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The Librain
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Former professional school librarian, now retired through chronic illness. Trying to keep cheerful by reading, drinking lots of tea, blogging my new life, and my love of bling!
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Dear Lauren, thank you for commenting. Yes, it was wonderful to spend time as a family. I am hoping that…
Dear Lauren, thank you so much for your comment and your kind words.I am saving up for the blue colourway,…
Gorgeous outfit and accessories Anne! I hope you are able to find a replacement for the shoes that you will…
Anne ! This is so lovely ! I look forward to your modeling photos when you get around to it.…
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Update 11/01/21 with a lovely reveal!
Oh, I am soooooo bad and greedy! Naughty me just couldn’t resist the new season from Hermès after all! Can you remember I said, only a few days ago, that I didn’t like any of the new scarves for the … Continue reading
Posted in Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged Grand Manège Love Bandana, Henry d’Origny, Hermès, Hermès Spring/Summer 2021, reveal
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Outfit of the week 08/01/21
At least I managed to wear one nice put-together outfit this week! OK, the bottom half was a pair of pyjamas (which I will show you later in the post), but the rest was nice. Here it is: Outfit details: … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Clothes, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Shopping, Wardrobe
Tagged blue, grey, Hermès, Lands' End, Marks and Spencer, navy, orange, Plumes en Fete, purple, scarf rings, silver
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Reading roundup 06/01/21
Welcome to my first Reading Roundup of 2021! Actually, in some ways it is the last one for 2020 as the post will cover the final three books of that year… First of all, here is the blurb for The … Continue reading
Posted in Reading
Tagged book reviews, books, ebooks, fantasy, Goodreads, historical fiction, thrillers
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Happy New Year 2021!
So, I hope you all had a very good Christmas and that the New Year has begun well for you. We had a very quiet and simple “holiday” period, with some sadness because Younger Son was unable to visit because … Continue reading
Posted in Jewellery, Scarves, Special days, Wardrobe
Tagged Christmas, gifts, Hermès, Liz Earle, Pixie Wing, Plumes en Fete, presents
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Final post for 2020!
So, this is the last post for this unforgettable year! I have been so pleased to see the huge increase in traffic to the blog this year, especially when I have curtailed the number of posts to three per week. … Continue reading
Posted in Lifestyle, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged Christmas, Coronavirus, Hermès, Hermès Spring/Summer 2021, New Year, vaccine
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Reading roundup 16/12/20
Once again, I have only managed to finish one book this week. I am almost there with another, but don’t want to rush it! After all, what would be the point of that? In addition, I have decided that this … Continue reading
Update 14/12/20 with thoughts of Christmas preparations
This will be a short post today. Lovely Husband and Elder Son have been rushing around, cleaning and tidying up so that we can finally put up the Christmas Tree and decorations. Unfortunately, I was unable to help them because … Continue reading
Outfit of the week 11/12/20
I only have one outfit to show you this week as I have been unable to get out of bed most days. It is so hard to motivate myself to get up as I feel so very frightened and ill. … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged black, blue, Etsy, Hermès, Le Jardin de la Maharani, MaiTai, Marks and Spencer, navy, RR Designs, silver, white
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Reading roundup 09/12/20
It’s time for the Reading Roundup post again! The weeks seem to rush by so quickly these days. The first book of the week was Platform Seven by Louise Doughty. This is the blurb: Platform Seven at 4am: Peterborough Railway … Continue reading
Posted in Lifestyle, Reading
Tagged book reviews, books, ebooks, ghosts, Goodreads, supernatural fiction
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Update 07/12/20
This will only be a short post today as I am feeling very unwell and haven’t been able to get out of bed. I have been wearing pyjamas so much that some of them have become very tatty indeed. So, … Continue reading
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