#dec 27

The city was still buried under mounds of snow on December 27, 1947. Even Times Square was tranquil.

Also, with the Canada Post strike over, a package that I'd ordered all the way back in early November finally arrived. I'd ordered a couple more kaftans made of recycled vintage saris, from an Etsy shop in India that does free delivery by regular post, and around the time I was starting to think 'those should arrive soon-ish' (it takes a while), the strike started and added roughly a month to their shipping time.

I won't be wearing them much before the weather warms up anyway, since they're kind of lightweight for winter, but I love how pretty they are:

I now have one of each length of kaftan the shop sells, and think I like the midi length the most, since it goes all the way down to mid-thigh on me (methinks I need to alter my maxi length one to the same length). I find the short kaftan is a couple of inches too short for my height; still wearable, I just prefer stuff that runs a bit longer. Though I do love the sari fabric used for that one; it's a dark blue with blue-black leaf or plume patterns, with the leaves edged with a stroke of metallic gold. It's just so pretty. The other one is also attractive, it's all watercolour-ish blended streaky blue-green-beige with touches of purplish-pink and a bamboo leaves print.

I am almost certainly going to order more midi-length kaftans later in the new year, it'll be nice to have some pretty clothing for wearing this summer instead of just the plain men's tshirts that are my current mainstay (men's because I can find tall sizes easily in men's clothing, unlike in women's clothing where it's near-impossible to find, much less in larger sizes).