Fish vendor

Fish vendor looking for buyers among the many vehicles waiting for the barge from Cacau to Manaus, State of Amazonas. Yesterday on my return from Novo Airão.

Caladiums

Easter 2011

Macaxeira plant

Macaxeira (Manihot utilissima)

Manioc plant

Manioc (Mandihot esculenta)

Reception Center, Bosque Santa Lúcia

Cecropia

Cecropia, sp.

Stick insect

Aimar Franco

Friend and neighbor at Bosque Santa Lúcia, Eimar Franco passed away at the UNIMED Hospital in Santarém at 06:00 this morning at the age of 89. Eimar's book, O Tapajós Que Vi continues to be my favorite reading for historical narration of the Tapajós River and accounts of the Fordlândia rubber tree plantation as it was hacked out of the jungle back in 1927-1928. His account is a personal one, since he was actually there at the time. He and his family played important roles in the history then and later on in his life. http://notapajos.globo.com/lernoticias.asp?id=40428¬icia=Morre%20o%20escritor%20Eymar%20Franco

Guaraná

Guaraná (Paullina cupana)

Tree snail

A tree snail either looking for a tree, or coming out of a tree.

Tajá da cobra

Dracontimum leaves.

Skipper