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It was a really dry and hot day, and the dust cloud raised by that car made this my favorite of many road shots I took during 2011, and that’s why I chose this one to be the first road shot I’m posting in over a year. Hope you like it.

Being someone who travels a lot for work reasons, I am actually using my current vacations to enjoy the peacefulness of being home: reading my books, watching my DVDs, playing my video games....sleeping. Wow, I've been needing it fo a while now. The title of this image could've alson been "There's no place like home", but I preferred the other cliché...LOL.
This picture has been waiting for a really long time to be uploaded, and so I hope it finds its way into your hearts.
These are community houses built by the government for less privileged families here in Brazil.

After longer than I’d like to admit, I find myself in a serious relationship again...and in love. We met at a birthday party, and we’ve been together for over four months now. In fact, I took this picture on the very day we were completing one month together, so it is very special to me. I had completely forgotten how incredible being in love is, and how scary it can be...

I'm very excited to be officially back to FLICKR. During the last year and a half, while I was uploading my last four projects (F.R.I.E.N.D., Keeping the Ludic Alive, Road Tripping and Poinciana Mania), I've been taking and saving pictures for this moment, pictures I've been really looking forward to share with you. Some of you guys have been telling me how much you've missed the variety in my stream...well, you know what? So have I !
I'm aware of how cliché it is to view the begining of a new year as a fresh new start for our lives, but it really feels like it for me: recently so much has changed in my professional and personal life, and I'm gonna share it all with you in the coming weeks.
So, in this spirit, I decided to start with this one, as I felt it really represented the idea of a Fresh New Start, for my real life, and for my FLICKR life. I took it not so long ago, while waiting for a friend near his house, for us to play some sports. I was lucky enough to be there when this beautiful blond little girl moved away from her parents to look at the fountain for a second, and I had the chance to capture that moment. I love the contrast of the many shades of blue from the fountain against her red outfit, I think it makes the image very eyecatching. The water to me represents the idea of "Fresh", while the girl, in the begining of her young life, reprsents the idea of "new" and "start". So, happy fresh new start, everyone!

Well, 2011 was the year of F.R.I.E.N.D., thank you all so much for helping me achieving these explores.
Sometimes, I feel like Flickr is kind of a family, there are so many of you who have been with me for around 2 years...some for about a year. I'm so happy to have met so many interesting and talented people in here. Thanks for sticking with me!
Well, after spending so much time uploading "projects", I will allow myself to go back to the joy of random posting...LOL. Pretty soon, I'll return with the best shots I've been taking and saving for the last year and a half...shots of all kinds. I hope you guys like them, and I hope to see you all again in 2012.

1. As-Sweet-as-a-Sundae Morning, 2. Drawn to You, 3. Coldplaying, 4. In the End, Only Kindness Matters, 5. a BIT Jessica RabBIT, 6. Silence Can Speak Volumes, 7. flickr.com/photos/29861714@N08/5843860615/, 8. Frost,

9. The Punch Line, 10. Do Re Mi Fa Sola Asì, 11. Wall Street Fighter, 12. Gloom, 13. flickr.com/photos/29861714@N08/5538546101/, 14. The Unveiling