Camera+

I've been using the app "Camera+" on my phone lately.  It lets you adjust the exposure and choose where you want it to focus, which is super nice.  I still haven't really got the hang of it, but I took the same picture and edited it using 3 different filters.  

Which one do you like?

This is what Darcy and I were up to on a lovely Sunday morning...both enjoying the sunlight in different ways...

Plantas pequeñas

Estas son algunas de las plantas de la casa

Snapshot of the weekend...

It's been gorgeously rainy here in Tucson, but unfortunately my body seems to want to reflect the outdoors, and I've been battling with minor sicknesses.  Here are some snapshots from the lovely rainy weekend.  

the kitchen window with RAIN in the background!

the dog's wet footprints

she loves to chomp and bite at the rain as if it's attacking her

lovely friends on a Saturday night - aren't they so cute?!

winter in Indiana

Oh how I miss actual winter...

There is nothing in the world more beautiful than the forest
clothed to its very hollows in snow. 
It is the still ecstasy of nature, wherein every spray,
every blade of grass, every spire of reed, every intricacy of twig,
is clad with radiance. 

William Sharp

Etsy: A Scottish Fling

I follow Etsy for just about everything- weddings, gardens, art...I just can't get enough of the design and creativity you find on their site.

So when I saw a link in Etsy Weddings called "A Scottish Fling", I HAD to post it! 

YES, PLEASE.

Check out the link. The photos are gorgeous!  Just for the sheer enjoyment of beauty and loving that someone in the world got to live in Australia, have their wedding in Scotland, and honeymoon in Iceland.  I'm not jealous at all ;)

From the Emerald Isle...

Well... Christmas Break is officially over, and the Irish lost the BCS Championship. Boo and double-boo. 

However, as a toast to Christmas Break and the Irish, here's some photos of a few yummy details of this past week. I ordered a vintage map of Ireland with my Etsy gift card (thanks Brother!), not realizing I was actually ordering it from Ireland - so cool! I had to take pics of the packaging when it got here :) It kinda made me sad, though, that the package had been to Ireland and I haven't!

Then, on the last day of break, I went to the Auld Dubliner and spent some quality time with Jesus journaling. Below was a gift from the bartender!

Yes, that is my finger. I didn't notice it was in the picture til I looked at them not in a dark pub.

PS - Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year's Eve!

This verse immediately came to mind when I saw this picture (which was taken in the homeland of Indiana). 

What a beautiful invitation from God! And a good prayer for 2013.