un californien à paris

i see, you see

i found the camera right where i left it.  i can see again and so can you.  i've been wanting to show off the OIKOS garden's 2005 tulips.  stunning, non? 

oh, and, yes, michaël at 16 months can finally  walk.  here's proof coming right at you:

 

today, karen and i celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary...  we got away just the two of us on friday and saturday, but this year we're keeping the details to ourselves ... the things i've wrtten in the past here and here are just as true and just as new today.

today, between rainshowers, we spent a lazy afternoon in our garden with zboyz.

it's good to stop and measure the weight of grace.

I can walk!

But Papa lost the digital camera so you'll just have to live with this really old picture that he took of me last week when I was just a baby and still had to hold on to things.  Papa is sad about the camera, but I think he's very happy that I finally started taking steps on my own.   In fact, I started walking just to cheer him up.  I really already knew how but was sort of hoping that he wouldn't notice.  Even though I must be getting heavy now that I am so big, I like to pretend that I don't know how to walk so that he will pick me up.   Quite frankly, I like it much better when he carries me.  It's way easier than walking and much less dangerous.  I have this sneaking suspicion he's caught on to my act now that I so generously showed him a few steps.  Soon, very soon he's not going to stand for my laying down in the middle of the floor like I don't even know how to crawl.  The time is coming when I'll just have to make a go of it on my own two feet.  If only he hadn't lost that stupid camera!

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Yes ! U2 au stade de France !

Yes ! Je viens de recevoir confirmation par des amis aux USA que 7 billets (Pre & Post Concert Party Package) sont réservés à mon nom pour le concert de U2 au stade de France le 9 juillet 2005. Mis à part les deux billets pour ma femme et moi, je suis prêt à remettre les cinq billets restant aux cinq premiers prétendants, en remerciement de votre fidélité à mon blogue. Les billets sont déjà payés!!!  Il suffit de remplir ce formulaire pour que votre place soit réservée pour le concert de l’année !

UPDATE: BETH CAUGHT A BIG FISH

Beth, author of the U2 Sermons blog and editor of Get Up Off Your Knees, reels in a big French fish for the english speaking world.  For English-only readers, be sure to check out the first comment on this post.