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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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Anne, Delighted to see you are back and smiling ! Congratulations on the sale of your home. Bittersweet isn't it.…
[…] D’Orphée and the purchase code is H894358S 03. I am currently in the process of updating the Scarf of…
Thank you for your comment. I have looked through my records and found that I bought the shawl from eBay…
I adore scarves, one can never have too many. I noticed you have Liberty Ianthe varuna wool scarf, pictured on…
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Category Archives: Scarves
Monday post 21/08/23: this is unexpected!
Hello and welcome to the first Monday post in ages! For now, I am not able to make this a regular feature again, but today I have something to show you. On Friday, I mentioned this lovely new scarf… Yes, … Continue reading
Posted in Scarves, Shopping, Wardrobe
Tagged bangles, duck egg, green, Halcyon Days, Lands' End, MaiTai, One Hundred Stars, purchases, purple, scarf rings
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Friday post 11/08/23: with more positive news
Well, for once we have had a more positive and pleasant week! Why? Because Younger Son has been visiting. It has been so lovely to have him around. YS has really rolled up his sleeves and dived into the untidy … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Family, Health, Lifestyle, Scarves, Shopping, Wardrobe
Tagged duck egg, illness, Kew Protea, One Hundred Stars, purple
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Friday post 04/08/23: with the weekly update
Hi everyone! Oh, I will be so pleased when I can write about something else on a Friday! Please bear with me for this first part… We have been stuck here in our upstairs bedroom now for very nearly 16 … Continue reading
Friday post 14/07/23: general update
Welcome to today’s post. To be honest, our situation remains the same, more or less. We are both still stuck upstairs together, with Elder Son trying his best to support us all. I am doing as much as I can … Continue reading
Friday post 07/07/23: with health and scarves!
Hello, lovely readers of this blog! We have now reached 12, yes 12 weeks of this amazing and wonderful “two stuck in bed” situation. Yes, that was sarcasm. To be honest, there’s not much to say about it this week. … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Lifestyle, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged family life, Hermès, Hermès Autumn/Winter 2023, illness
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Monday post 24/04/23: with Hermès scarf news!
Welcome to my blog! I do hope that you all had a good weekend, better than ours at the very least. Lovely Husband and I are still stuck in bed. OK, that sounds quite amusing if you don’t know the … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Lifestyle, Scarves
Tagged Hermès, Hermès Autumn/Winter 2023, illness, Purse Forum, sciatica
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Scarf of the moment: Tulipomanie
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 and also with the … Continue reading
Posted in Scarf of the moment, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged Aline Honoré, Hermès, Tulipomanie
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Friday post 14/04/23: with some cheap and cheerful scarves
Welcome to my blog! Today, I have been sorting out my massive load of photos and images on the iPad and came across these two random snaps that I took quite recently. I have a drawer of fairly cheap and … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Clothes, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged Hermès, Lands' End, pink, Pure Collection, purple
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Monday post 10/04/23: hanging in there!
Welcome to a new week on my blog. It was Bank Holiday today, so I hope that those of you who had a day off enjoyed the break. Well, that was not a great weekend for me and my chaps! … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Lifestyle, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged depression, Hermès, illness, Tulipomanie
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Friday post 07/04/23: with a new hairdo!
Hi, and welcome to Friday’s post. At last, I was able to go to my lovely hairdresser yesterday ! I hadn’t had a haircut since December, which seems such a long time ago. Anyway, Lovely Husband drove me there and … Continue reading
Posted in Hair, Health, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged blue, gavroches, grey hair, hairdresser, Halcyon Days, Hermès, Hotter, Lands' End, M&Co, Massaccesi, navy, turquoise, Zebra Pegasus
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Dear Lauren, thank you so much for your kind comment. I must admit that I feel a bit strange about…