Our Halloween

Hello!!! I hope you all had a great time yesterday.. for the night of Halloween!!

As an Italian, Halloween is not one of my traditions, even if I heard that now it's becoming very popular also over there (just to copy America, I think). I've been asked by a friend what is the meaning of this feast, if there's a deeper layer behind ghosts and witches. I had no idea what to say! I always thought it was an ancient pagan feast that "made fun" of death, trying not to be scared of dying... something like that. Instead, I have found out, after some online research, that it actually comes from Christian background, or at least it was somehow adapted also to Christianity. The word Halloween is thought to have been influenced by the Christian holy days of All Saints' Day {also known as All Hallows, Hallowmas or Hallowtide} on November 1 and All Souls' Day on November 2.

I'll copy and paste the explanation I found about dressing up:

The custom of wearing costumes has been linked to All Saints/All Souls by Prince Sorie Conteh, who wrote: "It was traditionally believed that the souls of the departed wandered the earth until All Saints' Day, and All Hallows' Eve provided one last chance for the dead to gain vengeance on their enemies before moving to the next world. In order to avoid being recognised by any soul that might be seeking such vengeance, people would don masks or costumes to disguise their identities".

Interesting! isn't it??

Well... after this history lesson I'll show you a picture of my happy children last night! We didn't go Trick-or-treating {after a scary experience two years ago..} but we received lots of candies from different people anyways!! :)

Hugs to all and Happy All Saints' Day!!

At the Pumpkin Patch.

Happy Sunday everyone!!!

My day is starting calm and peaceful.. the children {kinda} let me sleep-in a little bit and they are now watching a "Lion movie" on Netflix with Daddy. So I'm here typing and editing ALL the pictures we took yesterday at the Pumpkin Patch! Yes!! I finally got to visit one! All these years in the US and I had never visited one. I had a blast!... also the children.. running through the hay-maze and getting lost {litterally lost!} in the corn maze that was HUGE! It was so nice to see how these farmers organize such cute activities for families.. and for free! 

We could see the big varieties of pumpkins.. so many different kinds.. so beautiful! Fall is really a nice season. Today it really feels like Fall, even in the hot California, it's actually cold outside.

I have more pictures to show you... here they come....

Lovely Pumpkins....

the tractor is coming!! :)

the corn-maze is like a Jungle!!

Pumpkin Hugs ♥

and just to finish, speaking about pumpkins... my Pumpkin Spice Coffe COZY

I hope you are all having a great day!! 

Many blessings,

Good Night World

Enjoy this little collection of night time "google search" pictures... 

I love them.

Night night!

Sunday Cupcakes

Happy Sunday!!!

I just found these pics on my old blog... I made those cupcakes and birthday cake on my daughter's birthday last year {all from scratch of course}.. so yummi!! ♥ I especially love the pink cream-cheese frosting! ♥

I hope you are having a great day.. :)

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xoxo,

Week~End in Nature

Wow! I haven't written in a while! It's because I'm very busy enjoying my vacation time here in Colorado. :) 

I just came back from an incredible camping trip with my family and some very good friends. We all had a great time! We really camped with tents and cooked on the camp-fire.. roasted marsh-mallows on a stick... washed our face in the creek.. fallen asleep listening to the sounds of the forest. We lived an adventure! My children were especially excited to be surrounded by Nature.. what a beautiful gift has been this week-end..

I want to share with you just a few pictures I took and end this post with a quote by George Washington Carver.. Until next time!!

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*I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.*
George Washington Carver

Gorgeous Photographs...

Everytime I stumble upon her shop.. I get stuck in a dream watching all the beautiful pictures she takes..
I'm talking about Georgianna, incredibly talented photographer who lives in the wooded wildlife of the Pacific Northwest. She sells on Etsy, but you can reach her in different ways. These are all her info:


Blog: http://georgiannalane.blogspot.com/
Website: http://www.georgiannalane.com
Her stock photo library: www.gardenphotoworld.com
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgiannalane/


I'm sure you will enjoy her Art, like I do. I especially love her flowers' compositions, and her French pictures are just dreamy.. they take me back to Paris, where I've been only one time, simply beautiful. She really knows how to capture you through beauty. ♥


Please enjoy some of her gorgeous Art Work: