square foot circular house nicknamed the bender dome, which ann and john designed and built from scratch. we built it to take advantage of the incredible views. their goals? for themselves, a life of quiet isolation and purpose. a balm to calm their inner demons. for the refuge? help native wildlife and flowers return by keeping poachers off the thousands of acres. the benders shared their extraordinary home with lots of animals, nurturing and rehabilitating some, like toth, the great black hawk, leo the jaguarundi, and lili, the three-toed sloth. in the kitchen, ann showed me the sink that became lili s personal toilet. she would grab this and i
help native wildlife and flowers return, by keeping the poachers off the thousands of acres. the benders shared their extraordinary home with lots of animals, nurturing and rehabilitating some, like the hawk, leo, and lily, the three-towed sloth. in the kitchen, ann showed me the sink that became lily s personal toilet. and she would grab this, and i would create like an infinity pool of water. wow. for ann, animals have long been important companions, says her brother, ken. so she developed that bond with animals at a very early age. ken and ann grew up in rio de
it was john and ann bender s unique refuge in the costa rican rain forest. their dream at first. i had never seen a place as beautiful as this. it is remote, with their one-of-a-kind 80,000 foot circular house. nicknamed the bender dome, which ann and john designed and built from scratch. we built it to take advantage of the incredible views. their goals? for themselves, a life of quiet isolation and purpose. a balm, to calm their inner demons. for the refuge? help native wildlife and flowers return, by keeping the poachers off the thousands of acres. the benders shared their extraordinary home with lots of animals, nurturing and