Welcome to the first Friday post of the new year. I do hope that you all had a lovely festive season. We had a pleasant time as a family with Younger Son. I was so happy that he was able to come over and lighten up the atmosphere. I even managed to put up a few decorations that I bought at the last minute: large and small hanging snowflakes in the new porch and lounge with some white tinsel.

Straight away, in the first days of January, we have hit a crisis for Elder Son. I am not going to explain further on here, but I will simply say that we are all trying to pull together to support him. So far, he is being very brave and his brother has also stepped up to help. This is going to take quite a while to sort out.

Back to frivolity! I am so pleased that I was able to pounce on my new Hermès shawl, Le Jaguar et Le Colibri, when it appeared briefly on the UK website just before Christmas. As usual, Hermès increased their prices at New Year by a large amount. I know I said last year that the prices were far too high and I could not afford them any longer, but still caved in the end. However, this time I really must stop buying their scarves!

Well, perhaps a small one might make its way here…

Anyway, here is a reminder of the stunning shawl (and I will try to write the promised Scarf of the Moment post soon):

Over the holidays, I was idly wandering around from site to site, looking for some suitable earrings to wear with this scarf. There are so many colours and patterns in the shawl: blues, red, pinks, yellow and floral, geometric, curves, etc.

Here is a close up of the border with its geometric patterns and also the floral shapes…

I found quite a few earrings that were OK, but not quite what I was looking for. And then I thought of “shopping” my own collection!

Here was the perfect solution: the colours and the geometric shapes…

By the way, Chalk Jewellery do some gorgeous earrings and necklaces. Their website is really worth a visit. The earrings I have are very light and easy to wear because they are made from wood and perspex rather than heavy metals. They do also have jewels in gold and silver, but I haven’t tried these so far. Their designs are amazing and very beautiful!

Here’s a photo I took a few days ago with my other earrings by Chalk Jewellery – the link goes to my blog post from 2022: Marisa stud earrings in Regency…

Now, I had better return to sorting out my new laptop – an interesting task for my post stroke brain! I will do it…

Love and best wishes,

Anne

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