tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525843025917283414.post6287799216799771859..comments2023-04-13T03:11:54.273-06:00Comments on d'Arcy d'Arcy: Joyeux NoelAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17584248569655542892noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525843025917283414.post-90511392603356225012008-11-26T20:51:00.000-07:002008-11-26T20:51:00.000-07:00Love the tree. LOVE the quotes. Great book. I love...Love the tree. LOVE the quotes. Great book. I love it.Boquinhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02365252326911270689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525843025917283414.post-11052098343643756572008-11-23T21:47:00.000-07:002008-11-23T21:47:00.000-07:00Newborn babies are the best to hold! My due date ...Newborn babies are the best to hold! My due date is Dec. 6, just one week and six days (who's counting, right?) but the doctor thinks she'll be about a week early, so I'm hoping to have her for my birthday (Dec. 1) :) Hopefully the combo of Thanksgiving eating and Black Friday shopping will get things started....<BR/><BR/>And yes, you have got to meet Faiyaz and Anjali and "this one" (yep, gotta find a name) and I want to see you too. We shall have to arrange it. Let me know next time you head for New York, and we'll figure it out.Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07056018448109689782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525843025917283414.post-81638374144115172682008-11-23T16:58:00.000-07:002008-11-23T16:58:00.000-07:00Probably the most awesome christmas post I'll see ...Probably the most awesome christmas post I'll see all year! I love the photos with zen quotes between each of them.<BR/><BR/>So spiffy!Dottie!https://www.blogger.com/profile/07964544679699181747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525843025917283414.post-41315433778678036002008-11-23T08:10:00.000-07:002008-11-23T08:10:00.000-07:00Very beautiful D 'Arcy. I love the "Be still and ...Very beautiful D 'Arcy. I love the "Be still and know that I am God." I needed to be reminded of this message. Thank you. I am sure I will come back and read the message of this post a few more times in the near future!Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04441204804740501624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525843025917283414.post-88950864923262363732008-11-23T08:09:00.000-07:002008-11-23T08:09:00.000-07:00I am curious who you are quoting. I loved them al...I am curious who you are quoting. I loved them all, but I think my favorite was the first one.Pseudohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10430783970802030846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525843025917283414.post-76446559707150708002008-11-22T08:15:00.000-07:002008-11-22T08:15:00.000-07:00such beautiful ornaments, d'arcy! i'm like that, t...such beautiful ornaments, d'arcy! i'm like that, too. i actually collect ornaments from all over the world. that ended up being the only souvenir i bought myself in quite a few of the countries i visited.<BR/>i love christmas!johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903144540678766411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525843025917283414.post-16220219768865371172008-11-21T18:59:00.000-07:002008-11-21T18:59:00.000-07:00I love gold on a Christmas tree. It's my favorite ...I love gold on a Christmas tree. It's my favorite color scheme--green and gold. (I don't know if you remember my wedding colors, but they were white with gold and green trim and I just wanted simple green plants with gold ribbon tied around them, and my mom thought I was crazy because I wouldn't pick an actual color--like pink or something.) Anyway, your tree is very pretty. I try to do something similar with my tree...but somehow every year the occasional Yoda ornament manages to make an appearance. <BR/><BR/>Ahh...compromise. <BR/><BR/>Merry (early) Christmas!Fletchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16845539934606213861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525843025917283414.post-33073588142504016422008-11-21T14:44:00.000-07:002008-11-21T14:44:00.000-07:00Kia ora D'arcy, Rangimarie, Happy Thanksgiving and...Kia ora D'arcy,<BR/> Rangimarie, Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Yuletide to you as well. I think I miss Thanksgiving the most of any holiday. <BR/> I used to work on a Christmas tree farm around this time of year, big beautiful trees, and being outside with smells of the pine and hard wood forest around us. Just magic. I used to say a few words to each tree before I had to cut it down. Strange eh!<BR/>Have a lovely day.<BR/>Aroha,<BR/>RobbRuahineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09398484733805119294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525843025917283414.post-62550867976752502282008-11-21T14:38:00.000-07:002008-11-21T14:38:00.000-07:00I love the tree! It's gorgeous! Come help me dec...I love the tree! It's gorgeous! Come help me decorate mine... I don't know where to start!Torrey Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00447890887980069043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525843025917283414.post-65186866009909986092008-11-21T13:11:00.000-07:002008-11-21T13:11:00.000-07:00I love this tour of your gorgeous tree. My vacatio...I love this tour of your gorgeous tree. My vacation souveniers are always Christmas tree ornaments as well. I love how once a year I get to relive some of my favorite experiences as I decorate my tree.Alisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12881867656072259894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525843025917283414.post-59212298912116064732008-11-21T12:22:00.000-07:002008-11-21T12:22:00.000-07:00Tres tres belle, mon ami. Christmas normally make...Tres tres belle, mon ami. <BR/><BR/>Christmas normally makes me VERY melancholy but the 'gray fog' has yet to descend upon my psyche this year. It would be nice if it stayed away for once.... I would like that. :-)<BR/><BR/>Your tree is lovely. <BR/>We always put our Christmas decorations up the weekend after Thansgiving. The kids are starting to get very excited. Hopefully Diva won't eat any ornaments (6 month old Labradors tend to be like billy-goats with what they're willing to eat...)HWHLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07294913024458099382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525843025917283414.post-84600937639214226182008-11-21T11:09:00.001-07:002008-11-21T11:09:00.001-07:00Olivia--you are too sweet. When is that baby comin...Olivia--you are too sweet. When is that baby coming? A baby at Christmas time, this is so exciting! I wish I could see you and hold your new little one (and meet your husband and daughter!)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584248569655542892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525843025917283414.post-66598517337749561802008-11-21T11:09:00.000-07:002008-11-21T11:09:00.000-07:00Rowena, exactly. I think you've covered exactly wh...Rowena, exactly. I think you've covered exactly what I wanted to convey. It's not that we aren't rooted in our traditions, it's not that we don't love our religions, it's not that we have to be so open to everything that we don't know what is important for us.<BR/><BR/>It's the fact that if we can validate another person's point of view, then we can gain understanding, and with understanding comes respect, and with respect comes love and with love comes peace. At least, that's what I believe.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584248569655542892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525843025917283414.post-2695726619811539312008-11-21T11:07:00.000-07:002008-11-21T11:07:00.000-07:00KAte--this is the first year I have ever done it T...KAte--this is the first year I have ever done it THIS early. The past 13 years I have been in school or teaching school and so I havne't gotten into the spriti of Christmas until the 20th of December, and two weeks just isn't enough. That's why this year I decided to embrace it and start extra early!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584248569655542892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525843025917283414.post-90386792499657004432008-11-21T11:06:00.000-07:002008-11-21T11:06:00.000-07:00Stina! I know. Poor April had to hear me listen to...Stina! I know. Poor April had to hear me listen to each story--"Look, it's my little leprachan from Ireland!"<BR/><BR/>"Here is an Angel I got in Quebec, at this little shop in the middle of the old city....<BR/><BR/><BR/>"Look at this stain glass from Amish country...remember when..."<BR/><BR/>"Here's an instrument from Brazil...and I bought it from a...at this little place....in Rio..."<BR/><BR/><BR/>And April--<BR/><BR/>"Enough already!!!! Bah, Humbug!!"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584248569655542892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525843025917283414.post-63914026258796543862008-11-21T10:48:00.000-07:002008-11-21T10:48:00.000-07:00Oh, D'Arcy! You're the only person I know who can...Oh, D'Arcy! You're the only person I know who can take an ecclectic collection of ornaments and turn it into a tree that looks like it was done by a designer! :) Absolutely beautiful.Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07056018448109689782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525843025917283414.post-59480682250134856642008-11-21T09:38:00.000-07:002008-11-21T09:38:00.000-07:00non attachment is the hardest thing.I know I spent...non attachment is the hardest thing.<BR/><BR/>I know I spent many years not even understanding what it was. And this is coming from someone who was raised a buddhist.<BR/><BR/>I'm still not really sure what it means, but I do know it's not really about giving up stuff and having an opinion and things you love. It's not about being an ascetic or a monk.<BR/><BR/>I think it's about understanding the value of... well... everything. Accepting that what is true for you, may not be quite as true for someone else, but that other position is still valid.<BR/><BR/>And it's about being unattached to ideas you have about how things should look, the outcome you should have, the who you should be.<BR/><BR/>I don't even know if this makes any sense... but I'm not attached to it making sense.<BR/><BR/>:)Rowenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07146077261663557342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525843025917283414.post-43299679707544434132008-11-21T03:51:00.000-07:002008-11-21T03:51:00.000-07:00Wow, it's beautiful D'Arcy. You guys start Christ...Wow, it's beautiful D'Arcy. You guys start Christmas decorations really early over there! Be Still. I need to print that out in a big font and plaster it all over the house ...Kate Lord Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00278515379867576350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525843025917283414.post-84440562514001804122008-11-20T21:30:00.000-07:002008-11-20T21:30:00.000-07:00That is a beautiful tree! I love personalized orn...That is a beautiful tree! I love personalized ornaments too, so each one has a story. I am definitely in the Christmas spirit and constantly listen to Christmas music on the radio!Stinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03331978566724018336noreply@blogger.com