The Librain
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!Pages
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Recent Posts
- Update 23/05/22
- Post 1001! Outfits of the week 20/05/22
- Reading roundup 18/05/22
- Update 16/05/22 with some hints of Hermès’ Autumn/Winter 2022 scarf season!
- Update 02/05/22
- Update 29/04/22
- Reading roundup 27/04/22
- Update 25/04/22 with a feathery reveal
- Update 18/04/22 – taking a short break
- Outfits of the week 15/04/22
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Category Archives: Family
Update 28/03/22 – memories of Mothers’ Day
Here we are at the beginning of a new week. Yesterday was Mothers’ Day in the UK and I had a wonderful day with lots of treats! Younger Son sent me a lovely box with 40 different tea sachets and Elder … Continue reading
Update 04/02/22
In Monday’s post I wrote: “Anyway, in this household things seem to be pretty quiet at the moment and long may that continue”. When I was writing this sentence, I wondered for a few seconds whether I was setting myself … Continue reading
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Update 24/01/22 with light sources!
Welcome to a new week on my blog. I do hope that you had a great weekend. Ours was rather up and down. The stress of these current times is really getting to Elder Son. In addition to his usual … Continue reading
Happy New Year 2022!
I do hope that you all had a great Christmas and that 2022 will be a wonderful year! We were so happy that Younger Son was able to visit for a few days and that the four of us were … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Family, Jewellery, Lifestyle, Scarves, Special days, Wardrobe
Tagged blue, Christmas, gifts, gold, Grand Tour Collection, Hermès, Le Premier Chant, New Year, presents, Pure Collection, purple, yellow
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Update 13/12/21
I do hope that all of my visitors/readers/friends had a very pleasant weekend and that, if you celebrate Christmas, your preparations are going well. Most of the gifts that I have ordered for the family have now arrived and I … Continue reading
Update 06/12/21
Well, I’m back! It has been an “interesting” time since I last posted: some lovely days, some awful days and some in the middle. There were definitely some lovely days with Younger Son visiting. He brings lightness, hugs, happiness and … Continue reading
Outfits of the week 26/11/21
Once again, it has been a difficult week for us. There has been a lot of stress in the house, brought on by a number of incidents together with my and Lovely Husband’s medical issues. I just hope that everything … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged Hera, Hermès, Johnstons of Elgin, Liberty, Plumes en Fete, shawls, stoles
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Outfits of the week 19/11/21
Well, these are not really full outfits. Instead, these two photos show different ways to wear the same scarf with the same knot, using the same scarf ring. Just by turning the scarf around, the knot shows off the scarf … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Family, Jewellery, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged grey, Hermès, Hotter, Lands' End, pewter, pink, scarf rings, silver, tan, WoolOvers
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Update 25/10/21
Hello, everyone! We are having a lot of “family problems” at the moment, which I won’t bore you with, but this means that I can’t write a full post today. Our issues have exacerbated my ill health and I am … Continue reading
Outfits of the week 17/09/21
Well, again it is only one outfit, but I actually managed to get dressed in something nice and go out of the house (which I haven’t done for a long time!). Wednesday was Lovely Husband’s birthday and we had some … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Family, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Special days, Wardrobe
Tagged cream, grey, Halcyon Days, Hermès, Klass, Lands' End, navy, Tea Time, white
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