Dress Of The Day with Angela

 A large scarf makes a swimming pool or beach sarong. You just tie a double knot. The fabric has to be strong enough not to tear, but thin enough to tie a double knot which will hold. A thin. strong cotton will do, or a large oblong sold as a sarong. Sofia in a sarong from Indonesia. Photo by Angela Lansbury.Copyright. I was taken by this lovely lime green sarong. It has a fringed edge. The pattern is butterflies. I call this colour lime.  See later post on the colour lime. Do you like butterflies? Do you like butterflies as a pattern on fabric and paper? The butterfly has been chosen as the new symbol of Costa Rica. Useful Websites One big butterfly when you spread your arms wide, but only then. 12.25, from Shein. Good value. Unusual. Curved edge. https://sg.shein.com/Butterfly-Print-Tassel-Trim-Cover-Up-Skirt-p-12445819-cat-2176.html?src_identifier=st%3D2%60sc%3Dsarong%60sr%3D0%60ps%3D1&src_module=search&src_tab_page_id=page_goods_detail1681133054162&mallCode=1 h...

An American Woman's Hair Routine  In the USA on a travel press trip, a glamorous lady who edited a travel magazine had long shining hair.  We enviously asked her, "How do you get such lovely hair?" She replied, "I wash it every day - in the shower, when I have my morning shower." UK Hair Washing Habits That was back in the nineteen eighties when in the UK most people had baths, and washed their hair once a week, on a Friday night, ready for the weekend, in a wash basin. Now, living in Singapore, humid Singapore, where you shower at least once a day, in the morning, and if you are at home, often morning, lunch time, evening, even four times a day, in a cold shower to cool off,  I often wash my hair in the shower. Having wet hair helps me stay cool at home at the desk or out on holiday In summer in the UK, Washington DC and the USA, beach holidays in Europe, out for the day driving around Cyprus, and Singapore all year. In any case, since Covid, I have been swimmi...

  Parasols preceded umbrellas. Sunshades are needed as often as umbrellas in sunny Singapore. What's with the funereal black mask? July 1st 2020. You can see that in Singapore we were issued with black re-usable masks. We are allowed to start using the swimming pool again, for the first time since early February or March when the use of swimming pools was banned. I was standing under a parasol over the table by the condo swimming pool. The Pink Folding Neck-Covering Cap The pink hat is a fold-up hat you can keep in your pocket, as you can see from the lines down the stiff brim. The back is a lightweight and snap on and off neck covering to shield you from the sun, protect from sunburn, keep cool. protect you from prying glances, to hide your hair, to keep off flies. The balcony has protective railings - one of the reasons for choosing this flat rather than another in the same condo, which has several blocks, with 12 or 16 floors, each with four units.  The multi-colour umbrell...