Just outside Passo Fundo, there is the beautiful countryside on the Middle Plateau. That´s where my heart loves to be.
Simple country flowers. Nobody plants them. They just grow out of the grass.
Araucaria - the coniferous tree that´s a symbol of the Plateau
A hammock and late afternoon - good combination
Ah, the waters of my life...
16 comments:
These are wonderful pictures Lu. Your city is fascinating.
Lu,
Thank you for all the beautiful photos. You are a lucky woman to live among such gorgeous nature. The pink flowers in the photo are sold in packs here in nurseries, and I believe also in Southern California. I wonder if it came from the South America originally. The water is clear, and I hope it stays that way forever.
Dr. J, your country is fascinating as well, maybe you´d show more pictures of it? :-) I´d love to see them!
Keiko, I can´t believe they actually sell those flowers! I wish I could send you some :-)
It´s a preservation area, so the water will be fine. There are very strict regulations these days concerning preservation, which is a good thing.
Lu,
I wanted to make sure the info I gave you was correct. So, I made a visit to the hardware store that used to sell oxalis in pots. A store clerk said yellow and pink oxalis come in at the beginning of spring, and they do sell them. I was glad that I was right. Yellow oxalis grows like a weed in Southern California, but not pink oxalis. Anyway, I showed her your flower photo. Then, she said it isn’t oxalis. Do you know what it is?
Lu, The sun seems to have a warm quality in Brazil. I want to be in the photo with the Araucaria and walk and walk and sit. And I like your view from the apartment. Great photos. I'm really enjoying them. :)
Keiko, Does the sun have a cooler tone in Japan compared to the US? I thought someone told me that when they visited there.
I wish I knew the name of the flowers. They are very familiar.
A lovely varied selection of photos, which make your part of the world seem familiar and yet exotic.
Rebb,
About the sun, yes, it has a cooler tone in Japan compared to definitely Southern California. I thought it only Japanese notice it. Authentic Japanese architecture uses all kinds of technique to enjoy indirect sunrays such as through paper shoji screens.
Is the person who said it from Southern California? But I love the sun in Southern California. It's bright and bold and dramatic. It’s as though I can’t hide. It’s the same sun, but I need both.
Rebb, the sun in Southern Brazil is way 'lighter', let´s say, than in the Northeast. That is warm and bright. Even in the colors people wear, everything is bright. The South is more pastel, I´d say. But it´s a matter of perspective. If you go further South in Brazil, where I was born, in the Uruguayan border, it´s even lighter.
You have a very interesting point. You know, in the 19th century, when Brazil was an Empire (yes we had two emperors, crazy), Emperor Dom Pedro commissioned a group of French artists to paint the landscapes of Brazil. They painted the Southeast (Rio and São Paulo)mostly.One of them hated doing that because according to him ' the colors were too bright' and he couldn´t get them right in his paints. :-)
Thank you, Vincent! Exotic is always a word I try to escape from, but I know you mean it in a good sense.
Keiko, I have no idea what those flowers are called. I´ll try to find out, but I doubt somebody will know that around here. I love them by what they are: beautiful country flowers that grow in the grass.
I love the colors in Japanese paintings:they´re subtle.
Keiko, Actually the person who said this about the sun is Japanese :) I didn’t realize that about Authentic Japanese architecture. Interesting. I like how you describe the Southern California sun.
Lu, I wonder if that’s partially why I like wearing bright colors. The sun here is definitely strong and bright. I often feel as though the way I choose my outfits is like choosing which wildflower I will be for the day.
That is a very interesting note about having two emperors and about how the artists couldn’t get the colors right. Thank you for sharing that. :)
I loooove our discussion. It's so interesting. I just have to tell people if they know about two emperors existed in Brazil and a painter complained about colors and all.
And about the sun and light, maybe we have a chance to discuss about it further in a new blog. This is a good subject. I tried to show a Japanese paintings called Nihonga before to show the usage of light, but Nihonga paintings look flat from far. I don't think I was successful.
The beauty of the place is certainly in the eye of the viewer. (poor translation of mine, but sincere)
Amazing pictures of the city. We just don't have the time, or don't even remember that we can and we must admire all that.
Thanks for sharing! Loved them!
Rebb, definitely I associate bright colors to bright sunlight. The same with white. It´s very rare for me to wear white in winter.
Keiko,I searched some images of Nihonga paintings, and I liked them very much. They have the subtlety I was talking about.
Bi, 'da minha aldeia vejo da terra se pode ver no Universo' , remember? :-)
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