Let’s see if this works. I’ve been having issues loading pics. Here’s the Hermès bracelet I was referencing.
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This is off the top of my head but I think the oldest living one who was in Japan (unsurprisingly, since Asian culture respects elders more than the West) died recently at 19, I think. A cherished female koala in Australia died at 9 and that was viewed as premature. I think 12 to 15 years is regarded as a normal lifepan. Problem is that koalas like to sit in the middle of country roads or cross them which exposes them to car strikes. Their habitat gets broken up by development which limits genetic diversity. (Male koalas are supposed to wander around and establish their own territory).
Habitat fragmentation makes koalas vulnerable to chlamydia which causes blindness and infertility, the first sign is conjunctivitis. I was wowed by one of the people who virtually adopt koalas (kind of a social prerequisite in pro-koala FB groups) who adopted all the blind ones in one sanctuary.
A vaccine is under development and antibiotics can clear the infection. But the bottom line is koalas are fragile, in part b/c all they eat is eucalyptus.
That the one I was thinking of! Mine has a black onyx carving. There are rings in the color of your bracelet which would be nice to pair with it. The red carving is pretty.
Wow, kudos to the person who adopted all the blind koalas. My oldest Maltese who‘s almost 16 turned blind last summer so I know how hard it can be to look after a blind animal. Of course, there’s no comparison to looking after blind wild animals. Hats off to all the carers and volunteers.
I had to look up conjunctivitis. My new word of the day!
This is gorgeous, @etoupebirkin! Haven’t seen anything like this. Looks amazing. I don’t suppose H makes them anymore?
Could you please share pics of your bracelet and ring. This could be my next obsession although I’m working with a jeweller in LA on a custom piece virtually for the first time and it’s nerve racking.
It's the weekend and time to wedge yourself into a fits-just-right forked branch, kick back, and time for a nap.
I think the very round faces of koalas, ears the size of flyswatters, and overall fluffiness are adorable. I am in some FB groups where a big part of the action is admiring pictures or videos of koalas posted by members. They are just so charming that's not hard to do.
The video you saw, "Koala kicked out of tree and cries," seems to have been reinterpreted as a fight between two males. I was looking for another video and saw the reinterpretations. I don't think that's right, females are smaller than males, for starters, and it wasn't evident she was built like a maie. And she was a wonderful drama queen, if I was a koala I'd have her as a friend.
It's a cloudy rainy day today so I don't think I'd get good resolution on the photo of my bracelet, especially bc the agate is black. So, will try tomorrow. There was one for sale recently that had a good picture; I may be able to remember where I saw it and post that one.
So, did you see the video of Triumph with his bright orange prosthetic foot? I wasn't sure it would play, sometimes FB videos don't.
@Fabfashion "Koalas are the most loved animal in the world," according to Damien Cave, the NY Times correspondent for Australia .
@Fabfashion glad you saw @etoupebirkin bracelet, the red agate allows the detail of the carving to show up better than with my black one. This style of bracelet is IMO unusual for Hermes. It's unusual for anybody, actually. It has a bit of an antique look, agates were used in the Victorian era b/c Victorians liked natural materials. (Also, gate link bracelets were fashionable during the Victorian era and the links of the H bracelet rather resemble a gate link bracelet). During the Victorian era so-called "Scottish pebble jewelry" or Scottish agates were fashionable. They still are made to some degree but not in the volume of that time. In fact, Hermes made a scarf of Scottish pebble jewelry, "Fleurs d'Ecosse." You can see from the scarf that these stones were primarily set in silver which went well with the soft agate colors. Victorians loved carved cameos but I haven't seen a carved agate like what Hermes has. Agates were set in patterns, usually fairly basic patterns (I have a Prince of Wales feather brooch with different color stones for the 3 lobes of the feathers. I didn't know it was a P of W brooch, when we were in Edinburgh a antique shop owner mentioned it. The exception is plaid brooches with tend to be somewhat small with carefully selected polished stones and colors to imitate a tartan, more or less.
Victorian jewelry is my favorite era of jewelry. I have several sterling lockets and so-called "book chains" that hold them. Used to wear them all the time during the summer. Sterling jewelry was fashionable then because silver mines had just been discovered in Nevada. Book chains refer to the flatness of the links, they could be stuck in a bible as a page marker.
Whew!! I hope that wasn't too much detail. Anyway, here's a copy of the scarf:
Victorian jewelry is my favorite era of jewelry. I have several sterling lockets and so-called "book chains" that hold them. Used to wear them all the time during the summer. Sterling jewelry was fashionable then because silver mines had just been discovered in Nevada. Book chains refer to the flatness of the links, they could be stuck in a bible as a page marker.
Whew!! I hope that wasn't too much detail. Anyway, here's a copy of the scarf:
@eagle1002us, I was waiting to see your new koala pics. The mama and cub pic is super cute. The single one is so pretty and she looks like a girl although I don’t know if you can tell if it’s a girl or a boy based on the face? I did see the video of Triumph. I googled it up. He’s such a little champ.
Jumping in here, I got my bracelet in Paris in 2019 at Hermes along with the matching but very very simple necklace.
(a basic chain set very simply with 3 thumbnail-sized agates: yellow, black and red)).
I love reading all the details. Thanks for sharing. I was one of those curious students in class that always have their hand up and sitting somewhat close the front of the classroom (but not quite in the very row). Lol. I wonder what inspired H to go into making this style. It’s so unique and while unusual for H I can see the wonderful H workmanship.
The Fleurs d'Ecosse scarf is beautiful. Do you own one? What a wonderful spring-like colorways. I enjoy reading the background of each scarf. I keep the background story of each H scarf I own. It provides such a rich context to the design. I have’t bought any new scarf in a couple years because I ruined 2 of my new CSGMs in a space of 1 week. I wore them on separate occasions with a St John coat that has little chain at the collar and it pulled my scarves. I got so upset so hadn’t bought anything since for fear of ruining more.
I’ll have to check this out the next time I go to FSH. I’m hoping to go to Europe next year if we all can travel again. I was there in 2018 but was shopping for belts and the now ruined CSGM. I got my first vaccine today! It’s been slow going here in Canada. So there’s hope for travelling yet.
Jumping in here, I got my bracelet in Paris in 2019 at Hermes along with the matching but very very simple necklace.
(a basic chain set very simply with 3 thumbnail-sized agates: yellow, black and red)). This was the 2nd time I'd been to Paris, the first time was 6 months earlier. Afterwards I thought I was nuts to go twice in one year but Covid starting shutting things down in March the following year. It's hard to say whether we'll ever get back with all these variants.
Haven't been to H in the two years since Paris. Basically stayed home except for some routine doc/dentist visits.
H stuff is quite available in resale sites. I found a cuff at one for a good price. Another person had a cuff I wanted but did a bait and switch and sent a leather CDC not the sterling one I paid for.
Congratulations!! Had my first injection sometime in early to mid March, my second this week. I think we're in the 40 percent that are vaccinated at the moment so you are also likely ahead of the curve. Dr. Fauci, our guru, advised wearing two masks as he said nothing can get thru that. So, between the shots, the masking and the social distancing, maybe things will allow a trip or two.
Did you get a Hermes belt with the H buckle? How did you wear it? I missed the story of the ruined CSGM. ????