Scarves Scarf of the Day 2021 - Which Hermès scarf are you wearing today?

[Karenska]

Good morning all! On this last day of the three day holiday Dia de Muertos, which is also All Souls Day, I am joining my C'est La Fete sisters and twins. This was my 2020 grail scarf but I did not receive it until 2021 (long story) and it has been patiently waiting its turn for a TPF debut. Please forgive the terrible mod shot!
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Oh, wait! I have a better picture. Showing Mr. Bones himself on the blue side and also, y'all KNOW I would have the right shoes...
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Such fun! Lkb, I’ll bet your skeleton is the best turned out in your neighborhood! Great shoes, too.

 

[Karenska]

I’ve been enjoying everyone’s posts as always, but life’s been hectic so haven’t had the chance to contribute my own SOTD pics. Anyhoo, yesterday DD and I went shopping for the day, maybe pop in to H I said (!) so took the chance for a selfie on the train, could equally have been on theme last week as I have Doigts de Fee in four colours.

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Oh, and bought a new bag - oops!

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Oh, that carré is so elegant and elegantly tied, Paula. And congratulations on your new bag!

 

[Karenska]

I am now waking up and actually waiting for the next Ghost Rider post-- totally hooked @Redbirdhermes by your scarfs and youor creativity in devising linka dn explanations...Congratulations on another red beauty for your collex!

Yes, congratulations, @Redbirdhermes !

 

[Karenska]

Yesterday for Hallowmas, wearing the perfect skeletal scarf of the Season....C'est la Fete... (this one is the original 70cm, in the Kaki dip dye colorway)

Living in Texas, it is inevitable I grew up appreciating many Mexican cultural traditions, among them Dia de los Muertos, which I think officially goes from November 1-2. But Halloween, and the following 2 days comprise a a full event since the early Middle Ages called Allhallowtide. Of course, this one has a more serious tone to it, so I think I'll stick to the more light hearted and celebratory Dia de los Muertos.


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Don’t you look pretty, Bunny, and I love the color of your dip dye. Very spooky and Halloween-festive. It’s so appropriate that so many cultures celebrate the dead at the end of the year, when everything is dying. I always feel so introspective and quiet during this time of the year. I put up an “altar”, a kind of mix of All Soul’s Day and Hallowmas and Dia de los Muertas, of relatives and friends who have passed. I include rosemary and lavender. The pets get a special section. I find it incredibly comforting to erect this altar and remembrance of those loved ones who are with us in spirit only.

 

[Karenska]

GTN was going to be my scarf of the day for it’s virgin outing. But I remembered I sprayed perfume today and dont do that when I am wearing a silk. So I wiped as much as I could off and put on the scarf for a photo and then took it off. Never even got to take the tag off .
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Fabulous pairing, Nomad! Stunning. I hear ya about the cologne! I only put it on my wrists and décolletage- never on my neck anymore.

 

[Karenska]

As long as he doesn’t touch the scarves…

Absolument!

 

[Karenska]

True story: last night I dreamt I was in some outdoor market and found a cream and copper colored Voyage a Pytheas in one of the stalls. I happily paid $612 for it and ran to show @Living.la.vida.fifi who immediately spotted a big stain and then informed me it was a completely different design.

What a nightmare.

But because the temps fell 20° overnight and the rain moved in, I was able to sashay out the door in Sweet (Sweat?) Dreams

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Totally awesome! Those happy monsters!

 

[Karenska]

A funny ghost story today. A few years ago, the local museum arranged some Halloween-themed activities. One of which was a talk by the paranormal society. I took my kids to listen to it. One of the stories told had to do with selling salt. Yep, in Singapore, the ghosts will buy salt

According to local ghost lore, if you are desperate for cash, buy lots of salt, package it into tiny bags, then go stake out a spot in the cemetery for overnight sales. Keep your head down and, when a spectral hand comes into view, take the cash from the hand and pass it a bag of salt.

The intrepid paranormal investigators decided to go sell salt. Late that night, they got very excited when they saw ghostly lights bobbing in the cemetery, coming ever closer. It must be ghostly customers! Paranormal proof!

Nope, it turned out to be flashlights used by policemen who wanted to know what they were doing, lurking in a cemetery

My salt scarves: white table salt Carreves, grey fleur de sel Apres le Deluge and pink Himalayan salt Etude Pour Une Parure de Gala.
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What a fun story, Xincinsin, and great idea to give salt names for your scarves. All three of those carrés are stunning. You wouldn’t get me in a graveyard trading salt for cash .

 

[Croisette7]

Yummy colors, for sure.

Oooh, I love these, Croisette, especially the purpley- fuscia and blue.

Spectacular colors, oh my!

Many thanks, dear Karenska!

 

[Croisette7]

"Kitty B&B" "Scarf Goblin" memorable @xincinsin phrases...


Where to begin? One of my favorites of yours is Monte Carlo! I love the way you tied your Carpe Diem, as well and the Poste et Cavalerie with that brooch is perfection, @Croisette7 ...

How beautiful @Tasha1 -- I love this design in CSGM.

This is so charming and I can see it wold be the perfect travel scarf. Near my home there used to be a summer camp and every time I passed it I saw the archery set up on a rollong hill and the children lined up ready to let their arrows fly. Wonderful scarf @lanit!

Twins on this! Looks beautiful with your blue sweater and bag!

As a polka dot lover, I can't fail but smile at this @lanit!

Thank you so kindly, LKBNOLA!

 

[labelo]

Cosmographia SF edition by Jan Bajtik
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That special edition Cosmographia is so lovely. I'm realizing that a red hem is a rarity in my collection!

Yesterday's SotD was Les Boxes by Jean-Louis Clerc (old photo, but same outfit). If I understood correctly, this was first issued in 2006, posthumously. It's one of the few "classic" style scarves I have; it has the wide borders I typically avoid, but I think the contrast hem makes a big difference.

 

[Karenska]

Another "spiritual" one today - Arbre du vent. This design is absolutely gorgeous and the artist actually has a long PDF describing the meaning behind everything. it's really worth a read.

https://monetlugo.com/hermès --> click About the artwork at the bottom for the pdf

Hermès' scarf description is the following:
L’Arbre du vent is a tribute to the Huichol people of Mexico’s western Sierra Madre – also known as the Wixáritari – and their polytheistic religion, worshipping the divinity inherent in every aspect of the natural world. At its centre, the scarf depicts the eye of god, the protector, surrounded by the four elements, marking the four corners of the Huichol world: Mother Water, the origin of life, Tatei Haramara; Earth, the soul of the world, Tatei Yurianaka, with two hummingbirds fluttering above, symbolising the souls of traditional shamans; Grandfather Fire, Tatehuari, and Air, Kieiri, the Wind Tree. Mexican artist Montserrat Gonzalez-Lugo has taken inspiration from traditional bead embroideries and threaded wool pictures to depict the essence of Huichol spirituality.

I unfortunately only have a pixly small image saved of my colorway


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Thank you, blydia, for sharing this information and scarf. It’s a real beauty. I love how you paired it and tied it.

 

[Karenska]

Toys in an attic can evoke both sentimental memories of the golden days of childhood or perhaps feelings of abandonment and sorrow. Tales have also been written in which toys—especially dolls—are full of evil intent and downright creepiness. (The phrase can also colloquially mean someone who’s sanity is in question, but that’s for another day). We live in an historical building in New Orleans, originally founded as a girls' asylum and orphanage and subsequently purchased by Ann Rice, the author of the Vampire Lestat books and the trilogy The Witches of Mayfair set in her hometown of New Orleans. Rice restored the building with period décor and furnishings, but she kept the chapel intact, using it to house her extensive collections of dolls, miniatures and religious artifacts. St Elizabeth’s was not only her home but also a gallery (see photos).

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St. Elizabeth's was divided into 21 condo units in 2003. Ours is on the top two floors of the left-facing tower. It is rich in associations for the city, and very much associated with Ann Rice and her vampires, witches and ghosts. Events were held there and tours were offered to the public so many people visited the doll museum/chapel. For today's theme, I am wearing Zabavushka, which celebrates the famous Russian toy museum, showing the corner full of nesting dolls:
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What a great story, Lkbnola, and I love the place photos. Your Zabavushka is TDF. My favorite cw, it look so beautiful on you. And very appropriate to your story!

 

[turfnsurf]

Kudos @Karenska for hosting a marvelously entertaining spooky week!

What a completely FANTASTIC week it has been! The scarfies really pulled out all the stops on story time!

BRAVO everyone!!!!

Of course, it's still a little early for Sunday where I am, so I will finish this week off for myself with one last scary tale....

It's 1:53 AM, and I am still awake, waiting for the dreaded TIME to arrive....the dreaded FALL BACK, that so many people love, and I hate. Why??? Why do we do it??? (I hate both time changes to be brutally honest. They mess me up for weeks....)

But while everyone GAINS an extra hour, I do not.... Nope, I don't. Because, for the cats, 7 or 8 AM (feeding time) will now be 6 or 7 AM, and outside potty time will not be 4:30 or 5 AM but 3:30 or 4, until I can work them forward...Their body knows the time, not the clock! So I expect I will be passed out around my usual time to post in the morning. So I am doing it early (...erm...late... )

Now onwards for me. (But feel free to share some more stories too if you like...)

07 Nov 2021 Brought to You by the Letter J: Jan Bajtlik, Jean-Louis Clerc, Joachim Metz, Julia Abadie

This week, we start November (YES! Where did the year go?!?) and start the themes for the eleventh month- 11 Pipers Piping.

Now, we had originally posted on the calendar for artist names beginning with J. But I thought, you know... why not find as much J as we can? So we are expanding this week for Artists with last name J, and scarves that start with J...and you get the idea.


This week bring out your fabby Jungle Love, your Jardin d'Hiver, your Jan Bajtlik, your Virginie Jamin and JUMP in to November with a J!


First up- I promised I would not keep everyone waiting on my fab Sales Goggle scarf from my scary story....


Please meet Virginie Jamin's Panoplie Equestre CSGM! I just love the border here!

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Jan Bajtlik - Animapolis Maxi Twilly Slim

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And any excuse is always good for Jungle Love.

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And now, my Twilight Zone is complete. I started at 1:53 and now it is 1:08....

Wowsa Bunny- Congrats on your new GSGM- Makes me wanna grab a cuppa and get cozy...
Thanks for lovely kick-off for this Fall week. Such pretty Bajtliks

 

[Karenska]

I'm really enjoying everyone's stories and scarves this week!

This week, I hadn't thought I would have much opportunity to share as I'm just not that creative when it comes to stories, but the spirits have willed it otherwise. Like @Snausages , my next story revolves around a dream from a couple of days ago. Well, not MY dream, but Mr BCs.

It is a well known fact in House of Bunnycat that I have weird dreams. And the other day Mr BC declared that one of my dreams had been misdelivered to him the night before.

Apparently, we were driving in the car in some out of the way town, and stopped at a little country store with no people around. We went in to look around, and found that there were dozens and dozens of H scarves of all sizes there for an amazing deal. (Yes please!!!!! ) Apparently I went bananas in the store with full Sales Goggles (copyright @Cookiefiend ) and then we left and the car broke down (yeah, that's my actual real kind of luck...). Of course, he thought this was the height of weirdness, but I duly informed him that there had been no mention of being spies on a mission, trying to escape from aliens that were planning on taking over the world, and having a few things explode....so in my dictionary, not tooooo weird except for the country store in the middle of nowhere we happened to find full of H scarves.

Now here is the more eerie part. Last week, I DID have a SERIOUS attack of Sales Goggles. In fact, the bargain was so good, I said "damn the torpedos and my CC bill!", dropped everything else like a hot potato, and bought it. And... I did not tell Mr BC about it...And it quietly got delivered with no fanfare at all while he was out for a walk so he didn't know that yet another CSGM has quietly slipped in to my corral......

So I think the dream was delivered to warn him by ALLLLLL my rather frugal grandparents and great grandparents and aunts and uncles who probably spin in the graves every times an H scarf wings its way in to my scarf drawer.....like a strange "In the Mirror, Darkly" version of It's a Wonderful Life....


WHICH SCARF???
WITCH SCARF????

===> And which scarf it is, I will keep you in suspense for the rest of the week, as it fits next week's theme very well..... <=====

But here is my DREAMY Karnak mousseline I wore yesterday instead, in colors which always say "dreamtime" to me

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Great story and yes, those frugal ancestors were at you, Bunnycat. And you are keeping us in suspense! Can’t wait….