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Wearing my most critter-y design today - Dans un Jardin Anglais. Got as far as the bias fold and then just gave up. In the endless battle between the hammer and the nail, I was definitely the nail today.
I can't love this enough! Thank you for sharing this incredible experience and how meaningful this scarf is for you. What a beautiful way to travel and to discover, I've always wanted to see more of that part of the world and now you really make me dream!Today I am wearing for the first time my Tsitsika 90, and I am over the moon that I was lucky enough to nab this. It is a Kermit Oliver design, and I think I am sisters with @EtsyBoss on this and others, I’m sure.
It is my understanding that the Native Americans/First Nations people depicted here are the Kwakiutl people. Every year DW and I take a trip on our sturdy Canadian-built boat for 2-3 weeks, launching from the San Juan Islands and going up into remote and largely pristine Canadian islands, and coastline, on the Inside of Vancouver Island. A fews year ago we went all the way up to the Broughton Islands and on our way back, we crossed Blackfish Sound (picture breaching Orcas and Humpback whales everywhere) and spent a few days at Alert Bay on Cormorant Island. This island is inhabited by the Kwakiutl People who are part of the larger Kwakwaka’wakw cultural group. There are also some non-native residents living on the island nearby.
When we arrived the village and the docks were bustling because the once-every-4-year run of “red” salmon (otherwise known as Sockeye) was happening just then (!) and they were heading out to catch the village’s allotted share. Over the next days, the fishing boats would come back full, and each residence had a large blue tub sitting in their yard waiting to receive their household share of the prized salmon. Every household was busy with cleaning their fish, smoking it, and mostly canning it because they needed it to last another 4 years - until the next run from the Adams Tributary. As we walked through a neighborhood to view the world’s tallest totem pole at the Big House, an older couple waved us over to their yard, sharing their excitement of the generous haul. They taught us how to clean salmon using a different method than the one we use. They showed us their canning room, their cedar lined smoke shacks and insisted we take a small fresh salmon back to our boat for our dinner that night. (We protested fervently but it became clear we were insulting them - Potlatch principles and all…. ) The woman’s grandfather had been the chief, and we later looked up her name and sure enough, it was so. And you know, it truly was some of the best tasting salmon we had ever had, and that’s saying something because we have consumed a lot of fresh-caught salmon over the years. I rank it in my top four salmon tasting experiences ever.
We met other Kwakiutl people while we were there, some of whom took it upon themselves to educate us on the history of what had been done to them by the European settlers. They also have an incredible cultural center and museum in which you can see many of the costumes and masks shown here on this scarf. It is called the U’mista Cultural Center. And along the waterfront there is an area where there are dozens of family totem poles of various ages.
So here is my Scarf of the Day, which also happens to have many critters on it. Tsitsika aka “The Time When Nothing Is Real”.
I decided to emphasize the marine life but have added a few terrestrial animals as well to the close up photos. You can just make out the orca on the upper part of my tie.
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We have a seal and a giant oyster shell (the animals are all rendered in various sizes having nothing to do with actual scale)View attachment 6156803View attachment 6156799
A spawning Sockeye salmon, an orca whale, and I especially love this tiny octopus (probably a Giant Pacific Octopus) that I had never noticed before. View attachment 6156800View attachment 6156801View attachment 6156802
There are many other critters on the scarf, so here are a few. I dare not try to name the rodent - maybe a mink as we have a lot of those? And another turtle for @LKBNOLA.
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How stunning @CedarWaxWing -- your Tzitzika AND most of all what it represents/memorializes for you! I could feel the intensity of your marvelous experience coming right off the page. Your description and the details are so vivid and the experience itself seems almost like the scarf title "The Time When Nothing Is Real"-- only it was! Thank you for finding me a little turtle and for sharing so many marvelous details. And besides this particluar cultural and culinary magical moment, how lovely your and DW's travels sound!Today I am wearing for the first time my Tsitsika 90, and I am over the moon that I was lucky enough to nab this. It is a Kermit Oliver design, and I think I am sisters with @EtsyBoss on this and others, I’m sure.
It is my understanding that the Native Americans/First Nations people depicted here are the Kwakiutl people. Every year DW and I take a trip on our sturdy Canadian-built boat for 2-3 weeks, launching from the San Juan Islands and going up into remote and largely pristine Canadian islands, and coastline, on the Inside of Vancouver Island. A fews year ago we went all the way up to the Broughton Islands and on our way back, we crossed Blackfish Sound (picture breaching Orcas and Humpback whales everywhere) and spent a few days at Alert Bay on Cormorant Island. This island is inhabited by the Kwakiutl People who are part of the larger Kwakwaka’wakw cultural group. There are also some non-native residents living on the island nearby.
When we arrived the village and the docks were bustling because the once-every-4-year run of “red” salmon (otherwise known as Sockeye) was happening just then (!) and they were heading out to catch the village’s allotted share. Over the next days, the fishing boats would come back full, and each residence had a large blue tub sitting in their yard waiting to receive their household share of the prized salmon. Every household was busy with cleaning their fish, smoking it, and mostly canning it because they needed it to last another 4 years - until the next run from the Adams Tributary. As we walked through a neighborhood to view the world’s tallest totem pole at the Big House, an older couple waved us over to their yard, sharing their excitement of the generous haul. They taught us how to clean salmon using a different method than the one we use. They showed us their canning room, their cedar lined smoke shacks and insisted we take a small fresh salmon back to our boat for our dinner that night. (We protested fervently but it became clear we were insulting them - Potlatch principles and all…. ) The woman’s grandfather had been the chief, and we later looked up her name and sure enough, it was so. And you know, it truly was some of the best tasting salmon we had ever had, and that’s saying something because we have consumed a lot of fresh-caught salmon over the years. I rank it in my top four salmon tasting experiences ever.
We met other Kwakiutl people while we were there, some of whom took it upon themselves to educate us on the history of what had been done to them by the European settlers. They also have an incredible cultural center and museum in which you can see many of the costumes and masks shown here on this scarf. It is called the U’mista Cultural Center. And along the waterfront there is an area where there are dozens of family totem poles of various ages.
So here is my Scarf of the Day, which also happens to have many critters on it. Tsitsika aka “The Time When Nothing Is Real”.
I decided to emphasize the marine life but have added a few terrestrial animals as well to the close up photos. You can just make out the orca on the upper part of my tie.
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We have a seal and a giant oyster shell (the animals are all rendered in various sizes having nothing to do with actual scale)View attachment 6156803View attachment 6156799
A spawning Sockeye salmon, an orca whale, and I especially love this tiny octopus (probably a Giant Pacific Octopus) that I had never noticed before. View attachment 6156800View attachment 6156801View attachment 6156802
There are many other critters on the scarf, so here are a few. I dare not try to name the rodent - maybe a mink as we have a lot of those? And another turtle for @LKBNOLA.
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Lovely, nontheless @Jereni! As I often say, let the scarf do the work...
Great scarf and critters but more to the point what a wonderful haircut @Katharina Luise -- you look beautiful!
Doggers on a beach! What a great way to start your day! Nice scarves too @LKBNOLA!
Today I am wearing for the first time my Tsitsika 90, and I am over the moon that I was lucky enough to nab this. It is a Kermit Oliver design, and I think I am sisters with @EtsyBoss on this and others, I’m sure.
It is my understanding that the Native Americans/First Nations people depicted here are the Kwakiutl people. Every year DW and I take a trip on our sturdy Canadian-built boat for 2-3 weeks, launching from the San Juan Islands and going up into remote and largely pristine Canadian islands, and coastline, on the Inside of Vancouver Island. A fews year ago we went all the way up to the Broughton Islands and on our way back, we crossed Blackfish Sound (picture breaching Orcas and Humpback whales everywhere) and spent a few days at Alert Bay on Cormorant Island. This island is inhabited by the Kwakiutl People who are part of the larger Kwakwaka’wakw cultural group. There are also some non-native residents living on the island nearby.
When we arrived the village and the docks were bustling because the once-every-4-year run of “red” salmon (otherwise known as Sockeye) was happening just then (!) and they were heading out to catch the village’s allotted share. Over the next days, the fishing boats would come back full, and each residence had a large blue tub sitting in their yard waiting to receive their household share of the prized salmon. Every household was busy with cleaning their fish, smoking it, and mostly canning it because they needed it to last another 4 years - until the next run from the Adams Tributary. As we walked through a neighborhood to view the world’s tallest totem pole at the Big House, an older couple waved us over to their yard, sharing their excitement of the generous haul. They taught us how to clean salmon using a different method than the one we use. They showed us their canning room, their cedar lined smoke shacks and insisted we take a small fresh salmon back to our boat for our dinner that night. (We protested fervently but it became clear we were insulting them - Potlatch principles and all…. ) The woman’s grandfather had been the chief, and we later looked up her name and sure enough, it was so. And you know, it truly was some of the best tasting salmon we had ever had, and that’s saying something because we have consumed a lot of fresh-caught salmon over the years. I rank it in my top four salmon tasting experiences ever.
We met other Kwakiutl people while we were there, some of whom took it upon themselves to educate us on the history of what had been done to them by the European settlers. They also have an incredible cultural center and museum in which you can see many of the costumes and masks shown here on this scarf. It is called the U’mista Cultural Center. And along the waterfront there is an area where there are dozens of family totem poles of various ages.
So here is my Scarf of the Day, which also happens to have many critters on it. Tsitsika aka “The Time When Nothing Is Real”.
I decided to emphasize the marine life but have added a few terrestrial animals as well to the close up photos. You can just make out the orca on the upper part of my tie.
View attachment 6156796View attachment 6156797
We have a seal and a giant oyster shell (the animals are all rendered in various sizes having nothing to do with actual scale)View attachment 6156803View attachment 6156799
A spawning Sockeye salmon, an orca whale, and I especially love this tiny octopus (probably a Giant Pacific Octopus) that I had never noticed before. View attachment 6156800View attachment 6156801View attachment 6156802
There are many other critters on the scarf, so here are a few. I dare not try to name the rodent - maybe a mink as we have a lot of those? And another turtle for @LKBNOLA.
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@CedarWaxWing, what an inspirational story! It gives the scarf so much more meaning. My vote for the little furry one is sea otter, enhydra lutris.
It is a beautiful cw @CoastalCouture! Congratulations. I don't think I have noticed the darling little bird!
Thank you! I love both-- you are right, the Compagnons is perfect with the lighthouses and the marine life @Croisette7. I think I am now your double twin on my two Peuple du Vent shawls: this and the rose vif/orange/naturel from 2019!
Oh my goodness, the ovadorium with the people in hazmat suits trying to keep the insect eggs in check before they turn into a bigger infestation totally reminds me .. forgive me some creative leaps here .. of scavenging for anything to reinforce our fence to keep my - - probably about to go into heat - newfie from digging under our fence to get to her - probably about to go into male heat - "boyfriend" on the other side.
The hormones from those two teenagers is approaching alarm level and I need to plan now how we are going to prevent little newfie-pointer pups! I mean, it would be the cutest infestation ever but, no - just no to that! I've never had teen-rager hormones to deal with. Every vet is recommending to let her go through at least one cycle before spaying her on account of her breed, size, and health condition. The boy pup has not been neutered yet and not sure when he will be........ Help!
Yes! We are definitely sisters on this! Congratulations on finding one of these to call your own. Yours is beautiful. I treasure mine. As a PNW-er, I am grateful to have one of these treasures. The detailed representation of nature that is critical to the culture of Kwakiutl People that KO has masterfully drawn is very special. It sounds like you were gifted an unforgettable encounter. Wear yours in good health @CedarWaxWingToday I am wearing for the first time my Tsitsika 90, and I am over the moon that I was lucky enough to nab this. It is a Kermit Oliver design, and I think I am sisters with @EtsyBoss on this and others, I’m sure.
It is my understanding that the Native Americans/First Nations people depicted here are the Kwakiutl people. Every year DW and I take a trip on our sturdy Canadian-built boat for 2-3 weeks, launching from the San Juan Islands and going up into remote and largely pristine Canadian islands, and coastline, on the Inside of Vancouver Island. A fews year ago we went all the way up to the Broughton Islands and on our way back, we crossed Blackfish Sound (picture breaching Orcas and Humpback whales everywhere) and spent a few days at Alert Bay on Cormorant Island. This island is inhabited by the Kwakiutl People who are part of the larger Kwakwaka’wakw cultural group. There are also some non-native residents living on the island nearby.
When we arrived the village and the docks were bustling because the once-every-4-year run of “red” salmon (otherwise known as Sockeye) was happening just then (!) and they were heading out to catch the village’s allotted share. Over the next days, the fishing boats would come back full, and each residence had a large blue tub sitting in their yard waiting to receive their household share of the prized salmon. Every household was busy with cleaning their fish, smoking it, and mostly canning it because they needed it to last another 4 years - until the next run from the Adams Tributary. As we walked through a neighborhood to view the world’s tallest totem pole at the Big House, an older couple waved us over to their yard, sharing their excitement of the generous haul. They taught us how to clean salmon using a different method than the one we use. They showed us their canning room, their cedar lined smoke shacks and insisted we take a small fresh salmon back to our boat for our dinner that night. (We protested fervently but it became clear we were insulting them - Potlatch principles and all…. ) The woman’s grandfather had been the chief, and we later looked up her name and sure enough, it was so. And you know, it truly was some of the best tasting salmon we had ever had, and that’s saying something because we have consumed a lot of fresh-caught salmon over the years. I rank it in my top four salmon tasting experiences ever.
We met other Kwakiutl people while we were there, some of whom took it upon themselves to educate us on the history of what had been done to them by the European settlers. They also have an incredible cultural center and museum in which you can see many of the costumes and masks shown here on this scarf. It is called the U’mista Cultural Center. And along the waterfront there is an area where there are dozens of family totem poles of various ages.
So here is my Scarf of the Day, which also happens to have many critters on it. Tsitsika aka “The Time When Nothing Is Real”.
I decided to emphasize the marine life but have added a few terrestrial animals as well to the close up photos. You can just make out the orca on the upper part of my tie.
View attachment 6156796View attachment 6156797
We have a seal and a giant oyster shell (the animals are all rendered in various sizes having nothing to do with actual scale)View attachment 6156803View attachment 6156799
A spawning Sockeye salmon, an orca whale, and I especially love this tiny octopus (probably a Giant Pacific Octopus) that I had never noticed before. View attachment 6156800View attachment 6156801View attachment 6156802
There are many other critters on the scarf, so here are a few. I dare not try to name the rodent - maybe a mink as we have a lot of those? And another turtle for @LKBNOLA.
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Here's mine -
Yes I was thinking that my scarf insect find was a bit darker. than what others were finding!
Beautiful beach walks with the pups - what a perfect way to start the day!
love the new haircut. It’s very pretty.