Armada Breakaway

(Cross-posted to my photo blog.  I've been considering how to handle updating my blogs, actually.  I'm inclined to cross-post since more people look at this blog than my photo blog, but I also want people to not have to weed through everything else I post...or not as the case may be for the last few months.)

The Armada Breakaway sim, unique in the Steamlands and perhaps all of SL, will be going away this coming Sunday.  I am assured, however, that the Scoundrel Fleet will continue in exile in a small location that they've secured on Blake Sea.  Huzzah! 

In order to commemorate Vernden Jervil's time as the Commander of the Fleet and Armada Breakaway, I offered to make a portrait of him there before the entire thing goes up in flames.  (Pirates love to burn, and there is a longstanding Armada tradition of torching any build that is being removed from the sim.  How spectacular it will be to see the entire sim alight!)

Engineer's Ball

The New Babbage social season was kicked off on Saturday with the annual Engineer's Ball at Piermont Landing.  I had been looking forward to it all month; it's the first ball I've been able to attend with Emerson since the Founder's Ball in January.  Although I arrived late and Em had to leave for a little while during, we were both able to stay until the end.

Since I had a new gown and Em had a new tux, and since we're coming up on one year together, we decided to commemorate the occasion with a formal portrait.  I can't decide which of these two I like best, so I'm going to post both.  :-)