Halloween Pumkins

Pumkins for Halloween in Montpellier :)

charlie brown's halloween special

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecN9mLpM2mM

Charlie Brown

In a school, a teacher was asking tricky questions, and then she said,
"Charlie Brown, how do you define nothingness?"
Without a single moment of hesitation, Charlie Brown said,
"Nothingness is a balloon with its skin off."

Without our skin, we go back to nothingness, and there we are Whole, Holy, and One with all.

Hugs from the sky above

It Felt Love

How did the rose
Ever open its heart
And give this world
All its beauty?

It felt the encouragement of light
Against its being.
Otherwise, we all remain
Too frightened.

Hafiz

peace

"To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order;
to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order;
to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life;
and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right."

Confucious, 551-479 BC

saturday in central park

a tower of jack o lanterns

belvedere castle

mckenzie and his friend adam came to visit this weekend...these are some pics from a pumpkin festival in the park. all kinds of kids dressed up, picking pumpkins from a "pumpkin patch".

The ice cream

Too big for me (even it if was the smallest available!): I couldn't finish it!

A sunny day in Cassis

We had a great time today, weather was so warm and sunny.
Sarah and Heath, sorry we never took you to Cassis, you would love it. Great cafes and shops, loevely ice cream (in a shape of flowers!) and of course wonderful beach (can you see the colour of the water?)...

vote

Guess the flower

Can anyone guess what this bud is.

More Texans

HUG

" I feel marvelous!!!! HUG ME!!!"

Texas-The Lone Star state

Just a few more pics of Texas just in case you've forgotten what it looks like.

1940s motorcycle

two more pics from our wedding photographer that i love

football season in the states

it's fall and the playoffs for owen are right around the corner...he's so cute, isn't he?

Texas Country Side

I went on a Creative Writing retreat in Cat Springs Texas this week-end with 10 other professional women.
It was so great! Here is my writing piece.

Given " The voice spoke her truth. It said these things:..."

I came up with:

Go into the void,
Go directly into the eye of the storm,
Reach into its absolute stillness,
And the magnificent place of nothingness.
Open your heart and hands to arm your life with my gifts.

The first gift, the gift of simple humility.
In humility you will feel the grace of all BEINGS.

The second gift, the gift of compassion,
In compassion, use your passion to care for all that I have created.

The third gift , the gift of meditation,
Every night, in meditation,
I will take you HOME.

spidercow

After spiderpig (the Simpsons), let me present you spidercow, found in a design flea market!

Oh and you know what I discovered?? After roasted chestnuts in the streets, we have roasted corn!!! I haven't tasted it because it's not very practical and clean, but it's fun...I miss corn :(

Freaks Party!

Friday night, I had the first party organized by my school, the theme was "freaks, fair beasts" so my friend and I got dressed as siamese twins!! We didn't stayed very long in that costume, it was pretty tight and hot!!
But we had a lot of fun! It was kind of a pre-halloween, some were fishes, bearded women, some had 3legs, 4arms, it was great!

Love!

weekend in connecticut

this weekend we went to connecticut with heath's parents and some of their friends...the weather was beautiful and the leaves just started changing colors.

this is the house we want. it is the perfect size, great location & looks so cozy

bottles from an old apothecary in mystic, ct

Pumpkin Carving at the Pugh's

It's October and that always means a day of pumpkin carving. We all went out and got pumpkins to carve. Here are a few pictures of Owen's, Isaac's, Grandpa's, and Ely's. They are sooooo scarrry!!!!!! I bet you would be afraid to come to our house with these guys greeting you. Halloween is over two weeks away but we just felt in the mood.

c'est chouette!!!

and finally...my bag.

zen

this is who isaac wants to look like - that's why he's growing his hair out :) his name is 'zen' and he's on a show called american gladiators. they (the gladiators) do physical challenges against normal people (common folk).