HAPPY NEW YEAR! FELIZ ANO NOVO!

Congratulations, Gabriel Medina!
I chose this picture of the Brazilian Surfer Gabriel Medina , Champion of the 2014 ASP World Tour, to welcome the New Year and to wish you all my dear friends a Wonderful 2015! I want to thank all of you for your visit and very kind comments during this year. 

Parabéns, Gabriel Medina!
Eu escolhi esta foto do surfista brasileiro Gabriel Medina , Campeão em 2014 da ASP World Tour, para saudar o Ano Novo e desejar a todos vocês queridos amigos um Maravilhoso 2015! Agradeço a todos vocês pela visita e pelos generosos comentários durante este ano. 

Gabriel Medina celebrates winning the 2014 ASP World Title at the Pipe Masters. Photograph by Kelly Cestari, ASP, via Getty Images.








The Brazilian Gabriel Medina, the first ever Men’s South American Champion, photo by ASP.

Gabriel Medina Pinto Ferreira (born 22 December 1993 in São Sebastião, São Paulo) is a Brazilian professional surfer, champion of the 2014 ASP World Tour. Medina joined the world's elite of the surfing World Tour in 2011, and in his rookie year he finished within the top 12 of the ASP World Tour at the age of 17.

Gabriel Medina Pinto Ferreira (nascido em 22 de dezembro de 1993 em São Sebastião, São Paulo) é um surfista profissional, campeão do 2014 ASP World Tour. Medina entrou para a elite do mundo do surfe Tour Mundial em 2011 e em seu primeiro ano conquistou o top 12 da ASP World Tour, com a idade de 17 anos.

 



"Gabriel Medina trajectory"

Header photo by espn.xgames.go.com

HOLIDAYS SUMMER... FÉRIAS DE VERÃO...

What a happiness! My daughter Sofia came home for Christmas and New Year!
Que felicidade! Minha filha Sofia veio passar o Natal e o Ano Novo em casa!

Sofia was just arriving with Lisa and Brahma. Sofia chegando com Lisa e Brahma.

Cheers with her father! Saudando com seu pai!

 

 

 

So exhausted after so much fun at the beach! Exaustas depois de muita diversão na praia!

Happy 2014 for all of you! Feliz 2014 para todos vocês!

 

These photos were taken by Carlos, Sofia and Sonia A. Mascaro.

 

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR! ALEGRE NATAL & FELIZ ANO NOVO!

Photos taken from my garden by my husband.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A WONDERFUL NEW YEAR! FELIZ NATAL E MARAVILHOSO ANO NOVO!

WISHING EVERYONE MUCH HAPPINESS, GOOD HEALTH AND PEACE!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR VISITING MY BLOG IN 2012.

DESEJO A TODOS MUITAS FELICIDADES, BOA SAÚDE E PAZ!

MUITO OBRIGADA POR SUA VISITA AO MEU BLOG EM 2012.
   

São Paulo.

And the world's not end... E o mundo não se acabou...

Carmen Miranda,(Marco de Canaveses, 9 February 1909 – Los Angeles, 5 August 1955) was a Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer, dancer, Broadway actress, and film star who was popular in the 1940s and 1950s. After establishing a successful singing and acting career in her native Brazil, Lee Shubert signed Miranda and her band to a contract in 1939. She made her American stage debut in July 1939, and later moved to Hollywood to pursue a film career. Nicknamed "The Brazilian Bombshell", Miranda is noted for her signature fruit hat outfit she wore in the 1943 movie The Gang's All Here. By 1945, she was the highest paid woman in the United States. Miranda made a total of fourteen Hollywood films between 1940 and 1953. Though hailed as a talented performer, her popularity waned by the end of World War II. She later grew to resent the stereotypical "Brazilian Bombshell" image she cultivated and attempted to break free of it with limited success. On 4 August 1955, Miranda unknowingly suffered a mild heart attack while performing during the taping of an episode of The Jimmy Durante Show. She finished the show but died the following morning after suffering a second heart attack.
Carmen Miranda, (Marco de Canaveses, 9 de fevereiro de 1909 — Los Angeles, 5 de agosto de 1955), mais conhecida como Carmen Miranda, foi uma cantora e atriz luso-brasileira. Sua carreira artística transcorreu no Brasil e Estados Unidos entre as décadas de 1930 e 1950. Trabalhou no rádio, no teatro de revista, no cinema e na televisão. Chegou a receber o maior salário até então pago a uma mulher nos Estados Unidos. Seu estilo eclético faz com que seja considerada precursora do tropicalismo, movimento cultural brasileiro surgido no final da década de 1960.

Lyric of the song (sorry, not so good translation)
AND THE WORLD'S NOT END
Announced and guaranteed
That the world was going to end
Because of this my people
Back home began to pray
So said the sun was born
Before dawn
Because of this tonight
There on the hill did not batucada
I believed this bullshit
I thought the world was going to end
And I was trying to say goodbye
And immediately I was trying to take advantage
I kissed his on the lips of those who should not
I grabbed the hand of those who do not know
I danced a samba costume in swimsuit
And so the world's not end
I called a guy who I did not get along
And I forgive his ingratitude
And celebrating the event
I spent with him over quinhentão (much time)
Now I knew the guy walks
Saying something which had not happened
You'll have noise and confusion will have
Because the world's not end


As the video above did not works abroad, I post another of Carmen Miranda. I hope it works! That Night In Rio (1941) - "Chica Chica Boom Chic".

HAPPY NEW YEAR! FELIZ ANO NOVO!

Wishing you all many Happiness in the New Year!
Cheers to the Dawn in 2012!
Thank you so much for your visits to Leaves of Grass in this year!
Desejo a todos muitas Felicidades neste Ano Novo!
Brindemos ao Amanhecer de 2012!
Muito obrigada a todos que visitaram o Leaves of Grass neste ano!

Photos of the dawn view from my garden, taken by Carlos A. Mascaro.
Fotos do amanhecer vistas do meu jardim, clicadas por Carlos A. Mascaro.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! FELIZ ANO NOVO!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! FELIZ ANO NOVO!

I wish you all a New Year filled with much happiness, good health, joy and love!
Desejo a todos vocês um Ano Novo repleto de felicidade, saúde, alegria e amor!

Flowers by Katinka Matson

FELIZ ANO NOVO! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

FELIZ ANO NOVO! HAPPY NEW YEAR! TO ALL PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD!

Voorspoedige nuwe jaar (Afrikaans)

Kul ‘am wa antum bikhair (Arabic)

Snorhavor Nor Tari (Armenian)

Shuvo noboborsho (Bengali)

Sun nien fai lok (Chinese - Cantonese)

Xin nian yu kuai (Chinese -Mandarin)

Stastny Novy Rok (Czech)

Godt NytÅr (Danish)

Gelukkig nieuwjaar (Dutch)

Happy New Year (English)

Kiortame pivdluaritlo (Eskimo)

Onnellista uutta vuotta (Finnish)

Bonne annee (French)

Ein glückliches neues Jahr (German)

Eutychismenos o kainourgios chronos (Greek)

Nutan Varshbhinandan (Gujarati)

Hauoli Mahahiki hou (Hawaiian)

Shana Tova (Hebrew)

Naye Varsha Ki Shubhkamanyen (Hindi)

Saleh now mobarak (Iranian)

Sanah Jadidah (Iraqi)

Boldog uj evet ( Hungarian)

Selamat Tahun Baru (Indonesian)

Felice Anno Nuovo (Italian)

Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu (Japanese)

Sehe Bokmanee Bateuseyo (Korean)

Felix sit annus novus (Latin)

Barka da sabudar shekara (Nigerian)

Godt Nyttår (Norwegian)

Manigong Bagong Taon (Philippines)

Szczesliwego Nowego Roku (Polish)

Feliz Ano Novo (Portuguese)

La Multi Ani si Un An Nou Fericit (Romanian)

Ia manuia le Tausaga Fou (Samoan)

Feliz ano nuevo (Spanish)

Heri za Mwaka Mpya (Swahili)

Gott Nytt År (Swedish)

Photos by Carlos Mascaro

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