Ibituruna Peak

Ancient Mound

Road to the Mines

O Garimpo

Skol Time

June Fest

Halloween

My Family

Lorena picking Acerolas

Acerolas

My Veggie Garden

Girassol

Amora -- Mulberry

Amoras

Our House

Arco Iris

Lucas hauling grass

Lea, Lorena, and Hunter

Bougainvillea

Damian

Front Gate

Banana Pond

Pupunhas - Chontaduros

Papagaios in the Pupunha Palm

Our Macaco

Milho

Anús - Blackbirds
ah-NUUZ thank you/ obrigado

Por du Sol

Krusty the King of the Chácara

The Mighty Hunter

Copa -- Copacabana

Rio de Janeiro

Corcovado

Lorena com coconut

Lucas tambem

Praia do Flamengo

Praia de Copacabana

Banana Bird

Banana Lover

Futbol Estrela

Lucas On the Ball

Os Campeôes de 2008

Good Sister

Brasilian Bride Fernanda

Ferreira Family

Quinn Family

Lorena and her Beautiful Cousins

Dressed for a Big Country Festa

Lorena Turns 18 !!!

My Beautiful Girl

Lorena and Cousin Poliana

Lorena Aglow

Lucas and his......Mommy

At the Ranch

Lucas and Tio Cerilo

At Home with the Calves

Lucas and His Cousin Layane

Christmas 2008 -- Lorena and cousin Marcela

Christmas 2008 -- Chocolate Cake
and vampire girl Amanda

Christmas 2008 -- Sibling Love

Christmas 2008 -- Proud Papa

Christmas 2008 -- Mamae Orgulhosa

Christmas 2008 -- Proud Parents

Christmas 2008 -- New Futbol for 2009 -- Gooooolllllll!!!

Christmas 2008 -- Lorena's New Bikini

Christmas 2008 -- Lea's New Digital Camera

Christmas 2008 -- Lucas' New Computer

Lawn Mowed

Blackbirds Feasting on Mowed Insects

Hunter's Noiva

Computer Cat

Churrasco gal w/ big knife

Moonset

Boy on Bike with Dog

Damian w/ Cunhada Vilma

Brasil wins 2002 World Cup!!!

Ronaldo Fenómeno scores winning goal against Germany

Cobra Verde --- Nao Mato Ela Porque é Boa

Lorena com Pumpkin

I Go Bananas

Diggin' It!

First Banana

Lorena w/ Açaí Palm

Little Helper

Meu Sobrinho Lorenzinho
May His Soul Rest in Peace

Red Leaf Tree

Fertilizing the Garden w/ Esterco (Manure)

Moon Over Palms

A Coruja

Gato Lindo

Garden Terraces (Patamares)

BEFORE

Garden Terraces (Patamares)

AFTER

Young Abóboras (Squash)

Abóboras Growing

Flor da Abóbora

Abóbora

Patamares

Baby Pumpkin

Just Picked

Backyard Imperial Palm and Cavalos

Alface (Lettuce)

Red Rosa in the Abóboras

Tomates

Tomates

Sept 10 Harvest

Saturday Sept 12 Harvest

Sunday Morning Sunrise

Freezing Freshly Picked Beefcake Tomatoes

Coqueiro Cheio

Coconuts

Maritacas/Parrots Feasting on Mulberries

October 3 Harvest
They just keep on coming!
400+ from 12 plants!
More ripening!

Lorena, Hunter, and Biscuit

Lucas Opening Coconut

Churrasco com Tomates
Barbecueing Beefcake Tomatoes

BBQ Chef Lea

Lorena's Namorado Vinicius

Cats on Stairs

First Brocolli of 2009

New Zealand Spinach
Seeds Courtesy of my Good Friend
John la Fargue
Mill Valley CA

Lorena Bathing Hunter

Hunter Bathing Lorena

Final Squash/Pumpkin Harvest of 2009
About 35% of our Total Squash safra

Happy Squasher

Pink Acassia Flower

Churrasco Fire

Mangoes

Mango Picker

Krusty Resting after the Daily Hunt

Garden Dressed in Mulch

Lucas Bagging Veggies

Pinha Fruit (Soursop)

New Pupunha Fruit Sprouting

Pupunha Babies (Chontaduritos)

Today Nov 29 is Lorena's 19th Birthday!

Lucas Jogando Bola com Vinicius

Lavando o Carro

Lucas Catches the Big Fish

Goin' Green!
View from Varanda
 

View from my Office

View from Stairwell
 

View from Kitchen
 

Flamboyán Tree
 

Weeping Willow

February 2010 Sunrise
 

Pupunha Nascer du Sol

Our Chácara/Villa Tree Inventory

Tree - English

Tree - Portuguese

# trees

type

area planted

avocado

abacate

2

fruit

high orchard

açaí

açaí

4

fruit

front/back

acassia imperial

acassia imperial

5

shade

front/back

pink acassia

acassia rosa

2

shade

front

acerola

acerola

2

fruit

high orchard

red plum

ameixa vermelha

3

fruit

front/back

mulberry

amora

10

fruit

along wall

angico

angico

2

shade

front

apricot

abricote

1

fruit

high orchard

banana

banana

30+

fruit

front/back

brasiliana

brasiliana

1

shade

front