My rings over the years - My special collection. 💍

about 1 month ago

I don't remember exactly when this all started, but I do know it was many, many years ago.

I love rings, I love them and years ago I used to wear a lot of them, two or three on each hand, now only one on each hand. But at one time that fanaticism was much greater.

I think it all started with the first or the oldest one I have at the moment. It is very simple, a alliance. Yes a alliance that was given to me when I graduated from primary school and I was 12 years old. It's just a small wedding ring, but it meant a lot to me and I always wore it.

As always I have many stories of my collections, because for me each of these rings is special, of course some more than others. Some were simply gifts or were bought for me by my mother and not for that reason less important.

As for the material, I don't attach much importance to it. For me the most important thing is that they catch my eye, that I like them, especially because of their rarity.

But if one thing is certain, I love silver-plated rings more than gold-plated ones. I don't pay much attention if they are made of nickel silver, silver or something else. Of course the silver ones have often been meaningful gifts and the others I have bought because they are more malleable materials and I like weird shapes. .... Weird like me... I think.

So let's tell some stories about rings here. I tried to group them according to their origin, because I counted 19 rings and that's a lot.

These two you see here are gifts from my mother, one was hers when she was young, the brown one, and the other one she made for me with a mother-of-pearl stone.

These three you see here are very, very special. One is the alliance I told you about earlier, simple but very important to me.

The other thicker one has a panther design and was given to me by my brother.

Both of them are made of silver.

The third one is my mother's headband and she gave it to me as a present when I turned 15. I remember that day she gave me this white gold ring and a personal diary with leather covers that was hers, but she hadn't used it. Everything has a story and that is what makes things valuable, not their value in money.

The next three are also very special, I will tell you about them.

The cat ring is made of silver and was given to me by some of my students when they found out I was coming to Spain, a farewell present. You know I love cats, don't you?

The second one, in the middle, was a gift from my friend Mariano, who I know will read this. He sent it to me from Argentina and he bought it at the craft fair I always went to. It is very special to me.

The third one you see, has an enormous value. My first student gave it to me. One day she came to class, her name was Alicia, and I saw her wearing it. I simply said to her: what a beautiful ring. She said: do you like it? She took it off and gave it to me. She was pure love.

Of the following two rings (I know you see three, but one is to hold the little horse, which fell off to take the photo) there is little history, one is inherited from a cousin I never met and the little horse I bought the only time I travelled to Buenos Aires in 1995 on a school trip I made with the school. Beautiful memories.

The next 5 rings are all bought in that artisan fair I mentioned. I separated them this way because the two that see alone are the ones I wear the most, of course one is the eye of Ra, an eye, I love eyes, but I think you already know that.

And finally these four rings were all bought by my mother in a shop in Argentina that was close to my house and as I loved rings every now and then I would buy one. They didn't cost much and I loved them because they are raised.

Of course all these rings don't go on the same finger, I have worn them on different fingers. There was even one that I lost going to a party that was silver with coloured stones inlaid and I wore it on my little finger.

There are always stories, lots of stories and when I was teaching computer classes I loved to wear them because it was difficult to get them caught on something, as you can see they are not all regular shaped and sometimes cause accidents.

My favourites nowadays are the two I use the most, but of course the ones that have an emotional story behind them are also very important to me. To mention one I could say the one that my first student gave me, now it is a great treasure for me because she is no longer with me.

Those rings that are given in this way I think they leave a mark on the person who receives them, knowing that they were from someone else and that they were given with a lot of love.

Also those that have been special gifts in special circumstances, have an incalculable value. And it has nothing to do with money. Feelings are more important to me and in these rings there is a lot of it.

It is a pleasure for me to bring you this collection, I think the largest I have and I love it.

Always very grateful to all of you for watching and reading. I send you a big greeting and see you soon.
Amonet.

_{All photographs are my own.
Separators created by me in Photoshop.

Used translator Deepl.com free version.}

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