dust off those winter blues, it's time to start again

a long comforting list of everything we have to look forward to this spring

the sky is finally that shade of blue that i love; vibrant, intentional, loud. it’s a shade that pulls me out of the winter blues and makes me want to do something, not quite leave the house just yet as it was around 10° yesterday and mornings still have a sharpness in the air, but inspiring enough to get me to my desk and tackle a new piece of writing, a continuation of a project or start something new altogether.

i hope you’ve rested over the winter. i hope you took things a little slower and waited for the daffodils to poke their tiny heads from the soil before you told yourself you had to be productive. truthfully, you don’t ever have to be productive, simply being alive, breathing, giving your houseplants the carbon dioxide they need to survive is productive. but if you had some goals you wanted to achieve, some rituals you wanted to solidify, now is the time.

like the tiny seedlings in the pots on my kitchen windowsill, we’re going to take it slow. trees and flowers and tall blades of grass don’t appear overnight, they take time, and so should we. the ideas we’ve had over the winter should excite us now, they should begin to take shape and form, begin to poke their own tiny heads above the soil and materialise before us.

and while we warm our palms to pick up our paint brushes, pens, crochet needles, garden tools, wooden spoons, we have an abundance of things to look forward to all around us. there’s so much to do, so much to see! here are some ways we can embrace the nature of spring and enjoy everything it has to offer:

• notice the sunshine filtering through the trees and then filtering through net curtains or through the leaves of your houseplants and making pretty patterns on your carpets or wood floors

• the random patches of your floors at home that have been loved by the sun and stepping on them unknowingly with bare feet, staying there for a while

• deciding now is the perfect time to start experimenting with baking, starting small with some cinnamon rolls, an apple and blackberry crumble, cookies and gaining the confidence slowly to branch out to something more decadent

• coming home from work guided by the sun instead of the moon trapped behind clouds

• sunsets you can watch from your sofa instead of the obstructed view from your office window because you’ll be at home when the sun ends her longer shifts

• finding the perfect sun drenched spot on the sofa to read books on

• vibrant green leaves poking their heads out of bare tree branches, how excited they must feel, how fresh and new it all is for them

• welcoming new hobbies, like for me, colouring has really taken off in this household, my partner even gave it a try. he loves it.

• there’s currently a spring sale on steam at the moment, grab a cosy game or two to settle into the season with

• and sinking into the 3.0 animal crossing update and designing the island of your dreams in slumber islands (instant bridges! i’m still not over it)

• sun salutations. now that the sun is actually visible and i can feel it on my arms through my windows, starting the day with some gratitude feels just right

• reminding yourself through the season that spring is the official time for new beginnings, that now is as perfect a time as any to start again

• the abundance of tiny daisies poking out of slightly overgrown grass

• wildflowers in general

• waking up to blue skies, sunshine and birdsong

• switching something up in your life, spring cleaning, rearranging. i recently completely rearranged the layout of my desk and it feels so refreshing along with spring blossoming outside my window

• nature walks without boots, hats, long coats and scarves, letting the edges of blades of grass tickle your calves, being able to hold the weightless life of a flower in your hand, having the physical freedom to take in everything nature has to offer

• light jackets

• making art, writing stories and promising that you won’t show anyone or post it online. engaging with projects without external validation

• that random week in early to mid may where it is nearly too hot and you wonder if it’s too early for a sundress and you start to think about the weeks on end where you’ll have the opportunity to wear that sundress again and again and again

• the perfect degree of heat on your cheeks

• saying goodbye to your long winter coats and thick jumpers

• the call of the soft life getting louder, filling your home with fresh flowers, slow walks through parks with friends, drinking tea and coffee outdoors and people watching, watching life unfold once again

art by mossedmars

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hello quiet readers, happy spring!!! my partner and i recently bought some seeds at the garden centre and we’ve been waking up to see how much they’ve grown every morning. they really do grow up so fast :’) i can’t tell you how much joy i have now that i have a garden for the first time. i cannot wait to finish preparing it and get these flowers outside! i just really need to get over my fear of bugs and buzzing noises lol.

i hope you’ve had a lovely week, and if not, there’s always next week. take it slow today, do something nice for yourself. maybe take some inspiration from this week’s post and write a list of your own of all the things you want to try this season. it doesn’t have to be a lot, just something to spark joy :’)

if you missed it, here is my latest cosy hobby with me youtube video, zine making! and here is my latest post, a diary entry on a spring-filled trip to the postbox.

okay, that’s all from me. i’ll see you next week in the sun room <3