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Tag Archives: winter
In search of hygge
Going back to what innately draws us as the winter season plays out its pantomime of darkness and severity, we find ourselves recognising the light of ourselves shining back at us across the cosy darkness of our most intimate living spaces, delivered straight out of the eyes of others we hold dear as we embrace the darkness to forge times of warmer glow in communion with family and friends, even strangers that have spontaneously gathered upon these terms of hospitality, conviviality and generally good vibe. The ability to create, cultivate and and sustain the spirit of hygge through the darkest of times is a skill-set we could all use, regardless of our seasonal light-quota. So, what is hygge? Here’s what it is (and I think you’ll like it)… Continue reading
Posted in Art, Art in the living space, Art transformation tool, Christmas, Craft & design, Culture, Health & wellbeing, Holiday destinations, Life choices, Lifestyle, Personal Development, Photography, Shopping, Travel
Tagged candles, celebration, coping with winter, cosy, darkness, Denmark, fireplace, happiness, heart-warming, hygge, joining with others, koselig, light, magical, Norway, shortest day, winter, winter birdsong
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One walk, many skies
It was one of those bright and reasonably warm February afternoons where the sun is acute and golden in a bright blue sky yet it was already working on producing some wonderful contrast, whipping up clouds into monumental formations, sculpting … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Nature, Photography, Seasons, Sky in art, Walks
Tagged appreciation, clouds, contrast, dramatic, English countryside, February, inspiration, light, looking up, photography, radiance, sky, walks, winter
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Winter light
For some time now, like one of those playful little projects saved up for nothing but the enjoyment of doing them, I’d been meaning to compile a video made up my of all the tiny snippets of footage of winter … Continue reading
Posted in Animal art, Art, Art purpose, Art technique, Birds, Landscape art, Music & theatre, Music composition, Nature, Seasons, Social media, Walks
Tagged ambient, Berkshire, butterfly, geese reproducing early, light, mild winter, red kite, River Blackwater, seasons, seasons are altering, skylark, sunlight, Swallowfield, video, video as art, winter, winter butterfly spotted
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The winter garden
A garden I know so well, from a different season…and here it was, dressed up in its winter clothing. There’s something eerily magical about a sleeping garden in mid winter; you can almost sense all that latent energy pulled deep … Continue reading
Posted in Art technique, Gardens & gardening, Health & wellbeing, Nature, Photography, Seasons, Travel, Walks
Tagged Christmas, garden, Hampshire, inspiration, secret garden, West Green Gardens, winter
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