š Happy St. Patrickās Day! š
May your day be fair and full of green. And may all the golden luck, rainbows and good wishes be with you today! š
{Joan Parker, “St. Patrick’s Day Layout”, 1966. | Photo by ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images}
Hello, March. Weāve already seen a few signs of your spring-y arrival, here and there with the bursting forth of snowdrops and daffodils. Theyāve been dotting hills, lawns and gardens with little dazzling white and custard yellow bursts of magic against the green.
Weāre ready for you to continue lengthening our days little by little. Weāre ready for more ramblings in the woods and along the coastal path. Weāre ready to wear the green for St. Patrickās Day and feast on my Nanaās Irish soda bread.
Weāre ready to dance in our kitchen, crafting meals that allow us to cook with the season. Weāre ready for more movie watching, popcorn eating, puzzle doing, quiet weekends just getting to be together.
Weāre ready to carry on in this season of Lent and use it carefully as a time for reflection and an opportunity to commit even more ārandom acts of kindnessā. In my family we always āaddedā too Lent, alongside abstaining from something of our choice for 40 days. My parents instilled in us a need to do good within your own community and we have carried that into adulthood.
Weāre ready to continue to cherish the little things, to stop and be present and to find peace in the quiet moments.
Welcome March, weāre ready for all good things.
{Daffodils by Tatiana Boyko // Central Illustration Agency | Pinned HERE}
š Happy Valentineās Day! š
To me, Valentineās Day is a celebration of L-O-V-E in all its many shapes and forms, and although itās highlighted on this day, there are 364 other days in the year when it should be celebrated too.
May your day be filled with love in all its many shapes and forms.
{American actress, singer and dancer Debbie Reynolds, circa 1955. Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images | Pinned HERE}
All the little nisse have been tucked away until next Christmas. Every space has been dusted, swept up and mopped and there is now a bareness to our home. But that has been softened by greenery and twinkle lights still peeking out here and there.
To me, we have now moved into the darkest time of winter and we need all the warmth and magic that we can bring to a space.
But there is a beauty to sparseness, a beauty to stripping something back to the bone and enjoying it in its simplicity. There is a certain magic to this time of year not to let go unappreciated. Each season holds its own enchantment.
š§§ Happy Lunar New Year! š§§
May the Year of the Rabbit, bring luck and good fortune your way.
{Year of the Rabbit by Kathi Ember | Found HERE}
As with every New Year we stand on the edge, balanced, reflecting on what has been and what could have been. While, also dreaming about what is to come.
Let the countdown begin…
{Joan Collins | Image Found | Pinned HERE}
I love these in-between days. The space between the holidays. It isnāt wasted time to me as so many people feel, I think they are vital days. It is the time to relish in what has been, to reflect, to be and to prepare for the New Year to come in as much as you can prepare for the unknown.
There are no expectations on these days. Weāre not scurrying around wrapping, baking, delivering gifts, doing pre-Christmas cooking and baking prep. Weāre just being.
Watching movies, listening to Christmas music, basking in the glow of the twinkle lights. Going on long walks, reading, writing, working on puzzles, playing board games, visiting with loved ones and being still. These days have a rhythm all of their own. They are sacred days. We walk on almost hollowed ground. Where we watch time slip away from one year as we get ready to move into the next.
{Image FOUND Via Steven Singer | Inscribed on the back by my grandmother: “Bev & Chuck Merritt Dec 22, 1962” (Although she meant 1961) | Pinned HERE}
š Merry Christmas! š
{Original Caption: Pretty Columbia Pictures’ actress Beverly Adams is wishing everyone a Merry Christmas from the film capital, where she is presently starring in Birds Do It. The curvacious brunette, a former secretary to a judge before turning to acting, is under a long term contract to the studio. | Beverly Adams Posing for a Christmas Portrait | 1965 | Bettmann Archive}
