I always love the transition from one month to the next because I get to reflect back and document my month in pictures for you here. Always fun to sift back through images, remembering captured moments. Here is October in pictures. Enjoy!
October started off with a visit to the Grand Mosque. You know, by now, that this is one of my very favorite things to do in Bahrain. I went with a handful of other mil wives who hadn’t done the tour before. Such a fascinating and unique experience — every time.
Of course, I called my friend and tour guide, “Fatima” to do the tour for us and she so graciously spent all morning with our little group. Answering questions. Taking pictures. Helping us to better understand the world she has grown up in. Helping us to better understand a religion that has become so misinterpreted and misunderstood. As you know, I wrote about my first experience with her in chapter 16 of Found Art. When we first got back to Bahrain, I took a copy of Found Art to her to read. We are getting together soon to discuss her reactions. I know that will be a fascinating conversation, and I can’t wait to share it with you.
There are so many magical moments in this mosque. This is the inner courtyard. I wrote about it in painstaking detail in Found Art because it is just that memorable.
The interplay of light and dark in the mosque is practically poetry. Love this moment.
Also love this moment.
This is what most mosques around Bahrain look like. Humble, neighborhood gathering places. So you can see, in contrast, the Grand Mosque really is grand. Something important about the idea of neighborhood places of worship, though. I like the idea of not needing to go to the fancy place to find God. Just walk down the street.
Beautiful old doors are hiding all around Bahrain. Loved these old red ones. Perhaps I’ll have a gallery wall of Bahrain doors in my house someday. Love.
As October unfolded and we approached Halloween, things got a little festive around our house. Thanks, Gran, for these fab PJs. My three little pumpkins. Couldn’t quite get them to hold still long enough to capture them in focus. 🙂
Lane has fallen in love with My Little Pony and chose “Twilight Sparkle” for her costume this year. I ordered this SO cute crocheted hat from Etsy (which also has a matching tail that you can’t see in this picture) and was so pleased when it arrived. Luke decided he wanted to be a knight and every picture I have of him from this Halloween includes some sort of similar tough-guy snarl.
Lastly, I love this shot of Luke and me. How his hug is smooshing my face. How sweet he is. We are just weeks away from leaving age 3 behind. Four feels like a big birthday, like I’m trading in toddlers for little kids. Cherishing these 3-year-old snuggles. Love my boy.
What about you? What was a moment from October that stays with you?
