Another Work of Art: A Bird's Nest

The Back Yard Lilies

The Purple Beauty of It...

Stop And Check This Out....

Our Planet Need this Kind Green...

Totally Covered With Its Flower...

A Cardinal Nest... The Bird is About to Finish It...

Spring Around the Corner and the Beauty Shows Up....

Never Give In...

"Never give in! Never give in! Never, never, never, never - in nothing great or small, large or petty. Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense." (Winston Churchill)

Grab Your Camera and Register the Beauty of Nature

"Be yourself. There is something that you 

can do better than any other. 

Listen to the inward voice and bravely obey that." 

(Unknown Author)

You Can Shine Wherever You Are...

"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. "

 (T. S. Eliot)

In The Midst of the Green

"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else." (Judy Garland)

Be Yourself and Shine the Good Qualities....

"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure...than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat." (Theodore Roosevelt)

Little But Beautiful...

"Thinking will not overcome fear, but action will."

(W. Clement Stone)

Under the Shadows of This Mighty Tree... Beautiful!

¹ Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
   will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
² I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
   my God, in whom I trust.” 

(Psalm 91)

Whatever They Called it: Weed Flower, Grass Flower... But, It Has Its Beauty!

Little Flowers: Together They Make the Choir

"Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it." (Groucho Marx)

Doing Its Part Making this World a Better Place

"Forget about all the reasons why something may not work. You only need to find one good reason why it will." (Dr. Robert Anthony)

The “Açaí Berry” in the bucket …

After the guy climbed the “Açaí Berry” tree, everybody helped him to take the berries from the bunch, and here it is the idea how they look in the bucket.

The Amazon Queen of Beauty: Vitória Régia

Picture taken by Daniel Manary

This is the Queen of the Amazon Forest. The species has very large leaves, up to 3 m in diameter, that float on the water's surface on a submerged stalk, 7–8 m in length. The species was once called Victoria regia after Queen Victoria, but the name was superseded. V. amazonica is native to the shallow waters of the Amazon River basin, such as oxbow lakes and bayous. It is depicted in the Guyanese coat of arms. The flowers are white the first night they are open and become pink the second night. They are up to 40 cm in diameter, and are pollinated by beetles.

Brazilian legend

Analyses. Chromolithograph from Victoria_Regia, Fitch 1851

Legend has it that, a long time ago, the Tupis-Guaranis, indigenous people from Northern Brazil, told that every night, when the moon hid behind the hills far off on the horizon, it was going to live together with its favorite young ladies. They used to say that, if the moon could like one single girl, it would transform her into a star of the sky.

One princess, Pajé's daughter (Pajé being a significant figure of the indigenous people), was impressed with that story. So, at night, when everybody was sleeping and the moon was traveling across the sky, the princess wanted to be a star, so she walked up to the hills and chased the moon, hoping the moon could see her up in the hills.

And so she did, every night, for a very long time.

Victoria amazonica "in natura", at a tributary creek near Manaus.

But the moon did not seem to notice her, even though the crying of the princess could be heard in the distance as well as her sadness and sighs.

One night, the princess saw, in the clear waters of a lake, the image of the moon. The innocent girl wondered if the moon had come down to take her away, so she jumped in the deep waters to join the moon and its lovely young ladies. She was never seen again.

The moon, in return for the beautiful princess's sacrifice, transformed her into a different star, different from the all the others whose light lit up the night sky. So, the moon transformed the princess into a "Star of the Waters", whose flower is the "Vitória Régia".

At that moment, a new plant was born, whose scented white flowers blossom and unfurl only at night. And, when the sun appears in the early morning, the flowers change their color to soft pink.

Text Source: Victoria Amazonica Wikipedia

The Beauty of the Amazon Forest

Inside Amazon Forest. (By Daniel Manary)

This is the view from inside a little boat in the Amazon. People live in this kind paradise, surrounded by Açaí Berry trees, Bacaba Berry tree, Brazilian nut and many other treasures.

Açaí Berry - A Brazilian Treasure

A Brazilian man, a local from the State of Pará, Brazil, climb the Açaí Berry tree to take down the fruit in its "cacho" (Bunch).


My brother Daniel Manary was there to register this beauty of nature. 


This location is in the heart of the Amazon Forest, not far from the City of Belem, Pará - Brazil.

Georgia CANYON...

... say to those with fearful hearts, "Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you."  Isaiah 35:4

Photo: Cloudland Canyon Georgia