Paisley, Paisley

When I was young, I got a paisley scarf from Tie Rack as a gift from someone who had come from London.  Several years later, I got another one and this time it came with a small booklet on how to tie scarves.

In case you didn't know, paisley was not a common design in the home country and neither are scarves.  So the paisley scarves were pretty special but they didn't really get much use.

Whenever I see anything paisley, I think of scarves.   

When I think of paisley scarves, I think of Tie Rack.  

When I think of Tie Rack, I think of London.

I honestly thought only Tie Rack could only be found in London.  So I was surprised to find Tie Rack here in Australia.  There certainly weren't any branches of Tie Rack back in the Philippines.  And with the weather there, people hardly wore scarves.  

Yesterday, when I went to the semi-annual Wesley (a uniting church) garage sale, I chanced upon a basket of scarves.  I picked up a violet one thinking that maybe MyGirl would like it.  (I',m not particularly partial to violet, you see.)  However, when I got home and showed it to MyGirl, I got a lukewarm reception.  

MacGyver quickly gave his two cents worth.

He  said, "Do you know who I think would appreciate that?  GI."

What a brilliant idea!  It WAS something that GI would like.

True enough, when I showed it to GI when he woke up, his face lit up like a Christmas tree.   

This scarf now belongs to him.

Here is GI wearing a genuine Tie Rack scarf.

 I got this for him last year (when the scarves went on sale.)

This is his current FB wall photo.