planning for dark and rainy days (inspired by Ani Lee) This week I opened my inbox to find a newsletter from Ani Lee about preparing for her first winter in the northeast and it really struck a chord with me. Although I moved farther south to Portland the winters here feel somehow worse to me. […]
preparing for winter — Emily of sorts
I’m not a big one for going overboard on seasonal decorating, except at Christmas when all taste and restraint goes out the window and every space is filled, but I do like having some areas of the home that change to display the season.
I love decorating my fireplace, for example, and there’s a slate cake display that I find irresistible to fill with candles, figures and small found objects that make me feel the spirit of the season is on me.
Today, I decorated for Autumn. Fabric leaves, conkers and acorns, candles in soothing, soft scents like cashmere and sandalwood and the colours of Autumn all round. Bliss.
The Danish concept of Hygge is a blissful art of life that means encompasses a feeling of cosiness. And within this cosiness, there is a purpose of …
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