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What a special scarf and memories. Thank you for sharing this remarkable experience. Sailing in the San Juan islands is a treat. Even the ferry crossings encounter whale and orca sightings from time to time!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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I’m with you on that feeling today. You look lovely. The flaçon pendant is so pretty and brings out the sapphire blues in the silk.
that was my guess too. Sea otters are so full of character. There was a bonded pair at the Vancouver aquarium that famously held hands while floating about:
I’m catching up, but life continues busy and I’m still behind. Had to make a trip into the city today so, in honour of our lovely hostess, I made a little detour to the Biodiversity museum today.
SOTD was wild Singapore. I wish I’d had time to hunt down some of the specimens featured in the scarf, but I was able to grab some quick pics on my whistle stop tour:
The blue whale skeleton:
A veritable cornucopia of birds:
Some with fabulous plumage:
Eggs of different colours and sizes:
Butterflies:
And bees:
And moths:
Beetles:
And a turtle shell for @LKBNOLA!
SOTD had some of these, I think!
SOTD was wild Singapore. I wish I’d had time to hunt down some of the specimens featured in the scarf, but I was able to grab some quick pics on my whistle stop tour:
The blue whale skeleton:
A veritable cornucopia of birds:
Some with fabulous plumage:
Eggs of different colours and sizes:
Butterflies:
And bees:
And moths:
Beetles:
And a turtle shell for @LKBNOLA!
SOTD had some of these, I think!
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Ab-so-lute-ly gorgeous!!! Congratulations! And thank you for sharing such a memorable experience - and get an urge for going And for eating salmon! - Thank you also for winderful details from the scarf! I do not know enough about Oliver’s design and only have one myself. The presence of sesl, oyster, turtle, octopus and orca make me happy 😍 and I agree with the others who have identified the adorable otter!!!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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Thank you for photos!! And what a beautiful Wild Singapore. One like this got away from me, and seeing yours I regret it double. And wonderful with your blue coat!!!!
Good morning!!!
We began the week with the Big Three of Dallet, Oliver and Shirley, but of course there are many other artists who sprinkle multitudes of animals on our scarves - though not as often to represent a specific environment or naturalistic biodiversity.
Aline Honore’s animals are gorgeous and elegant (and a parade of lovely ACdlV has been observed in the wild already) and so are Katie Scots. Let us see more of your favourites of these!
Two recent Katie Scott from the archive
Some designers even have small signature animals, sneaking in everywhere - as Annie Faivre’s signature monkeys and Jan Bajtlik’s Black and White puppy. We had a Faivre week some years ago, and I was impressed about the monkey-finding skills of this forum.
Can we make other quizzes and games?
Can the combined effort in here determined how many dogs are on Animapolis? What exact species are on Equateur? Does other designers have signature animals ? etc etc
Some Faivre critters - from which design?
Yes. Jardin d’hiver :
And an Animapolis for good measure - someday I will register it’s total critter number. Not today.
Go spend time with making your scarves the puzzle of the day - and share the games you invent with us!
I am home in bed today nursing a massive cold and sore throat gathered during my trip, but this is my sotdby - before yesterday - a long considered Kachinas, which arrived in my absence and had to be tried immidiately after me getting off the boat. A nod to the other great Oliver designs just shared in here and with a tiny bird in the corner.
Wish you all a Flying Friday!!
We began the week with the Big Three of Dallet, Oliver and Shirley, but of course there are many other artists who sprinkle multitudes of animals on our scarves - though not as often to represent a specific environment or naturalistic biodiversity.
Aline Honore’s animals are gorgeous and elegant (and a parade of lovely ACdlV has been observed in the wild already) and so are Katie Scots. Let us see more of your favourites of these!
Two recent Katie Scott from the archive
Some designers even have small signature animals, sneaking in everywhere - as Annie Faivre’s signature monkeys and Jan Bajtlik’s Black and White puppy. We had a Faivre week some years ago, and I was impressed about the monkey-finding skills of this forum.
Can we make other quizzes and games?
Can the combined effort in here determined how many dogs are on Animapolis? What exact species are on Equateur? Does other designers have signature animals ? etc etc
Some Faivre critters - from which design?
Yes. Jardin d’hiver :
And an Animapolis for good measure - someday I will register it’s total critter number. Not today.
Go spend time with making your scarves the puzzle of the day - and share the games you invent with us!
I am home in bed today nursing a massive cold and sore throat gathered during my trip, but this is my sotdby - before yesterday - a long considered Kachinas, which arrived in my absence and had to be tried immidiately after me getting off the boat. A nod to the other great Oliver designs just shared in here and with a tiny bird in the corner.
Wish you all a Flying Friday!!
Thank you so much for taking us with you and DW on your marvelous journey! Such a great experience 😍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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Thank you for your kind words dear @LKBNOLA 😍 I am not so sure that I will be able to repeat the blow dry 😂
Oh poor @HermesEchidna! I hope you get better soon! 😍 And I think I have to be your scarf sister today with one of my Kachinas! 😊
Hope you'll be well soon, dear HermesEchidna!
How about some critters that are, quite literally "fabulous"? Based on the fables of Aesop, my shawl features a fox, a wolf, an elephant, a camel, a horse, a donkey, a panther, a dog, a frog, some birds and even a rat!
SOYE Le Livre d'Esope
Today's scarf has literary lineage too! The title of the wackily whimsical and utterly delightful Emile et Une Nuit is a pun on the "Les Mille et Une Nuits" tales that clever Scheherezade spun to beguile the king and stave off her demise. Emile's night however, is pure fun. As per the scarf story: "All through the night, under a sky of feathers and flowers, it's a spectacular firework display of joy and color." (@Cookiefiend did a marvelous job earlier this week showing the bugs so I added a butterfly ring to the party!)
SOYE Le Livre d'Esope
Today's scarf has literary lineage too! The title of the wackily whimsical and utterly delightful Emile et Une Nuit is a pun on the "Les Mille et Une Nuits" tales that clever Scheherezade spun to beguile the king and stave off her demise. Emile's night however, is pure fun. As per the scarf story: "All through the night, under a sky of feathers and flowers, it's a spectacular firework display of joy and color." (@Cookiefiend did a marvelous job earlier this week showing the bugs so I added a butterfly ring to the party!)
That is always the problem, isn't it? Nevertheless -- a lovely length for you I hope you feel better soon @HermesEchidna! That is always a risk of travel but nice that you came home to some beautiful new scarf mail. Congratulations on your lovely new Kachinas-- the birds are a favorite detail of mine as well. And what a parade of critters from Katie, Annie, Aline and Jan!!!
Wow @Lellabelle! Amazing. Thank you for bringing us along on your museum tour! That Wild Singapore is really beautiful on you-- and many thanks for the turtle shell! I have a soft spot for turtles-- carrying their home on their backs seems so resourceful and yet vulnerable...