The Rings

Not sure if any of you saw my facebook status from last night (Wednesday, 5/12/10), but "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" was on TNT HD last night. And since Michael was very busy posting the web gallery for a casting he has been shooting this week, I had free rein over the TV! During this time of year the only thing that is on our television 90% of the time is Mets, Mets, or Mets. I love my mets, but this was a nice change. Any Lord of the Rings or Star Wars film will really bring out my inner geekism.

Anyways, all those close up of shots of that dang ring made me realize that I should take some nice shots of my newly purchased wedding band. We went into Doyle and Doyle on Sunday, the same store Michael purchased my engagement at, and took a look. Doyle and Doyle at www.doyledoyle.com specializes in vintage, antique, and estate jewelry resale. It is one of the classiest and most beautiful stores I've ever been in, and it manages to be that way without one bit of pretension. You will never be judged on how little or how much money you intend on spending. Nor will you be pushed to make any hasty decisions. So, anyhoo, I fell in love with this band the moment I saw it. I knew immediately it was exactly what I was looking for, and it was EXACTLY my size. Umm . . . FATE! It's platinum. Which is super cool, and it's tiny. Which I love, and the little leaf like engravings are just PERFECT. And really the coolest feature of the ring is that the wedding date of the original couple who owned it is engraved on the inside. "6 - 19 - '28", along with the couple's initials. So the ring is from 1928!!! How cool is that?!?!?!?!

I took these pictures with Michael's camera this morning and my handy 50mm macro lens. The backdrop is our window sill. The ring sits on about 8 layers of white paint that are very quickly eroding away because it's Lena's favorite place to hang out and catch some rays, hence all the little doggie scratch marks. All well, it's where the best light in the apartment is. Hope you all like it. :)

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