Engagement photos!

Engagement (onion) ring!

The practice proposal ring... about a week before Darrell proposed for real he asked me if I'd marry him with an onion ring, but then I went and ate it, ending the engagement. Luckily for me, he followed it up with a real ring not long afterwards.  The real ring: it's a saphire. :D

We're engaged!

my mom's wedding dress

The dress my mother wore on her wedding day in 1984.  

defiant perseverance

This is in the Philippines.

This is Santa's Ghetto in Bethlehem.

This is in my heart. This is stubbornness and a cry for justice and an outpouring of emotion concerning the social and ethical issues plaguing humanity.

beautiful jewelry

so whimsical (such a great word!)

ps. I found this on etsy

first snow fall

Well, the snow came today. I don't enjoy the snow.  But here is a snow-themed cutsie picture to make myself smile and enjoy life a little better.

These are done by Adele Enersen, who has a blog, called Mila's Daydreams.  I love this idea, and wanted to share a collage of some of her others: