deer in captivity! lots and lots of deer

 the best summation of autumn

 yes...flamingos in a park in a mountainous region of France

 my love for this awesome stump

 Vienne from above, a beautiful city 20 min south of Lyon which has neat Roman ruins

 finally! The cute stray cat of my dreams!

 my friend Jordan who accompanied me to Vienne

 Claudius and Livia's temple in Vienne (shoutout to Mr. Brigdman's latin class)

 An awesome amphitheater which hosts a huge Jazz fest every summer

Claire also enjoying the magical stump

awesome natural merry go round with all sorts of carved creatures

 my first meal au restaurant- an amazing tartine with honey and goat cheese

 Claire and Melodie

 enchanting forest in the Beaujolais wine country

 a homemade pear tarte that a colleague made for our hike

 the epic raclette- the only thing missing from the picture is the potatoes covered in melting cheese

 autumn comin' round

 Darcy with two cutie professor's daughters tossin the ball

 the land before the sun came out

 heavenly

  beautiful wine land

 happy puppy and happy Darcy on the hike

so good.

Saturday morning delights at the market

why I love fall

fromagefromagefromagefromage

famous chocolate shop Bernachon

View from the "hill that prays" looking toward the "hill that works" (the silk workers hill where I live!!!) My big apartment building is situated at 11 o'clock at a weird angle- its gray with blue and yellow window panels- its behind that patch of trees.

Conor, Claire and me on the top by the Fourviere

Honey time

adorable honey house

the products

the tasting!

 

 I really wanted to try this!

 The beginning of an awesome hike south of Grenoble

 Oh, the beginning of the hike, when all was sunny and bright..

 SnOOOw much snow all of the sudden!

 outside of the Institut Lumiere at night

Yummy foliage overlooking a quaint village. Oh France..

 sweet alley

 

 

Benicio del Toro presenting a Japanese film called Hadaka no shima (The Naked Island) that he selected for the Lyon film festival. It was a beautiful movie and he was very charasmatic (of course).

 my friend Darcy enjoying the art in the park across the street from my place

 

 matching

autumn

 the cemetery in my neighborhood

the gist of ma petite chambre