Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Guesses, anyone?

I grew up on a farm, and everything related to farming attracts me so much. Not long ago my sisters and I decided to hit the dirt roads and take pictures. I found this widely known fruit that makes a very popular beverage world-wide... Any guesses?

Friday, April 20, 2007

Hallelujah to the Lord of Heaven and Earth

"Lord of all creationOf the water, earth and skyThe Heavens are your TabernacleGlory To the Lord on high"Steve Hindalong and Marc ByrdPlease take some time this weekend when we celebrate Earth Day and watch God of Wonders (just click the highlighted words to be redirected). It's worth it... Our God is still the God of wonders, no matter what happens...Note: On April 30th the blogosphere will hold

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

We can make a difference - Earth Day

"We can make a difference, we can make a change.We can make the world a better place."Jaci VelasquezYou can check out Jaci's website (clicking her name above) and listen to some of her songs. This flower is from Floss Silk Tree. One of my favorites. During our Summer, there are thousands of them, as you travel you can see the trees along the road, mostly on farm entrances and narrow dirt

Monday, April 16, 2007

A Dutch accent - Holambra

Besides Germans, Brazil has a Dutch community in Holambra (a contraction of Holland, America, and Brazil). The town was created by Dutch immigrants who left Europe after World War II. Many of the buildings have a Dutch-style facade, the houses have the Welcome sign in dutch. Every year, at the end of the Winter, for three weeks, there is the "Expoflora," an exhibition of flowers, food, and dutch

Friday, April 13, 2007

Eugenia Uniflora - Brazilian Cherry - Pitanga

Known as Brazilian cherry or Surinam cherry, the pitanga tree has delicate white flowers. The fruit can be eaten fresh or used as ingredient in juices, jelly and sauces and it is very high in vitamin C content. The tree was blooming over Easter at my in-laws farm, and I found it so interesting that there were flowers, green and ripe fruit all at the same time. I am sure I took a picture of the

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Antique Farming and Memories

The first three farming equipments, or part of them, belong to my in-laws farm. The red tractor I found at a service area restaurant and it is for sale! Does anyone have any memories of these items that would like to share? The first plow was very common during my childhood. The oxcart was already an antique when I was a kid and it is one of my favorites. And speaking of memories, if you have a

Sunday, April 8, 2007

The Thinking Blogger Award

I was awarded a "Thinking Blogger Award" by Gisela… I am so thrilled! This is a meme and now I must pass it on to 5 others who I feel blogs make me think. Not an easy task, at all, with so many blogs I love and like to visit.I thought of all my blog friends and I decided to pick the ones that I have been closer, mostly through e-mailing. I am sorry I could nominate only five bloggers! So, here

Saturday, April 7, 2007

A new life

It took me a few days to get the shots done, but it was worth the wait. And I chose Easter time to publish them because to me it means the beginning of our true life.

Thursday, April 5, 2007

Look up and around

A trip to a mall nearby on a weekday in the morning shows me that people feel their urge to go shopping either during lunch time or after work! I had never really taken the time to enjoy the view, then I noticed the coconut trees and the sun shining through. I had my camera with me this day as I have been waiting for them to fill the flower beds with hundreds of tulips like they did last year,

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Good things

When I read Anna's inspiring blog today it came to my mind this picture I took of my son a couple of months ago. His dad lifted him up to pick a flower for mommy and he handled it to me with such a big smile. And I pass it on to you now...

Sunday, April 1, 2007

Bloom where you are planted

The mall is environmental friendly and has energy saving systems. An artist transformed a condemned ficus tree found in the area during construction into art. A new perspective made all the difference for this tree to function perfectly as an art object. There is always room for growth... And beauty can be generated even under the adverse and perhaps wrong circumstances, just look around and see