Some survive, some don’t.

On Samba

I  just survived a rehearsal with Estacio de Sa the other day. This was my second time playing with this great school after learning the tamborim part to their 2014 song. I’m not parading, just going along to some of their rehearsals. While I have the stamina, I don’t have a lot of strength, and after 2-3 hours of solid playing I could barely make a noise with my stick, which felt like spaghetti in my hands.  The tamborim section are very kind and gracious and I had lots of fun. Here are some pictures. Their level of playing is phenomenal!

On local life

In the Rio apartment where we are living with my mother-in-law, there is a wonderful bevy of little, and sometimes not so little creatures. Some of them residents and some just passing through.

Beautifully coloured butterflies (borboleta); little black bees…