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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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That does seem to be the problem, there alway sis another one isn't there?! The correct decision will come to…
Dear Lauren, thank you for your comment. I still can’t decide! The scarves are so enormously expensive now and I…
It is a hard decision isn't it Anne? I have to say the more I wear this scarf the more…
Dear Liza Lee, thank you for your comment. I am so glad that you find my blog useful and enjoyable!…
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Outfit of the day 04/09/20
The weather has been pretty dreary so far today: grey and cloudy, with a slight feeling of damp in the air. Despite that, I have been feeling quite upbeat and so decided to put together a nice outfit in greenish … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged Aurora, blue, gold, Halcyon Days, Hotter, Ianthe, Isle, Lands' End, Liberty, navy, silver, Sonrisa Boutique, turquoise
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Reading roundup 02/09/20
After the intense excitement of the two books I wrote about last week, I turned the dial down a bit! I finished two books, about which I will tell you more in a minute. They were both very different but also … Continue reading
Update 31/08/20 with an interesting video
I can’t quite believe that it is the end of August already! Time really does whizz past quickly as you get older, even when you are not doing anything very exciting. Today’s post is about this superb video that my … Continue reading
Outfit of the day 28/08/20
I have been out today! And I was able to wear a nice outfit! And I interacted with friends, rather than just family! Hooray!!! Some old friends were passing by, on their way home from their holiday and so we … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged blue, Cotton Traders, gold, Halcyon Days, Ianthe Star, Joules, Lands' End, Liberty, Massaccesi, navy, necklace knot, pink, rose, silver, Sonrisa Boutique
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Reading roundup 26/08/20
I don’t suppose that it will be hard to guess the titles of the two books I read this last week! After all, in the previous Reading Roundup I gave you all my verdict on John Gwynne’s A Time of … Continue reading
Update 24/08/20
I’m sorry that I didn’t post last Friday. It would have been my Mother’s 89th birthday and I felt so sad, thinking about how much I miss her. I simply couldn’t bring myself to write anything on here. To be … Continue reading
Reading roundup 19/08/20
I must apologise again for missing last week’s Reading Roundup post. There are two books to write about this week and I am already halfway through a third. A few weeks ago, I wrote about one of my favourite author’s … Continue reading
Update 17/08/20 with vests and thunder!
At least the temperature has cooled down quite a lot over the last few days! Now we have intermittent thunder storms, rain showers and high humidity to cope with. So, it still looks as if my scarf wearing days are … Continue reading
Update 14/08/20
First of all, I must apologise for the lack of a Reading Roundup post on Wednesday. The heat and humidity has been making me feel so unwell this week – I have been suffering from a very painful headache and … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Health, Lifestyle, Wardrobe
Tagged heatstroke, hot weather, illness, nausea, Pure Collection, turquoise
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Scarf of the moment: Plumes en Fête
Introduction This is an unusual Scarf of the Moment post in that it includes two amazing formats of one design. I have done this before, with the 90cm and twilly versions of Dans un Jardin Anglais, but I feel that … Continue reading
Anne, I have no opinion of which bag, both the Selene and Hera are gorgeous! Maybe I do like the…