TAKING A BREAK - FAZENDO UMA PAUSA

A LITTLE RETROSPECTIVE OF LEAVES OF GRASS

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My house, for me, is the best place of the World


Beach in Jurumirim's Dam


Ecological Day


Bridge in São Paulo by Carlos A. Mascaro

My grandfather and grandparent's wedding in 1913
The Marmo Family, from my mother family




The art of Brazilian handicraft
Photos by Sofia de A. Mascaro

The Ideal Palace by Ferdinand Cheval

Old buildings in São Paulo

Holambra's Fields

Lisa, Sofia's friend and Flora, my friend

Old houses in Avaré

Sweetie, Naomi's friend and Vida, Eduardo's friend

Bandstand in São Paulo and in Itapetininga

Brasilia by Fernando A. Mascaro

Sculpture by Nick Georgiou and Arnaldo Pomodoro

Pink Trumpet - Ipê-rosa in my garden

Clothesline in Venice by Fernando and Britt-Arnhild

Naomi and Eduardo's bookshelves

Tapestrie by my mother and Crochet by my grandmother

My mother at Carnival time

Municipal Market in São Paulo

São Paulo Skyscrapers

Street Art by Mark Jenkins and Ron Mueck sculpture

Old houses in São José do Rio Pardo, ESP

A glimpse in West Side in São Paulo and Av. Rubem Berta

Sunset at Enseada Azul and Toucan in my garden

Flora my adorable friend

David Hockney

Edward Hopper

Corners of my house

Rain of Gold and Barbatimão (Stryphnodendron adstringens)

Sibipiruna and Burrowing Owl

Lychee (and Flora) and Jaboticaba

Agave Attenuata in my garden

UPDATE

I would like to share with you all a lovely tribute that Ken Mac from Greenwich Village Daily Photo did for Leaves of Grass. It is a nice and sweet post and I am very grateful to him! Thank you so much Ken Mac!

FLOWERS CREATED WITH SCANNER

I would like to share again with you my experience with scanner. I learn how to did it seeing the gorgeous scanned flowers by the talented artist Katinka Matson . She creates gorgeous flowers images by utilizing flatbed scanner.

Gostaria de mostrar novamente para vocês minha experiência escaneando flores. Aprendi essa técnica vendo e tentando descobrir como essa talentosa artista Katinka Matson conseguiu criar suas belíssimas imagens de flores trabalhando com um scanner.

Bauhinea variegata (cow’s paw )

All these fresh flowers from my garden were scanned by myself

Red Ibiscus and Bauhinea variegata (cow’s paw)

Stapelia gigantea (Carrion Flower)

Stapelias are strange succulent plants native to the deserts of South Africa. The extremely large, starfish-shaped flowers of Stapelia gigantea are pale yellow with reddish tripes. The flowers give off a pestilent smell that attracts flies. As they buzz from flower to flower, flies collect pollen and transport it to the next plant, thereby ensuring the successful pollination of this species. The flower’s putrid smell and hairy, leathery texture mimic the rotting flesh of a dead animal.

Stapelia hirsuta, popularmente chamada de Flor-estrela ou estapélia, é originária da África do Sul. Apesar do aspecto, a flor-estrela não é uma cactácea. Seus ramos são projeções verdes e suculentas, como dedos, que apresentam quatro faces e uma linha serrilhada nos ângulos formados por estas faces. Os botões florais são de coloração verde-clara e apresentam a forma piramidal. Quando abertos revelam flores magníficas, grandes, vermelhas e em forma de estrela, com o centro e os bordos muito peludos. No entanto estas flores exalam odor desagrádavel que atrai as moscas, seus polinizadores e besouros.

Daylily

Little Daisy

Red Ibiscus

How to do: First you put the flower over the scanner's glass. The flower must be face down. Next you arrange the flower as you like. Then cover the flower gently with a black fabric, very dense, (all the scanner's superficies). Don't shut the scanner's cover, if you do this, you may crumple the flower. Then turn on the scanner. Next you can save the image in some file you choose. The interesting in this process is the unexpected: we don't know exactly how the flower will show up. It's an amazing surprise!

Como fazer: Primeiro você coloca uma flor sobre o vidro do scanner. A flor deve estar com a face virada para baixo. Arrume a flor como você desejar. Cubra a flor delicadamente com um tecido preto e grosso (toda a supercífie do scanner) Não feche a tampa do scanner, pois se você fizer isso, pode amassar a flor. Ligue o scanner. Em seguida salve a imagem escaneada. O interessante neste processo é o inesperado, nunca sabemos bem como a imagem vai ficar. É sempre uma incrível surpresa!

FUNGUS

UPDATE: TODAY MISTER LINKY VANISH FROM MY PAGE! THEN IT SHOW UP... AND VANISH AGAIN... NOW, MY CURRENT POST VANISH TOO AND SHOW UP AGAIN! MUCH TROUBLE! SORRY! PLEASE, IF YOU LIKE, MAKE AGAIN THE INSCRIPTION ON COMMENTS. THANK YOU!

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WELCOME - BEM-VINDOS TO ECOLOGICAL DAY

Photos taken by myself in my garden.

This is Coral fungi, Pycnoporus sanguineus. It is a poisonous pan-tropical white-rot fungus that recycles lignin. Its unique color helps identifying it. It often decaying logs in exposed places in the forest. Em Português chamamos este fungo de "orelha de pau". Ele cresce em troncos e cercas de madeira e recicla a lignina existente na madeira.

A fungus is a eukaryotic organism that is a member of the kingdom Fungi. The fungal kingdom has been estimated to contain about 1.5 million species. Fungi were once classified as plants. However, today they are placed in their own kingdom, somewhere "between" plants and animals, but most closely related to the latter. Ocurring worldwide, most fungi are largely invisible to the naked eye, living for the most part in soil, dead matter, and as symbionts of plants, animals, or other fungi. They perform an essential role in all ecosystems in decomposing organic and are indispensable in nutrient cycling and exchange. Many fungal species have long been used as a direct source of food, such as mushrooms and truffles and in fermentation of various food products, such as wine, beer and soy sauce. Fungi are being used as sources for antibiotics used in medicine, such as penicillin. Several species of the fungi are significant pathogens of humans and other animals. Some of the best known types of fungi are the edible and the poisonous mushrooms. Many mushroom species are toxic to humans, with toxicities ranging from slight digestive problems or allergic reactions as well as hallucinations to severe organ failures and death. (Wikipedia)

Os fungos (Fungi) são um vasto grupo de organismos classificados como um reino denominado Fungi, pertencente ao Domínio Eukaryota. Estão incluídos neste grupo organismos os cogumelos mas também muitas formas microscópicas, como bolores e leveduras. Foram já descritas umas 70.000 espécies, mas talvez existam até 1,5 milhões de espécies. Os fungos ocorrem em todos os ambientes do planeta e incluem importantes decompositores e parasitas. Fungos parasitas infectam animais, incluindo humanos, pássaros e insectos. Outros fungos parasitas infectam plantas, causando doenças como o apodrecimento de troncos e aumentando o risco de queda das árvores. Os fungos contribuem de forma decisiva para a preservação da diversidade biológica do nosso planeta e estão presentes, de mil formas, no nosso cotidiano. O pão que comemos necessita de um fungo, que age como fermento biológico A cerveja e todas as bebidas alcoólicas feitas a partir da fermentação também são produtos fúngicos. Associados a bactérias, atuam no ambiente como reguladores naturais da população de outros organismos. Daí o seu papel para a manutenção da biosfera ter importância igual à das plantas, pois eles são agentes da decomposição, permitindo a reciclagem de nutrientes. Um dos usos mais importantes dos fungos é, sem dúvida, a produção de medicamentos, como a penicilina. Há também fungos tóxicos e venenosos e os cogumelos alucinógenos. (Wikipédia)