Flowers and more

  It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air ...

I don’t know how many times I have been to Rio’s botanical gardens, ‘Jardim Botanico’.  Walking over from Ipanema several times a year, lug...

Today the air was warm and heavy with the promise of rainy season.  The trees and grasses are brown after nearly a month without a drop of r...

I am up in the middle of the night when I am supposed to be resting for our final day driving.  What to do but to blog with all the lights o...

No matter where we are traveling, when I see a rose growing on a fence, in a private garden or in formal gardens I cannot resist tak...