Outlander Blue Sapphire & Diamond Ring

I found a dime this weekend, a Roosevelt dime, at the end of the driveway. It was sitting in the new spring grass at the end of the driveway, where the snow piles up from winter plowing. They had done the first spring mow the day before. I had a glass of port, a warm French baguette, sharp Swiss cheese, and a kitchen knife. I was heading to the side garden and its big granite table after my first full day of yard work.

My youngest daughter and I have an unofficial contest for finding money. She has a sharp eye. She is a good competitor in this sport. We post our good finds on Instagram. My best was a wallet with $88 in it. I found it at night in a grocery store parking lot. It didn’t count because, in this wallet, I found a name and a driver’s license. I didn’t take a picture of the find, and I turned it into the grocery store within minutes. If I had taken a picture of the wallet and its $88, it would have made a good post. But alas, I was too quick. My daughter and my Instagram posts last a week or until the other competitor sees the post.

I read The Outlander several years ago with its ring of stones on a hill in the Scottish Highlands. A circle of stones is magic. I think about the circle of stones on occasion. I have two granite tables among my 12 sitting areas on my property. I log hundreds of hours of sitting time each year. I watch the eastern Atlantic from these two spots. Are they mystical locations? Yes, no, maybe. Are they magical? Absolutely! They sit high above the ocean and cliffs and are the landside view of glittery morning light on the water.

My granite tables are natural slabs of granite broken off the side of a mountain 40 miles inland. The sky garden table is where we hold lobster feasts. The other table is called Ocean Point and is just for sitting with a cup of tea.

Our Outlander ring is a mystical henge.

Why We Love This Ring

Here is one point of magic in this ring. It’s all white gold, except for the gold fairy ring surrounding the blue sapphire. It’s an angelic halo. Unusual? Yes! Magical? Yes! Beautiful? Yes! Curiously I look once, twice, truly I can’t stop looking because it is so beautifully unusual. The ring of stones, little diamonds around the center is the henge.