Blog 97 - Jubilee & Birthdays
With the Queen’s Jubilee celebration coming up, I feel I should write a blog about a somewhat random association with one of my scarves....
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- May 8
- 3 min
Blog 96 - Oysters to Cloisters
It will take all your imaginative powers to connect oysters and cloisters! Quite simply, the link is my scarf! It’s silk, with hand sewn...
- May 1
- 4 min
Blog 95 - Kenwood Elegance
My grandfather started life as a young stable lad at Blenheim Palace. By his late teens he had worked his way to become coachman. Life in...
- Apr 24
- 3 min
Blog 94 - Aztec?
Would the white horse of the Salisbury Plain cut into the gentle Wiltshire hill herald a scarf find this past week? These exposed chalky...
- Apr 17
- 3 min
Blog 93 - Easter Lilies
I failed this week. I tried to buy a new scarf for Easter with a lily design. No success so I had to root around in my boxes to find...
- Apr 10
- 3 min
Blog 92 - Treasures of the Sea
My magic carpet quivered with excitement when it saw me wearing this scarf today. It knew we were off somewhere exciting. I have...
- Apr 3
- 3 min
Blog 91 - Fleur-De-Lys
As a Mother’s Day weekend treat, I was taken to Salisbury by my daughter. Part of the treat was searching for a new scarf and I was not...
- Mar 27
- 3 min
Blog 90 - On The Ice
I can hardly believe it is exactly two years since I started my scarf blogs beginning with The Red and White Guggenheim on my Wedding...
- Mar 20
- 3 min
Blog 89 - Salt
You may probably wonder what possible connection can today’s scarf have with salt. Hop on my magic carpet and find out on our mystery...
- Mar 13
- 3 min
Blog 88 - Alpaca Close Up
My last two blogs have had a serious theme. I thought I would choose a scarf today to make me smile. Look…..this is Blog 88 of my second...
- Mar 6
- 3 min
Blog 87 - Venki
I told you last week I had already chosen this week’s scarf. Flimsy and fragile. I knew how this would start…..I still cannot guess the...
- Feb 27
- 3 min
Blog 86 - A Day To Remember
Thursday 24 February 2022. The day marked a goal for me. A group outing had been organised to visit the Poppy Factory in Richmond by Age...
- Feb 20
- 4 min
Blog 85 - Valentine Roses
I hope all my readers received or gave some token of love on Valentine’s Day this past week. I associate red roses with this particular...
- Feb 13
- 4 min
Blog 84 - Beauty Spots
The magic carpet has been neglected for some time, in hibernation, like its owner one might say! We shall have a gentle flight today...
- Feb 6
- 3 min
Blog 83 - Blessings From Afar
Yes, it’s an odd title this week. It has been a very odd week. I wrote last week’s Poppies blog thinking positively of Pussy Galore,...
- Jan 30
- 2 min
Blog 82 - Poppies Galore
I didn’t know Joan. Yet now I have a connection with her. This beautiful fine wool shawl by LIBERTY was hers. I doubt if she ever wore...
- Jan 23
- 3 min
Blog 81 - William Morris
I had selected this scarf earlier in the week to wear today in celebration. Little did I know the excitement I would have in my search...
- Jan 16
- 4 min
Blog 80 - In Memory
Colette Pepino……I have no idea who this designer is. I am wearing one of her scarves today. I imagine she must be probably French or...
- Jan 9
- 3 min
Blog 79 - Cruising
You will all know I am rather restricted in my life style at present due to my injured foot. I have therefore re-invented my ground floor...
- Jan 2
- 4 min
Blog 78 - Questionable Art Nouveau
I thought I would send out my New Year greetings wearing an Art Nouveau scarf. I had selected this stylish number by Emilio Pucci but on...