DOGS WALKING AROUND

This dog was scratching himself to try and relieve the itching ... looks like he may have fleas or some kind of lice.

Dogs walking around in gas station

Photos taken by my husband and by myself

RESIDENCES & COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS IN AVARÉ

When I walk around the town for shopping and sightseeing, I used to look to the buildings and check out the architecture. I love looking at these ghosts of the past... Several residences were converted to commercial use and there is a contrast between the first and second floor of those buildings and the commercial level at ground floor. A visual contrasts between the old and the new... the beautiful and the "not beautiful"... as you can see on photos that my husband and I have taken in Avaré.

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ANTIQUE HOUSES IN AVARÉ, PART I

Avaré is a city in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, located 270 km (167,77 miles) from the capital.

The city was established on September 15, 1861 by Major Vitoriano de Souza Rocha and Domiciano Santana. The population in 2007 was about 80,034 inhabitants. The economy is based on agriculture, cattle ranching and tourism. The great attraction include the beautiful Jurumirim Dam.

Photos taken by my husband and myself

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If you like old houses, come to see more HERE.

Phil's Fun Run

This took place on Sunday the 25th from Westhaven Drive which is along the waterfront towards the Harbour Bridge and the meeting spot looked out across the Marina with all it’s millions of dollars of pleasure boats towards Auckland city and its high-rise buildings and with the Sky Tower prominent amongst them.

This was put on by the Morris Register Club and they had by our standards a very good turn out of vehicles of all types, we managed to swell their number by four vehicles, two modern, Brian and Bev, and Bud and Thelma, and two club cars, Chris and Mel with his daughter Allison, and Martin both in Model Y’s.

This run was different to all others we have ever been on it consisted of a series of parts of photos, and you had to drive around in a radius of the inner city area Grafton Bridge was the outer circle and identify the picture and where it was taken. This was a good tour of the area most people avoid owing to lack of parking around Britomart, the Vector Arena, cranes on the Container Wharves, Parnell Cathedral, The Rose Gardens, the Museum, Central Fire Station, The Civic Theatre, The Art Gallery, Victoria Markets Chimney, The Bird Cage Tavern, to mention just a few. This was a rally with a difference and was very interesting and scenic and covered such a short area.

After the run people sat around and ate their lunch while the papers were marked, we did not participate in the prizes, but most did reasonably well.

We would like to thank the Morris people for allowing us to participate with them, it’s a while since we have done so, and we extend an invitation to them to come on our runs.

DAWN WILL COME...

Welcome Sky Watch Friday! To see more Sky Watch, visit Tom at Wigger's World

Not knowing when the Dawn will come,
I open every Door,
Or has it Feathers, like a Bird,
Or Billows, like a Shore—

Poem by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)




Photos taken by my husband near our house Click on photos to enlarge

TREES.... NATIVE FROM CERRADO LANDSCAPES

Tree in my yard

Tree in my yard

Tree in my yard

Tree in my neighborhood

Tree in my yard

Tree in my neighborhood

Tree in my yard

Those trees are Barbatimão (Stryphnodendron barbatiman Mart.) a luxuriant tree native to Brazil's cerrado vegetation. The Brazilian cerrado (savanna) bioma covers 2 million km² representing 23% of the area of the country (the same size as Western Europe). It is an ancient biome with rich biodiversity, estimated at 160.000 species of plants, fungi and animals. There are about 800 species of trees and large shrubs in the savanna vegetation. Cerrado is the second largest ecological dominion of Brazil, where a continuous herbaceous stratum is joined to an arboreal stratum, with variable density of woody species. Around 220 species from cerrado are reported as used in the traditional medicine. In terms of area it is exceeded by only one vegetation formation in Brazil, the Amazonian forest covering approx. 3.5 million km².

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Brazilian Biodiversity: approximately two thirds of the biological diversity of the world is found in tropical zones, mainly in developing countries. Brazil is the country with the most biological diversity in the world. It is estimated that we have between 15% to 20% of all the planet's biodiversity. There are 55,000 different native species of plants in Brazil (22% of the world's total), distributed over six major biomes : Amazon (30,000); Cerrado (10,000); Caatinga (4,000); Atlantic rainforest (10,000), Pantanal (10,000) and the subtropical forest (3,000).

Photos taken by myself

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TREES... IN SUNLIGHT & SUNSET

I took these photos last year, in sunlight and in sunset, on the edge of the country road, while driving home.

TREES... I LOVE TREES!

If you like trees, I hope you enjoy these pictures as much as I enjoyed taking them.