I can’t help thinking of this old Statler Brothers’ song when I look at the decorative headbands I just finished. There are days when I wish that visual stimuli would NOT make me think of a song, but, alas, that’s just how I’m wired. It’s just part of the musical chatter than runs through a musician’s mind.
“Counting flowers on the wall, that don’t bother me at all,
Playing solitaire till dawn, with a deck of fifty-one . . . “
Personally, if I’m going to stay up until dawn, I’d prefer making jewelry to playing solitaire, but “to each his/her own.”
Headbands seem to be quite the thing right now among women with few years on their faces. However, even my 89 year old mother wears a headband to hold back her beautiful gray hair. 
The newer embellished headbands, however, are no longer just for functionality, but rather for adornment.
The initial three headbands pictured and one hair clip at the bottom of the photo are the start of my learning to decorate hair ornaments. I want to continue to make some of these with beads, dangly chain, etc. They are quick to make and fun to create. Now, I just wonder if I can get my mother to wear one that I’ve embellished. You never know; it seems to me that any woman who would get her picture taken with a flower in her mouth would surely wear a fancy headband!
Love the photo of you and your Mum! It appears that you are thoroughly enjoying no longer being in the registered cattle business.
Btw, that song was one my Dad always sang, whenever someone complained about being bored. (as children, we quickly learned not to be bored as a consequence)
Hi Sara, I’m glad that song brought you a memory. Yes, I am enjoying having more time for things rather than spending it collecting data on the cattle business.