We Bought a Zoo and Madewell Storyteller Scarf Review

Oh it has been one of those interesting days chez WMM.

The sky finally started to clear, but every band of sun was followed by an equally large band of cloud and rain!  The dog and I finally got out for a walk this afternoon and were rained on twice!  But we persevered, since that is the kind of people that we are.  Okay, he isn't a person, but he doesn't know that, so let's not tell him, shall we?

The old place is getting to be rather a menagerie of birds and beasts these days!  I feel a bit like Matt Damon in We Bought a Zoo!

We went from having no hummingbirds to having one and now to having four of them!  Last night was a hard night for Indy as he sat in the window and watched the aerial acrobatics in front of him, which made him quite dizzy I think, as he finally gave up and took a nap.

When you live in the woods, you are always visited by some animal.  Most days, it is simply the squirrels and chipmunks.

This afternoon, we were visited by a Raccoon, who interestingly enough, dug up a couple of bones that Indy had buried beneath my giant fleece flower and proceeded to eat them on the deck.

Indy was unimpressed, especially when the fellow had the cheek to wander around on his deck while I forced Indy to wait inside while i shooed it away...

And then tonight, while starting to write, I could feel eyes staring at me, and it turned out to be this groundhog, who sat looking in the window for several minutes.

It could drive a dog to drink, I tell you!  Here's hoping for no bears on the deck!

It is kind of fun to live in a place where little critters come to visit.  The groundhog above ate half of my italian parsley last summer - I wonder if he would follow instructions better if I spoke to him in Italian?

I thought you might be interested in a little goody that did arrive late last week: the Panamania Storyteller scarf from Madewell.  As you know, I was quite interested in this scarf, since I am in the process of reading David McCullough's book on the building of the Panama Canal, The Path Between the Seas.

So when Fabulous Florida Mommy noted that the scarf was on sale on her wonderful blog, well I had to have it so that I could add it to my David McCullough historical scarf collection!  I am not sure Mr. McCullough knows of this collection, but I do, and that's all that matters!

It is a lovely cotton scarf and it is huge!

This is the scarf laid out on my queen sized bed. It is much bigger than my other scarves by Madewell the ones of New York bridges or of Paris place names

And on:

There are a lot of nice colours to play with here.  I can see it with my red and white dresses, over several of my blazers and with navy as well.  The parrot motif makes it very tropical and if it ever dries up and warms up (though there are rumours of an 80 degree Friday around here), it will be appropos indeed.

But I am a glass half-full gal as you know and if there is one nice thing about the rain, it does make the crab-apple blossoms look lovely:

So that is some of the shenanigans going on here today!  Would love to hear about yours!

Stay Safe Out There!