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...PRÉDIOS RESIDENCIAIS & COMERCIAIS EM AVARÉ...

When I walk around the town I used to look to the buildings and check out the architecture. 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...  All photos were taken by my husband and myself in Avaré, State of São Paulo, Brazil.

Quando eu passeio por uma cidade eu gosto de olhar os prédios e apreciar sua arquitetura. Muitas antigas residências foram convertidas em prédios comerciais e há um contraste entre os andares superiores e o térreo. Um contraste entre o antigo e o novo... As fotos foram tiradas pelo meu marido e por mim em Avaré, SP.

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ANTIQUE HOUSES IN AVARÉ... CASAS ANTIGAS EM AVARÉ...

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.

A cidade de Avaré, fundada em 1861, está situada no Estado de São Paulo, Brazil, a 270 km da Capital paulista. A população em 2009 era de 84.416 habitantes. A economia está baseada na agricultura, pecuária e turismo. A grande atração da região é a bela Represa Jurumirim.

Photos taken by my husband and myself.
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If you like old houses, come to see more on São José do Rio Pardo, HERE.

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.