Obrigado anne_ct, I've been there three times accompanying my wife who was there for conferences or other meetings associated with a US/Brazil exchange program she was running between two universities in Brazil and two here (Ohio State and University of Virginia) Since she was often in meetings or conferences I often spent that time traveling around the city alone. Its such a city of contrasts: the beaches, the mountains, the urban buildings, the tijuca forest, the skyscrapers and the favelas. This is looking down from somewhere within the Santa Marta favela out over the skyscrapers below. and looking down the length of Copacabana Beach toward Sugar Loaf. The bridge for the trolley from Rio Centro to Santa Teresa Tudo Bem

Wonderful pictures as always. I wait till the end of the day to view them. They always make me smile. Karen those clouds look like snow drifts. Kittywhiskers, that's Bleeding Heart Vine. Very common in Florida.

Joan, are you driving or flying? If driving, you can take them with you. Pull the entire plant and root ball out and put it in a double plastic bag. Water what is in the bag leaving the fruit outside. If flying, then why did he plant them?

mimipadv, love that pic of the mighty squirrel hunter! My granddog would react the same. Outside she chases them up the nearest tree and will dance around that tree for as long as I let her. Here the resident chipmunk taunts her.