I’m never ready for winter’s harsher rhythms, the encroaching dark and the loss of colour outdoors and I’ve an adversion to slippery mud and damp! But I know when a fight is futile! So, I am trying to embrace the unique magic of this colder, darker time of year.

I’ve been considering new ways to embrace the winter months we’re in. Adjusting my mindset to welcome the quiet time, embrace the warmth and comfort indoors and the time to plan.

Hygge prevails!

After all the glitz of Christmas, January can seem like a long stretch of cold and dark. It can feel like all the fun has been packed away with the fairy lights and the Christmas tree decorations! But spring and summer are already under construction.

I love a seasonal celebration and ancient traditions that still have value in modern-day life. This time of year is wrapped up in festive tales and traditions

Hellebores boast both beauty and low maintenance although they are far too modest to boast! Instead, they quietly get on with looking lovely through weeks of deep winter, bringing joy and light to our winter shadowed spirits.

When the garden’s hidden under a layer of snow then perhaps perfume isn’t the first thing you expect to encounter outside your back door. Yet there are some great plants out there producing scent at this time of year.

There’s a beauty to be found in the bare bones of winter and the art of noticing is a great way to connect into nature during the winter months.

Folklore has it that 13 January is the coldest day of the year.

I’ve been resarching why…….

The full moon in December is the brightest of the year. It’s also a rare chance to see a 13th full moon in a calendar year.  The final full moon of 2020 peaks on 30 December, although it will look bright and full for a few days either side.