Pretty

[pegkerr]

I like my new ring, and the manicure that Delia gave me to show it off.

Comments

[pameladean]

Oh, the ring is wonderful! I have an appreciation deficiency for manicures, but that one does really rock.

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[aome]

Oh, wow! Where did she find Tree of Life nail art to put on? It's a lovely effect, all together.

[pegkerr]

Delia's really been getting into nail art, and she's ordered a bunch of nail art disks, which you can buy online (here's an example). You put nail polish in the engraved surface, scrape off the excess with a scraper, and then transfer the pattern to a sponge stamp, which you then stamp on the nail. Very ingenious.

(I'll get an answer out to you on your nice, newsy email sometime this weekend, I promise!)

[wild_patience]

I have a very similar ring. I bought it because it reminded me of Yggdrasil. I got very interested in that after listening to Fr. Ron Murphy and reading his books on how the pagan Norse and Germans were converted to Christianity. His latest book is TREE OF SALVATION: YGGDRASIL AND THE CROSS IN THE NORTH. I had to search libraries to get the earlier books, THE HELIAND: THE SAXON GOSPEL and THE SAXON SAVIOR. They are fascinating: how do you transplant a Mediterranean religion to the cold North with a different culture? You adapt to your audience. The Apostles become Jesus' Warrior Companions. Everyone is noble, Mary, Joseph, and the whole gang. Shepherds were too low class, so when the angel appears at the birth of Christ, he appears to the warriors holding the horses belonging to Joseph. It's a re-interpretation of the Gospel and, of course, Yggdrasil is transformed into the wood of the cross with Jesus' crucifixion paralleling Odin's hanging on the tree for 3 days when he was trading an eye for wisdom.

[malinaldarose]

Pretty! And the tree on your nails is very clever!

[dreamflower02]

Makes me think of the White Tree of Gondor.

[pegkerr]

I know! Me, too.