Category: slow days
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Slow Living Doesn’t Always Mean Doing Nothing
Sunday morning was exactly how slow living should feel. Coffee. No alarm. No rush. Cows grazing in the field and clouds moving slowly across the sky. We could go somewhere.We could take a book outside.Or we could simply do nothing for a while. And for a while, we did. Then we checked the weather forecast. Rain for…
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Why We Leave Part of the Garden Wild
Sometimes the best thing you can do for a garden is simply leave part of it alone. When we first moved here, we imagined neat paths, freshly cut grass and tidy flower beds. Some of that happened. But quite quickly we realised that the most interesting part of the garden was the one we weren’t…
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When the World Finally Goes Quiet
Every evening, the landscape changes its voice. When the sun disappears behind the hills, the daytime world slowly gives way to another. It simply changes its voice. The daytime birds slowly fade away, and another world begins to wake up. The frogs begin their evening symphony from the pond. On warm summer nights they are…
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Morning Rituals ☕️
Slow mornings rarely look the same. Morning Coffee Most of them begin with a simple cup of black coffee. If the weather is kind, I take it outside before opening my computer or checking my phone. Sometimes I walk through the garden. Sometimes I wander into the meadow looking for Koblih. Other mornings I simply…