AERIAL VIEWS OF MY HOUSE

You can see on these aerial views my property and my house delimited by the red line and pointed with the red arrow and red circle. Click on the photos to see larger images. Photos taken in São Paulo State, Brazil.

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GLORIFY THE NATURE!

Welcome, Bem-vindos, to Ecological Day!

1. Sonia2. Denise3. Luiz Ramos4. Max-e5. Luci Lacey6. Cláudia Kuser7. guild-rez8. Arboretto9. Pietro Brosio10. Elma Carneiro11. A Vision of Eden12. Paz's New York Minute13. Maria Augusta14. Eduardo15. Gepetto Pinocchio
16. Fernando Zanforlin17. JU Gioli18. noVÍ tá19. Marcos Santos20. Adelino21. Luma22. chicoelho23. Geraldine Sal24. Francine Esqueda25. Lizete Vicari26. mischief mari27. Cris - Brazil28. Rachel29. Gená F.30. Jim Otterstrom
31. Cláudia - Brazil32. Carlos A. Mascaro33. Chantal34. Lawstude35. Gená F.36. laura37. june38. Cuidado39. Salomao Rovedo40. joanne41. sonia novaes42. Lara43. silvia ellwanger44. Bram Antareja45.
You're next!

Ever since I have been living in Enseada Azul I have the nature all around me!

Ecology (from Greek: οίκος, oikos, "household"; and λόγος, logos, "knowledge") is the scientific study of the distribution and abundance of life and the interaction between organisms and their environment. The environment of an organism includes physical properties, which can be described as the sum of local abiotic factors such as insolation (sunlight), climate, and geology, and biotic factors, which are other organisms that share its habitat. The word "ecology" is often used more loosely in such terms as social ecology and deep ecology and in common parlance as a synonym for the nature environment or environmentalism. Likewise "ecologic" or "ecological" is often taken in the sense of environmentally friendly.The term ecology or oekologie was coined by the German biologist Ernst Haeckel in 1866, when he defined it as "the comprehensive science of the relationship of the organism to the environment.(Wikipedia)

A Ecologia é o estudo das interações dos seres vivos entre si e com o meio ambiente. A palavra Ecologia tem origem no grego “oikos", que significa casa, e "logos", estudo, reflexão. Logo, por extensão seria o estudo da casa, ou de forma mais genérica, do lugar onde se vive. Foi o cientista alemão Ernst Haeckel, em 1869 quem primeiro usou este termo para designar a parte da Biologia que estuda as relações entre os seres vivos e o ambiente em que vivem, além da distribuição e abundância dos seres vivos no planeta. Para os ecólogos, o meio ambiente inclui não só os fatores abióticos, como o clima e a geologia, mas também os seres vivos que habitam uma determinada comunidade ou biótopo. O meio ambiente afecta os seres vivos não só pelo espaço necessário à sua sobrevivência e reprodução - levando, por vezes, ao territorialismo - mas também às suas funções vitais, incluindo o seu comportamento (estudado pela etologia, que também analisa a evolução dos comportamentos), através do metabolismo. Por essa razão, o meio ambiente -- a sua qualidade -- determina o número de indivíduos e de espécies que podem viver no mesmo habitat. Por outro lado, os seres vivos também alteram permanentemente o meio ambiente em que vivem. (Wikipedia)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR SOFIA, THESE FLOWERS ARE FOR YOU!

Photos taken by my husband and by myself

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"WATER" IS TODAY THEME OF TERTÚLIA VIRTUAL - VIRTUAL GATHERING

Every 15th of each month, the blog Expresso da Linha, from Portugal and Varal de Idéias, from Brazil, set a Collective Blogging with a theme or a question. This current theme is WATER. You can post photos on your blog, write stories illustrating this theme or both. Come to join us clicking on Mister Link .

Photos taken by my daughter Sofia at Jurumirim's Dam.

Photos by Sofia de Amorim Mascaro

Jurumirim Dam is a large reservoir built in 1962 for generating hydroelectricity. It is located in the upper region of the Paranapanema River (Upper Paraná basin), State of São Paulo, Brazil. The reservoir receives two large tributaries on its southern side, the Paranapanema and Taquari rivers, and several small rivers and streams enter the northern shore. Jurumirim's dam dimension: area 173,359 sq mile; perimeter 799,083 miles and the water's volume 7.007,51 hm³. The water is clean and non-polluted. The Jurumirim reservoir further to being situated in an area of great economic development, in the State of São Paulo, is also a place for aquatic sports, pleasure and tourism activities. Jurumirim was the second hydro-electric utilization of the Paranapanema’s River. The Paranapanema River is a natural limit between the States of Paraná and São Paulo.

A Represa Jurumirim fica no Estado de São Paulo, é formada pelo represamento pela Barragem de Jurumirim, no Rio Paranapanema e banha dez municípios no centro-sul do Estado. O nome Jurumirim vem do tupi e significa "foz pequena". A Represa Jurumirim é um imenso reservatório de água doce, cujo espelho d’água varia de 321,15 km² a 448,93 km², com 1.286 km de perímetro de margem e um volume de água médio de 5.425,20 hm³. O comprimento da Represa Jurumirim é de aproximadamente 70 km, com larguras que variam de 3 a 10 km, dependendo do local. Distribuídas ao longo da Represa, encontram-se 26 ilhas. (Informações da Duke Energy). A Represa Jurumirim possui usos múltiplos, como regularização da vazão do rio Paranapanema, geração de energia elétrica, irrigação, pesca, recreação, aqüicultura e turismo. A Represa Jurumirim está inserida na Bacia Hidrográfica do Alto Paranapanema, sistema hídrico de águas limpas, não atingidas pela poluição e, segundo dados da CETESB, água de ótima qualidade.

Barrage Jurumirim

Logo of Tertúlia Virtual by Peri S.C.

LOVELY PLACE

Today I want to share with you this lovely place.

Photo taken by my daughter Sofia at Jurumirim's Dam.

CLOUDS...WATER...SAND...

Welcome to Sky Watch Friday, hosted by Tom and Jane from "Welcome to Wiggers World"

These photos were taken by myself.

JURUMIRIM DAM AS VIEWED FROM GOOGLE EARTH

As many friends ask me where is located Jurumirim's Dam, I went to Google Earth to view Jurumirim's dam, my house in Enseada Azul, the city of Avaré and the city of São Paulo, in Brazil.

From the top of my house’s water reservoir you can see the Bridge "Carvalho Pinto" that leads to Avaré. This bridge was built to span Jurumirim's Dam.

View from Enseada Azul where I live to Jurumirim's Dam.

These photos had been part of a post I did on August 24, 2007

and you can see it Here. Photos by Carlos A. Mascaro

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LIMPID WATER AND BLUE SKY

Welcome to Sky Watch Friday!

Fresh and limpid water.

Photos taken by Fernando de Amorim Mascaro

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SKY WATCH FRIDAY: REFLECTION ON WATER

WELCOME TO SKY WATCH FRIDAY!

Photos taken by myself

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VIEWS TO THE BRIDGE

Like Peter and Fénix did (see their comments) I also went to Google Earth to view Jurumirim's dam, my house in Enseada Azul, the city of Avaré and the city of São Paulo.

From the top of my house’s water reservoir you can see the Bridge "Carvalho Pinto" that leads to Avaré. This bridge was built to span Jurumirim's Dam. Photo by Carlos A. Mascaro.

View from Enseada Azul to Jurumirim's Dam. Photo by Carlos A. Mascaro

View to Enseada Azul from the bridge

This road leads to Avaré. Photos by Sonia A. Mascaro

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