Tropical flavors

At Mercado São Sebastião (St. Sebastian market) in Fortaleza you can find many kinds of tropical fruit that are common in Northeast Brazil. They don't look perfect, spotless and shiny; they look natural, and that's good!
From top to bottom, these are their names (most come from native languages): Jaca (jackfruit); Murici (nance); Pitomba (Eugenia luschnathiana, couldn't find a common name in English); Serigüela (jocote); Acerola; Cajá (yellow mombin?); Sapoti ( sapodilla); Cajá-umbu (this is possibly a hybrid between cajá and umbu); Pequi; and Graviola (soursop).

Vertical stage

The pictures are blurred, they were taken with poor light and without appropriate support. But I wanted to share with you the spectacular performance I watched last night. Project Bandaloop performed at the IBM building (where, by the way, I worked for 19 years), celebrating that company's 90th anniversary in Brazil.

The movement, the lighting, the reflections on the glass, the shadows, everything was so perfect! Maybe I'll return tonight and watch it again...

Water

March 22nd is World Water Day

Water. H2O, one of the simplest substances.
Basis of all life on Earth.
We use it for drinking, cooking, cleaning, manufacturing, generating energy, irrigating, even for fun... Cities are built around it, people depend on it to live and work.
And yet we don't think much about it unless it's not there when we need it.
We waste it and pollute it.

Think about it today. And do your part to preserve our water sources.