Here are some lovely fruit and vegetables......ervilha, maca, abobrinha, melao, cebola, jilo, alho, aipim, chuchu, sheshe, poopoo, weewee, parp-parp, booboo, noonoo, neenee and a tomato. That's the red one at the back to the left. I obviously don't know which is which. Oh, and some bananas. Sensibly for once they're called the same thing as in England. Sorry, I forgot, appallingly, it's now spelt ENGERLUND.
oh, and I did make some of them up. A bit.
, well, I decided it was finally time for a break.......I really chuckled as I realised I had the opportunity to write that......I hear the resounding echoes of a thousand concerned voices ".....must get out more....." yes thanks a bunch for your sympathy, sensitivity, understanding and well meaning support.......
well, after all that heavy stuff, time for another break, and another laugh......
ok, it's now wearing a bit thin......I took these this morning at great personal risk against a perfect blue sky....you can see it above the x-ray above the x-ray above...its 86 at the moment.....nice .....this is spring too....

NOW FOR SOME EMAIL EXCERPTS.......HURRAH.....

..........went to the clinic yesterday..... Doc said it was doing fine....x- rays looked like it was slightly out of alignment but he seemed to think that was ok....after all, it's not his leg is it ? (mebbe it now is....I can't read the small print.....a) it's small, and b) It's in portuguese ).......
......it's been feeling better last several days, and spent tuesday with boot off mostly.....I can now use sticks and lose wheels, but keep boot on....back there in 2 weeks for another xray......just about to upload first xrays to blogsite....gruesome!!

.....and now a reply to a friend I haven't spoked with in some time.....Phil Nutman.....for many years a writer of all things filmic and dark, and now a movie producer.....I remember him back in the day, filming melons exploding on his mum's kitchen floor......halcyon day ! Phil also worked on my epics The Edge and Gordon the Movie....twas he who came up with the classic buyline for Gordon......
"GORDON THE MOVIE, where daydreams are nightmares, and death is a way of life"
.....of course must be said in an American Mr Kipling's cakes voice

The reply fills in a bit of background for people who have no idea who I am.....or can't be bothered to go to the start of the blog.....I can't.....

I reckon you get an award for reading the whole blog....even I haven't managed that.....were you reading it in Atlanta recently?....saw Atlanta on the counter stats and thought of you, though you seem not to live there any more.....
How are you then mush?? Life sounds as intertwinulated as ever.....mine has reached a level of unprecedented simplicity but in a complicated way....ie broken leg makes simple things complicated.....soon change when I get stuck into converting tenis clube in a few weeks...in a foreign language hohoho......
......so as you gathered I closed shop down in March....hadn't made any cash for about 9 months....should've shut last august I expect, but I honestly couldn't work out how!!
.......sounds stupid, but what do you do with 100,000 records nobody wants....they wouldn't even fit up my arse.....sold 25 thou on ebay in one lot and that kinda got things rolling, but all went for peanuts......
.......I was chuffed as fuck....as you can see on blog shop closing pic......I actually enjoyed last few weeks....lots of biz and money coming in.....it was like opening up in the first place.....
........flat was already on market....bought it 5 yrs ago for ummmm £XXXX would you believe.....did it up a bit stunning .....open plan and white, even the floors.....sold for £XXXX in July finally.....got rid of everything...all I have in UK is a few boxes of paperwork and pics, and a few miles of film....oh and I still have the spark plug for an Me109 ...thats a German fighter plane btw.
.....so had been perusing property and places on net for years.....Brasil and sometimes alternatives like Ecuador......spotted this lagoon area as likely, and then found Brasilinda website....
........real estate but socially conscious....emailed to and fro with Uli, the main guy.....they said come and hang out see if I get on in their extended family.....
.........they buy, sell, build, refurb, bring people and money and biz into the area, and train people up to do the work where necessary. Theyre forming an educational foundation at some point.
.........At basic level it was an easy in....pick up at airport...somewhere to stay and at least some English spoken.....it's been much more than that.....I became part of the family pretty rapidly.....and more so when I broke my fucking leg....
.......thats when the mummy bit started as a joke but also a sign of appreciation with my limited lingo.....my daughter sent love and thanks to Maria, for being my mum whilst I was laid up for example!

........so after paying off mortgages, bank loans, business debts, credit cards, etc etc etc, I have about £XXXX left.....20 for tenis clube, 20 to do it up with pool and gardens and bedrooms and furniture....will be stunning......rest I can split 2 ways....use one lump to start a bizness, and remainder I can invest here and get ridiculous returns on, even the bank pays 15%....they can afford to pay high rates as mortgage rates are between 40 and 60%, sometimes more!! I can get up to 36% which erm, let me work that out........is shit loads.....even in UK!
.....Here it's an outrageous amount.....everything is at least 5 times cheaper here....property way more than that.....
....biz wise.....I've thought and am still thinking about bars of course, night clubs, electric swamp boats, Thai restaurant, fish smoking operation, furniture making and export.....theres a real glut of craftsmen in wood around here for some reason--this one is a real possibility......doing up houses for a western market and flogging ......now accidentally real estate already happening......
.......as for the bar.....well, I might do one anyway.....but at the weekends my rather large (150 sq metre) living room could shall we say, liven up a bit!! The previous owner used to host discos in there when it was his private tennis club......well, there goes the neighbourhood.....

.....anyway don't have to tell you about fresh starts......energy up and sensors out.....be bold and it all starts to happen around you.....exciting stuff....leg hasn't dampened my enthusiasm at all....just moments of annoyance and frustration at physical and mental discomfort....thats what was good about Uli asking me to sell Condo for him.....came at a time when I was useless and unable to move things along....all of a sudden I'm a realtor!! in a wheelchair stuck alone in a small house in fucking Brasil!! Funny old game I thought!!
.....havent checked your site yet...will do so after this...let me know what your up to.... what are the films you've been doing?? (another idea is to buy digital editing and cam setup and do some movie.....not sure about that one!!)..........
........good to hear from you mooosh.....
................lots of love from Diga Nachman The Man with a Movie Chair XXXXXXXXX

......I did check it out....Phil's site is excellent....you can check it out too at......(and I promise it's got PROPER writing in it....)
http://www.upagainstthewallmag.com/

Well, here is a picture of some old rockers on the porch......good sturdy backs, seats and legs in the main, though the odd one may have gone a bit wonky.....still, plenty of life in them yet......just need a fresh lick now'n'again and....( that's enough...ED.)
.....ok, on the subject of problems in the favelas here in Rio......here's a shot of a drugsoldier preparing to go on guard duty in Vidigal, one of the toughest......ok,ok it's nothing to be frivolous about......ok, I've got my BHS underpants on wrong.......I'VE BEEN VERY VERY BORED.....
.......ok, this time I really am being tough......here I am in action in THE WAR OF THE MOSQUITO which is going on as we speak....on routine afternoon patrol in a short range mobile patrol vehicle heavily armed with both short and long range weapons and ready for anything......you think I'm joking about the armed patrols don't you.....ask Hannah!!
......and pictured during a lull in the fighting, the fridge. Actually just after a trip to the supermercado (in an armoured convoy obviously)......my veg drawer full of ......yes, your still with it aren't you Mr. Nutman....veg........and if you'd been paying attention you'd know that, no, I don't know what they're all called......except the red ones.