Hey OMC !

You da MAN!

You did it! You got this nitwitted Nikon wielder to actually photograph a sparkley close up.  I'm so pleased, I have to do more than 1 shot!     It was the card over the flash that did the trick.

This is my well worn and dearly beloved IF/J 2 ct center, flanked with close to another ct of  RB diamonds and another of princess cut sapphires.  It's got to be resized, I'm afraid.  My hands have developed arthritis and a size 5 just doesn't cut it any more.

Cool ring!

The sapphires look a nice shade of blue!

thank you, David.  You are always so generous of other people's work.  I have to admit, the first time I saw those sapphires, I thought they were fake!  I'd never seen really nice ones before.  Just the ones that are more black and opaque.

I'd been to T---'s and C----'s, and all the 'mall' varieties.  Not really all that helpful or in the case of the malls, knowledgable.  But then, I'd never been to a jewellery store like that before.  They, too, are good people, with beautiful items, an uncompromising regard for quality, and a willingness to take the time to explore and educate anyone with a question.  Phong loved colored diamonds, so they stocked some yellow beauties.  You can understand now why I was so thrilled to find DBL.  It feels like home, only with more friends around and a much larger stock to explore.