Spring feels like it has sprung these past few days. We’ve seen very little of blue skies this year so far here in Yorkshire, so when they finally appear, I’m left feeling inspired. The cocoon I’d placed myself in for winter is slowly breaking away and I’m looking for the signs of spring and the …
August is full of golden warmth. The fields are heavy with grain (that haven’t been harvested yet) and the hedgerows are starting to ripen with berries. The light is beginning to soften, even so slightly, as high summer is beginning its slow surrender towards autumn. There’s a pause here. A breath between the fullness of …
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As Summer continues to unfurl around me, I’ve been pouring time and intention into my garden, slowly shaping it into the sanctuary I know it’s meant to be. Like many, I need a space that is safe and joyful for my son to play in; but I also need somewhere that feels tranquil. I need …
In the height of summer, it doesn’t ask for permission. Instead, it blazes, stretches and spills over, touching everything that the sunlight reaches. And everything it touches, ripens. There’s a wildness in summer that I’ve come to revere. It’s not chaotic, but it is sacred and alive. The heat makes me slow down as the …
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Sitting out amongst the blooming flowers beneath the fading light. The smell of orange drifts on the breeze from the flower closest to me. Birds are still chirping, but the stillness is beginning to settle, even now. I watch as the trees sway in the wind, the warm air wrapped around me. The breeze is …
Each year, when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky, I feel something shift. Not just in the air or in the rhythm of nature, but within myself. The summer solstice marks the height of the light and the start of summer. It’s the longest day of the year and the sacred threshold …
Right now, my garden is awash in colour.Pink, red, yellow, white. Everywhere I turn, there is colour in a bloom. With the sun climbing higher each day and Spring beginning to tip ever closer to Summer, I find myself wandering my garden, eyes drawn to certain blooms that hold a deeper meaning and story.I began …
As a storyteller, a writer, and a Priestess, I’ve nurtured and honed my relationship with my muse. She inspires me endlessly in return for my presence and devotion.My muse?Nature.And nature doesn’t rush. She unfolds, meandering along the paths less travelled, and she blossoms in her own time.I let the rhythms speak to me- the seasons …
In Spring, growth blooms wild and untamed around us. Buds burst open, branches stretch toward the sun, and green seeps back into the landscape. At first glance, it seems simple. Linear. A seed is planted, it grows, it blooms, and eventually, it fades. But nature tells a far older, deeper story, one that spirals rather …
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The earth has begun her shift into lushness and beauty. We see it in the green sweep of the grass, the fullness of the leaves, the vibrant palette of blooming flowers, and the hum of bees weaving through the air. We stand now at the threshold – the tipping point between Spring and Summer, between …