Snowy Owls

When I looked at this week’s SIA inspiration, the “Snowy Owls” illustration from James Audubon’s “Birds of America”, I immediately thought of this shirt – the various stripes seem to me a great way to mimic the owls’ plumage. Of course, I didn’t account for the fact that the temperature suddenly dropped by half over the weekend (why wasn’t it this cold and rainy over the Lunar New Year break, when it was supposed to be?) so I had to layer a thermal shirt underneath this. The rest of the outfit just fell into place. I remembered to include my owl brooch at the last minute – it doesn’t go with the...