My green sweet Valley

My dear sisters, I am gonna show you some places of my town, which is in a Valley, in Brazil.

The pictures were taken in May/2008 but the day was so cloudy...You will only be able to see the May blue sky in the last one. The camera is a Canon PowerShot A550.

The mountain range:









The river:





The town:



The Municipal Chamber:



A street:



There is more to coooome!!! InshAllah!!!!

Love,

Maria

Oh mashaAllah, what a beautliful place!! The valley's are so dramatic. I love the close up of the river. SubhanAllah you have some VERY steep streets, do people actually walk up and down them? It must keep them very fit! Anyway, I love the style of the houses too, and the place looks to clean!!

I can't wait to see more of your interesting country inshaAllah.

for sharing.

MashaAllah - pics 5 & 6 of the river could be pics of Wales and pic 5 particularly looks like the kind of area in and around the place in which I grew up.
I look forward to seeing more of your beautiful pics inshaAllah dear sis Maria

BEAUTIFUL pictures. Jazaki Allah for inviting me to your absolutely stunning valley (Your pictures make me feel like I visited!) It's breathtaking. I can't wait to see the other photos, inshaAllah.

can I come too?





oumloubabah

Oh my sisters!!! I am glad you have enjoyed my pictures... Yes, we are blessed to live in such beautiful nature.

SubhanAllah you have some VERY steep streets, do people actually walk up and down them? It must keep them very fit!

Sis Mabsoota, almost all the town is like that: or you go up or you go down!!!!! It's a good exercise!!! If I tell to my mom I go to the supermarket I say " Mom, I am going down, would you like something?"

can I come too?

Sis oumloubabah, you are welcome here! All of you are welcome, anytime!

Later I come to post more picture, gotta go now.

Wassalam,

Love,

Maria

As Salamu Alaikum

you live in a beautiful place. Very stunning pictures

Looking forward to seeing more

Subhan Allah Green is so dilightful for the eyes to see Tabaarak Allah

In the pic of the town, Is that a minara to a mosque it looks like a "long tower/minarat?

and the last pic reminds me of the Turkey, it could be a pic of Turkey too

Stunning pic for sharing

Jehan

Mashallah the valley is beautiful. Is your whole country that pretty? How is it there for Muslims (if someone wanted to move there )?

The first pic is my favourite. Maybe sister Aisha or Mabsoota will be inspired to paint that.

I also liked the municipal chamber. That would also make a great painting or a puzzle.

I really hope you post more pictures of your country inshallah.

Barakallhu feeki sister Maria.

Umm An-Nu'man

sisters! JazakAllah Khair!

Sis Umm Shuaib, that is not a minarete, it's the mobile phone antenna! I am the only muslim in my town (most people here are catholic; you can see the church in the middle of the picture).

As I promised, here it goes more pictures. They were taken in July/2008 with my Canon camera:

Roads that lead to the country side:




This one I took from inside the car. This road take us to the local hydroelectric.

Paraíba's River:







A farm:



To be continued..., InshAllah!

Love,

Maria

Just stunning pictures and nature Allahu Akbar

As Salamu Alaikum

Masha Allah the countryside is so beautiful. I love the river pictures

for sharing

JazakAllah Khair sisters!

I took these following pics a long time ago, maybe in 1999 or 2000. Well, I used my old camera, a Yashica (very good and simple one) and after developed them I scanned to use in a project at the English school:

Old houses at downtown (it's my neighborhood):













My street:


It's an old one. There is a house down there now and the ipê tree is much bigger.

To be continued....inshAllah!

I really love taking pictures. Photography is my favorite hobby!

Love,

Maria

As Salamu Alaikum

Masha Allah your pictures are beautiful and your neighbourhood looks so serene.

Before my marriage I also loved taking pictures mainly with a Kodak Instant camera, and then lost interest.

Seeing all these lovely pictures here my interest is revived again and I have been looking online for good digital camera but not something every difficult to understand.

Any ideas will be welcomed

assalamou aleikoum wa rahmatoullah wa barakatou

it is absolutely stunning, and , bonus of all bonuses, I have noticed a satellite dish in only one pic. Refreshing (unless they all have sky box inside the home )

Mashallah, it is seems such a lovely place to live. But how do you manage as the sole muslim ? are people nice?

You know, I have lived in the same neighborhood since I was born! When I was a child, there were only few houses, there weren't pavement on some streets... It's a nice place to live, my block is very calm, really.

zaza wrote:Seeing all these lovely pictures here my interest is revived again and I have been looking online for good digital camera but not something every difficult to understand.

Any ideas will be welcomed

Sis Zaza, when I was to buy my camera, I searched for better lens and more megapixels (mine is 7.1 and i'ts old alerady, comparing to the ones with more than 10 MP nowadays), read about the features, and if there would be any damage, the camera could be fixed here in Brazil (there are many imported cameras which don't have any warranty here in my country). And, the most important: the price!!!

Khadija wrote:I have noticed a satellite dish in only one pic. Refreshing (unless they all have sky box inside the home )

My town is a satellite dish land!!!! I have one, here in my house! But mine is only for free Brazilian channels. If I want to watch CNN, BBC, Discovery and other international channels, I have to get a cable TV or another kind of satellite (smaller) and pay monthly fee for the service. In picture #9, on the right, you can see a house where there are many satellites: it's the cable TV headquarters.

Khadija wrote:But how do you manage as the sole muslim ? are people nice?

I miss being in a muslim community, even though I have never been in one! Most people don't know I am muslim (I don't wear hijab yet, shame on me), so, only my family and people at work know about my way of life. I haven't got any problem so far . People usually ask many questions, they want to know more about Islam and the reason I have converted. They think it's exotic!!!!

That's it girls!!!

Wassalam,

Love,

Maria

sister Maria,

machAllah you have good oportunity for the dawa,
May Allah make it easy for you,amin


I also used to take pictures and was part of a "photo club"in france we used to print our black and white photos in a lab,it was so nice machaAllah.When I became muslim I read that photos were not allowed(but I didn't read all the fatwa)and I thew away all my pictures,only afterwards I realised that I could have kept the ones without humanbeing on it....
when I see your pictures it encourage me to start taking pictures again inchAllah.





oumloubabah

:Wa Alaykum Assalaam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakaatuh,

MashaAllah so lovely.

oumloubabah wrote:when I see your pictures it encourage me to start taking pictures again inchAllah.

Sis, why not give it a try, huh? I am sure you will take beautiful pictures, !!!

ummTayyibah wrote:MashaAllah so lovely.

Sis ummTayyibah!

Love,

Maria

Assalamu'alaykum Dear Maria and Jizak'Allah Khair for sharing these with us.

I love all of them. The first picture as I was scrolling down to see the whole picture, literally took my breath away masha'Allah.



A Muslim Mother

dear sis A Muslim Mother!

for your sweet words!

there will be more to come!

Love

Maria

Assalam aleikom dear sisters!

I am back on track! I keep posting here pictures from my land sweet land! (Missed you all!)

Okay, here they go:

Houses from my neighborhood. In front of this house below, you can see a coffee tree. It's very common here to plant a coffee tree in the front garden.





This house was made by a bird known as "João-de-Barro" (Furnarius rufus). I took this picture, it's in the school I work.



Sunset from my bedroom's window.



Sunset still reaching the tree in front of my house.



Sunset from my porch.



A house viewed from a hole in the Gymnasium wall.



So, this is to be contiuned,

Wassalam,

Maria

The nest of the Furnarius rufus is simply amazing subhana'Allah. Jazakillahu khayr for continuing to share your wonderful pictures. Looking forward to more insha'Allah.

Lovely pics mashaAllah dear sister Maria. We have steep hills like those back in Wales - your pics have reminded me of Wales before mashaAllah. The nest of the 'Red Ovenbird'(I did a Google search ) is amazing subhanAllah. I love watching wildlife too.
I look forward to reading more from you and seeing your pics inshaAllah dear sister