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#23,161
dharma said:
Hello cafe. Popping in but it looks like the wrong time :wtf: Ugh, snakes and spiders and rats!!! Coincidentally, I saw this gadget on TV this morning, on an invention show. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0192MB5R...t=&hvlocphy=9007325&hvtargid=pla-314702872443
I thought it was genius. DH doesn't like to kill the critters so he's always placing them in the garden. I might order it to make the job easier for him. As a kid growing up in New England, wolf spiders were the terror often found in the house. They look like tarantulas but are completely harmless. And boy can they jump. Horrific. I still shudder when I think of them. On a happier note, we currently have a tiny spider living under the window molding in the bathroom. We let him stay because his personal carnage is quite impressive. I would rather have him than all the little guys he eats. He is a sloppy guest though so DH cleans up after him. Sometimes critters can be good for a 200 year old house.
DD wants a pet snake in the worst way. I don't think I'd mind that but since she's off to college next year, I don't want the responsibility when she's gone.
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Just make sure DD doesn't get a boa constrictor. On the news -- it might even have been on CNN, it was reported that a lady called 411 and said she had a boa constrictor on her head. The operator was like, Whaaaa???? Turns out the lady owned a number of snakes as pets, including the boa.
 
#23,162
Hat Trick said:
I really enjoyed that book.


ROTFL! Those are BIG shrimp (they would have to be the size of tiger prawns to do that)!


Yes, plenty. I grew up in the bush.
My grandmother, who lived in Sydney, used to always make me check for funnel webs before getting into bed. (They like the comfort of a warm bed as much as we do).


Actually, that's a good idea! A friend who lived in an area of tropical jungle (not here) had one to deal with the cobras and the scorpions. It was vey cute. And deadly. I saw it take out a scorpion once. It was like watching a scene out of a Rudyard Kipling book!


Ahh, its not really that bad. :biggrin: You get used to it.
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Those mongoose critters are fierce! They go at the snake and back again! I never thought of them as cute. Will have to take a second look at them on the web.
 
#23,165
You know, I would not invite me to a party. Sorry to share so many stories about gross out topics-slugs, snakes, rats. How about if I try to change the subject.

I spent the last two days reading the grail scarf thread from back to front. It was fun until I got to 2012. Before that it was mostly people who don't post here any more and scarves that I have a had time imagining as grails. Thought I would share a few thoughts that I found interesting from my reading.

Most of all I found it interesting that Tango Tosca waited 8 years to find a scarf in the colorway she wanted. Looking at that long game sort of instilled a bit of patience in me.

I found it interesting that BCC has bought between 240-300 scarves and has sold almost as many reducing her collection to about 10 scarves. Since I am trying to keep my collection small, I felt inspired that someone who could have 300 scarves has 10 in order to make sure she only has stuff she wears. But it was also a touch scary to hear her say that some of them she wished she still had.

It was charming and amusing to get the various reports of the size of PBP's collection. Remember I was reading from most recent to oldest so her collection was 100, then 80, then 71, then 41. At 41, there were words to be eaten -- something to the effect of I don't think I will be getting a lot more. PBP--seeing your purchases really impressed me with your ability to pick good colors. While I think the color choices of your kellys are TDF, you colorway choices for scarves are also amazing. Your la femme aux semelles de vent is truly spectacular. And what a great colorway for fleurs d'indiennes. And you have my grail colorway for l'arbre de vie.

There was lots of discussion about how much was too much to pay for a grail. Marie Touchet made the observations that grails fall from favor and decline in price. Yesterdays grails are today's no big deal. I was surprised that some of my own silks which I acquired quite cheaply were yesterday's grails. So now I am thinking that maybe if I wait 5 years or so, some one will give up their C'est la Fete in my preferred colorway and sell it for a price that is less than the crown jewels.

Papertiger made the observation that a grail chosen in the wrong colorway is really hard to wear. That issue has made me slow to try to acquire a ELEK or a Fluers d'indenies or Coupons Indiens. It was reassuring to read that scarves, deemed a grail by the collective, tie better and wear better than the apprehensive expect them to. So those challenging to choose grails are worth it.

It was great to see so much eye candy. It was educational to see popular scarves in the different colorways and tied differently. Reading this thread did not contribute to breaking the bank. I did add one scarf, which will remain nameless, to my wishlist. But I took one shawl off of my wishlist after realizing that while I love the pattern and colors, I don't like the way it ties. And since that shawl is still in the boutiques, I feel less pressured by the need to get it quickly before it leaves the stores, so now I can put immediate money to grails of days past.
 
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Cordie, the grails thread is fun. The silkie group is really a nice crowd. Tango tosca is inspirational. Have you read her thread? I love how she demonstrates different ways to tie each scarf and her various outfits. (I suspect she wasn't looking too hard for that last grail because I had seen it in that colorway multiple times when she posted that she finally found it. I had considered it because it was jardin de nouvelle angleterre ) I took a lot of inspiration from her and from myh. And mai tai of course but her coloring is very different than mine so most of the things she chooses wouldn't work for me.

I definitely fell hard for the scarves. I'm at 99 now and editing down. I fell into the trap of collecting because something was beautiful rather than buying what I wanted to wear. That leads to having a lot of unused things sitting in the closet.

I also had to learn how I wanted to wear my scarves. I fell into the trap of just pairing a scarf with a matching sweater and calling it an outfit and that was starting to look rather frumpy. That's why I stopped posting on scarf of the day. If I chose my scarf first the outfit was starting to become almost an afterthought and I wasn't dressing well. I had to decide if my goal was collecting scarves or dressing well. I'm still working on my spreadsheet experiment. I put together my outfit first and then I decide if I want to add a scarf. This leads to better outfits.
 
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I figured out several formulas that work well for me. It's a work in progress.
1. Distinctive jacket and a large format silk or cashmere in a simple low contrast design for work in fall or winter.
2. Dress with a 90 or a mousseline for spring and summer.
3. Jeans, cardigan and a large format silk or cashmere for casual winter wear. Add an Hermes belt.
4. Maxitwilly to define my waist on the underlayer of a cardigan set.
5. Large format scarf in a long bias fold over almost anything for any season. It gives me the long look that I crave.

And gasp: [emoji33] sometimes it's just a better look without a scarf at all or just needs a solid colored cashmere scarf which I generally buy from Eric bompard.

I really tend toward the large format scarves now. 90s are very tricky to wear without being aging. And I love the 70s but I find myself just not wearing them. Twillies and gavroche s are a complete waste of money for me.
 
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I can see how easy it is to start "collecting" but thankfully, I lack that gene. One or two of anything usually works for me. In scarves I have some formats/fabric that I can use frequently, (140 csgm, moussie) so I would/should buy more of those.

Even though I said 'no more 90s' I really wanted a silky souvenir of my vacation and they had nothing else, so I got the 90 iris. Which is stunning and makes me happy - so many colours.

My current approach is to fill my scarf collection by colour. So far I have the following in H: orange/cream, red, teal, pale blue, and the iris which can be red/teal/mustard/blue/pink.

I want to add pinks - hot and pale, a grey neutral. And turquoise.
 
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Genie27 said:
I can see how easy it is to start "collecting" but thankfully, I lack that gene. One or two of anything usually works for me. In scarves I have some formats/fabric that I can use frequently, (140 csgm, moussie) so I would/should buy more of those.

Even though I said 'no more 90s' I really wanted a silky souvenir of my vacation and they had nothing else, so I got the 90 iris. Which is stunning and makes me happy - so many colours.

My current approach is to fill my scarf collection by colour. So far I have the following in H: orange/cream, red, teal, pale blue, and the iris which can be red/teal/mustard/blue/pink.

I want to add pinks - hot and pale, a grey neutral. And turquoise.
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These are great goals Genie. It's always ok to add a scarf of it makes you happy.
 
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Pocketbook Pup said:
I also had to learn how I wanted to wear my scarves. I fell into the trap of just pairing a scarf with a matching sweater and calling it an outfit and that was starting to look rather frumpy. That's why I stopped posting on scarf of the day. If I chose my scarf first the outfit was starting to become almost an afterthought and I wasn't dressing well. I had to decide if my goal was collecting scarves or dressing well. I'm still working on my spreadsheet experiment. I put together my outfit first and then I decide if I want to add a scarf. This leads to better outfits.
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What an interesting thought. I have been working on a new wardrobe and was using the scarves as a starting point for mixing colors. But I realized the outfits all looked the same. Different color--same look. I have also heard that said about Mai Tai--that her outfits all look the same within a formula. I am tryng to figure out how to have the scarf be a partner in the outfit rather than the star. Our how to have a scarf go with an outfit that has a different star like interesting shoes or an interesting cut to the clothes.

What is your spreadsheet experiment?
 
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Genie27 said:
I find 90s aging as well.

The maxi twill waist is a great idea. Do you need the long one or does the new size work also?
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Genie. I haven't tried the new maxi twillies as a belt. It can probably be done but it will only wrap once so it won't give that obi look that I like.

Here's one look from last winter. Also an ad that I just received from barneys. Maybe an interesting look?

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Cordeliere said:
What an interesting thought. I have been working on a new wardrobe and was using the scarves as a starting point for mixing colors. But I realized the outfits all looked the same. Different color--same look. I have also heard that said about Mai Tai--that her outfits all look the same within a formula. I am tryng to figure out how to have the scarf be a partner in the outfit rather than the star. Our how to have a scarf go with an outfit that has a different star like interesting shoes or an interesting cut to the clothes.

What is your spreadsheet experiment?
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Yes, you expressed it exactly. Have the scarf be a partner or second fiddle to something else in the outfit. And I like your idea of an interesting shoe or cut of clothes etc. That's why I went with the very modern distinctive cut of the bar jacket. And I'm trying to think of more contemporary looking shoes.

The spreadsheet experiment was to list all of my scarves. Each time I wear one I'm ticking it off. I do not pick the scarf first or try to find an outfit to wear just because I want to wear a particular scarf. I pick my outfit then add a scarf if it adds to the outfit. I can see what I'm wearing and the rest really needs to go.
 
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