Neighbor lady + hand tats + gnomes=unlikely style inspiration

There's an older woman who lives on my street who's got hand tattoos, an I-just-turned-62-it's-time-to-give-up lady's short haircut, and a voice so growly and deep and laced with fire it makes me want to quit my sometime cigarette habit (for real this time) right this second. I see this woman every day—either walking her Yorkie or attending to her elaborate front garden of gnomes—but I'd never really thought about her style. Then today, out of nowhere, intimidating neighbor lady was sitting on her stoop with the prettiest scarf wrapped and tied artfully around her head. Though I'm nearly positive this fashion statement was not intentional (that the situation was actually more like, "I need my head to be warm. Screw it. This will do."), the effect was offbeat beautiful and Fellini-heroine-esque. The scarf was navy and red and looked kind of likethis, but a swirly orabstract patterned version would work nicely too. I imagine copying this trick in the spring on rainy days with a classic trench.