Three of my favorite things.

More Old Testament homework.
It’s really interesting, but it’s just a lot of work.
Sometimes I get distracted, to put it lightly.
If I’m sitting at my desk, I usually pick up my camera and take a few shots. Here are some from my latest distraction period.

I was pretty tired—no surprise there—so I made myself a pot of coffee. I used my favorite mug, a gift from my dear friend Danae. For my graduation party, she drove five hours to come stay with me for a couple of days and help. She is wonderful. This cup is from the shop where she works, and the owners make everything by hand. Isn’t it beautiful?

I love this cup so much.

This necklace is one that I used to wear every day. I wear a lot of scarves these days, though, so you can’t see it. Thus, I don’t wear it every day. I do, however, keep it somewhere nearby so that I can see it. In this case, it’s hanging from my desk lamp. My grandma bought me the necklace when she, my mom, and I were in Seattle just after my sixteenth birthday. A year or so later I found the cross charm to add to it. It stands as a reminder of what I have been given, and that it is more than I could ever deserve.

I'll always enjoy this necklace.

I was looking down at my keyboard, seeing the lights peeking from the keys of my Macbook Pro, and I thought “that would make some pretty neat bokeh.” I’d say that I was fairly correct. I really like how you can read some of the words in my Bible and others are completely blurring. Oh, aperture. And if you didn’t notice, that’s my purity ring. For those of you who don’t read Hebrew, it says, “A woman of valor—who can find?” which is Proverbs 31:10.

There's nothing quite like keyboard bokeh.

It’s kind of strange, each of these items is so small. They could be overlooked incredibly easily, or even labeled as ordinary. However, each of them has special significance to me. And I like that.