
On a grey-skied spring afternoon at the water's edge, in front of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, they were engaged.

Following a trip to the Unconventional Diner - how their first date began - they decided to walk the Tidal Basin, passing time until the next part of their date. Then he took a knee. . .

A vintage-inspired cluster of marquise diamonds wrapped around a brilliant oval centre — caught here resting among the salvia, as if the garden grew up around it.

Her hand on his chest, where it belongs, heralding their combined future. A ring made just for her, with an inscription reinforcing the promise of a life forever entwined.



