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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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Love this scarf on you. I've been looking at it online. Maybe my next purchase. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much for your supportive comment. Best wishes, Anne X
You look lovely! It’s so good that you’re walking and getting better. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
Thank you so much, Lauren! X
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Tag Archives: blue
Friday post 24/04/26: With a lovely reveal!
Welcome to my blog where I share my adoration of beautiful scarves and my love of reading. Today I have a reveal for you… Ooh! The orange box again in it’s cute outer cover! OK, I’m teasing you with another … Continue reading
Posted in Scarves, Shopping, Wardrobe
Tagged blue, Blue Nile, blue topaz, Etriers Remix bandana, Françoise de La Perrière, green, Hera, Hermès, Lands' End, Massaccesi, orange, pink, reveal, turquoise, white
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Friday post 20/03/26: Mother’s Day and lovely scarves!
Friday is here again and I have had a good week, in the main. Last Sunday was Mother’s (Mothers’ ?) Day with a lovely afternoon tea, cards and presents. Over the rest of the time I have continued my walking … Continue reading
Posted in Jewellery, Lifestyle, Scarves, Special days, Wardrobe
Tagged afternoon tea, blue, bluebells, cowboy knot, dragonfly wings, earrings, green, Hermès, Le Caroussel du Tigre Royal, Mothers’ Day, Persepolis, red, turquoise
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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 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 23/01/26: With a sneaky reveal!
So it’s Friday once again! Those of you with sharp eyes may have already spotted the new scarf that I am revealing today. I managed to purchase it just before the annual price increase hit, which was great for me. … Continue reading
Posted in Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged Alice Shirley, blue, gavroche, Hermès, orange, pink, reveal, Sous Le Charme d’Orphee
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Friday post 17/10/25: I have actually managed to go out!
Welcome to my blog. For most of this year I have been using Friday’s posts to log our house moving saga. Today I don’t have any news for you on that front, instead I am writing about my first trip … Continue reading
Posted in Handbags, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged blue, Hermès, Ianthe, Liberty, Massaccesi, Mythiques Phoenix Coloriages, navy, pink, red
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Friday post 15/08/25: Just a quick one!
Today’s post is really short because I am still suffering with the hot weather. I have been stuck in our bedroom all week. There is a terrific ceiling fan in here that is helping me to stay as cool as … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Wardrobe
Tagged blue, green, jade, Lands' End, Massaccesi, navy, One Hundred Stars, turquoise, white
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Friday post 11/07/25: Moving house #12: Just over a week!
I’m finding it very difficult to believe that we are almost there! On Monday 21st July, our removers are coming to pack up the home that we have lived in for nearly 25 years. Our sons were little boys when … Continue reading
Posted in Lifestyle, New home, Scarves, Shopping, Wardrobe
Tagged blue, Clarissa Hulse, Cyanotype scarf, house move, moving house, navy, white
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Friday post 24/01/25: a kind of rambling post about my current state of mind!
I can’t believe that Friday has come around so quickly. For today’s post I had intended to write the Scarf of the Moment profile for my new Hermès scarf, Le Carrousel du Tigre Royal, but I am not able to … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Health, Lifestyle, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged blue, cloud, depression, Hermès, illness, iPad, laptop, Le Caroussel du Tigre Royal, mental health, navy, Oliver Bonas, pink
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