Delighted to hear you are still walking and being quite stylish while doing so! I love your laps you and…
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Category Archives: Lifestyle
Friday post 06/03/26: Spring Scarf Style: Bright Colours for Mood Boosting
Well, it has been a roller coaster of a week! So many ups and downs in the same day. We have had some very difficult family issues, which I will not explain here for reasons of privacy. My close friends … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Health, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged Aline Honoré, blue, cobalt, Flowrs, green, Hermès, Lands' End, Plumes en Fete, Spring, Tulipomanie, Tulipomanie Detail, Tulips, walking
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Friday post 27/02/26: Embracing Spring: Daffodils and Scarf Therapy
Friday has come around again, so it’s time to update this blog. As I sit here in bed I can look out of the window and see the daffodils beginning to open out into their gorgeous yellow trumpets. It’s so … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Health, Lifestyle, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged Clarissa Hulse, depression, garden, Hermès, housework, Le Premier Chant, mental health
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Friday post 20/02/26: Finding joy in small moments during tough times
So it’s Friday again and time to write a blog post. This has been an extremely difficult week for me. My depression has been deep and dark on many days and I have been struggling to cope with life. I … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Lifestyle, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged depression, exercise, Hermès, illness, La Promenade de Platon, purple, turquoise
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Friday post 06/02/26: With a monster scarf!
Friday is here, so it’s blogging day! This week has been a bit up and down. I had intended to go to the hairdresser today, as my hair looks awful, but my mental health has been quite dreadful. Perhaps it … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Health, Lifestyle, New home, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged blue, depression, Hermès, Jan Bajtlik, mental health, navy, Sweet Dreams
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Friday post 30/01/26: With some sad news
So, Friday has come around again and it’s time for a new post! Unfortunately I had some very sad news this week. I found out, via Facebook, that a former boyfriend had passed away very suddenly. This was a long … Continue reading
Posted in Friends, Lifestyle, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged bereavement, Fetolia, Hermès, Hermès Tea Time, Le Jaguar et le Colibri, Olympian Gods, sadness
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Friday post 16/01/26: Hooray! It’s all over!
Welcome to my blog, friends and visitors. Today we have had the excellent news that our house has finally been sold! It is just short of a year from when Elder Son and I first saw the bungalow where we … Continue reading
Friday post 09/01/26: With a returning Librain!
Well, strictly speaking I returned on Wednesday, but this is the first “proper” post of the year! I am attempting to pick up this blog again after quite a long break for mental health reasons. Everything became too much for … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, House sale, Lifestyle, Scarves, Shopping, Special days, Wardrobe
Tagged Christmas, green, Hermès, house move, John Lewis, Le Jaguar et le Colibri, New Year, One Hundred Stars, orange, Sous Le Charme d’Orphee, teal, Tulipomanie
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Saturday post 15/11/25: With some pretty things!
So, it looks as if Fridays are out at the moment in terms of blog posts! A few things seem to be happening on that day. Nothing amazing, just stuff like health appointments and the like. I have decided to … Continue reading
Posted in Health, House sale, Lifestyle, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged amethyst, birthdays, depression, gifts, illness, mental health, presents, purple
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Saturday post 01/11/25: Selling our house #07
Well, here we are on the first day of a new month and it’s Saturday! Yes, yet again I was too tired to post yesterday because I managed to leave the house to run some errands. The first task was … Continue reading
Posted in House sale, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged Blue Nile, blue topaz, Clarissa Hulse, Cloud Forest, Halcyon Days, navy, teal, turquoise
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Reading roundup 29/10/25
Welcome to this week’s reading post. To be quite honest, it has been a very strange week in my reading journey. Yesterday I gave up on yet another book and looked through my “Currently Reading” list on Goodreads and marked … Continue reading
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The Librain
The Librain......retired 
Dear Lauren, thank you again for commenting! I enjoyed my walks last week, but we are struggling with a heatwave…