s Sunday post in honor of Mother’s Day.

Enjoy Elvis Crespo’s lively merengue song, Tu Sonrisa (Your Smile)!

Z

Ka-BOOM – What are the odds that I published this post then read another that opened with:  “SMILING PEOPLE.”   For another dose of positive thinking, see CHARRON’S CHATTER/Sugar & Spice

Tired But Smiling – Jama, Ecuador / This lady sweeps the streets seven days a week. I caught her at the end of the day, tired but still smling. I adore her.