A visit to a historical house led me to ponder on approaching Christmas with simplicity rather than falling into the madness of the season that can so quickly overwhelm us if we do not take a thoughtful and purposeful approach. To escape the festive crowds and the cold, I nipped into the doorway of a …
Have you ever wondered what life lessons we can glean from nature to apply into our lives for better connection and mental well-being? I find that being out in nature and free of the distractions of busyness and technology, I am free to slow down enough for my thoughts to have room to breathe and …
Winter has come marching in… Winter has well and truly arrived in North Wales. We woke on Wednesday to snow-capped hilltops and a scattering of snow in the garden. I, of course, was thrilled! I LOVE snow and seeing the countryside cloaked in her winter splendour. We were certainly not expecting to wake up to …
My Dear friends Welcome to Seasons of Grace and Learning… As many of you know, this little corner of the internet began many years ago under the name Under an English Sky, a place where I shared the rhythm of our days, home education adventures, the simple joys of homemaking, and the everyday beauty of …
The Seasonal Home in Early Autumn The approaching autumn brings a gentle shift in the air—a coolness in the mornings, the first golden leaves crunching underfoot, and a quiet turning inward that seems to come quite naturally as we prepare to welcome in a new season. Early autumn always brings with it a sense of …
We are just a few weeks away from the start of a new season, my favourite season of all…autumn. I am aware of the fading summer garden and the shortening days. I am no longer awakened at 4am with the rising sun, and I am having to switch on the lamps earlier in the evenings. …
August is here, the last month of summer. We’ve had some glorious weather this summer and a good few rainy days too which has been nice. I feel like we have had a good run of weather this year and while I am not wishing away these last days of summer, I have to admit …
It’s 5am on the first morning in our new home and I am sitting in the conservatory, my hands cupped around a steaming mug of tea, watching a badger gorge on bird seed from the feeder he has tipped over and raided. I move to re-adjust to a more comfortable position, alerting the badger to …
2025… is my year of resolve. In February this year, I wrote a post on slow living. I was feeling overwhelmed with the pace of life, the influence of social media, even the slow life is being romanticised unrealistically. With the rise of AI, we are in more danger of losing our jobs, skills, talents, …
Materialism is an ever-constant assault on our senses. It’s everywhere. All the time. Trying to convince us that happiness and contentment can be bought. I was scrolling through my archives and found this post that I wrote in 2015. I couldn’t help but think how much pressure to ‘have more to have happiness’ has increased …
