I am always enjoying the moment. I know a lot of people who wish it was Summer all the time. I personally love every bit of every season this beautiful planet has to offer.
Living in synchronicity with the seasons enable us to feel the cycle of life, and live our lives according to it.
As we get closer to Midwinter, the waning circle of the Sun will come to a stop.
Winter is a time to rest. When all Nature goes to sleep, and if we can, we must slow down too. Make time to read, write, music, and creative projects.
It is a time for survival for most species, and for our ancestors it was too.
The days getting shorter and shorter, colder and colder.
The pantries would be full of preserved food that would last through the winter.
The days getting shorter and shorter, colder and colder.
The pantries would be full of preserved food that would last through the winter.
The harvest of the Summer and Autumn would be all they had. The convinience of the supermarkets has separated us from the rythm of Nature.
As the days get shorter and colder, we would find ourselves in the comfort of our home, of our hearth. Home is an important aspect of Winter as we will be spending more and more time in there.
With most of the trees being naked the landscape changes drastically. With this the evergreens, the trees and shrubs that for our ancestors would magically appear to resist the hard Winters, would take a great place in this season.
Trimmings of holly, ivy, and conifers would be brought into the houses to decorate, to celebrate the midwinter.
We're close to the solstice now... I can feel its changing energies. This is the turn of the year, when the waning cycle of the sun comes to a stop, and the days will start increasing again. But nevertheless, the Winter will remain here until the first thaw, and the coldest months are still to come...
Sláinte 🌀
~ Sara Valentim
