Hello, kindred spirits — As the seasons quietly turn, so do the rhythms of our lives. In a world that often pulls us outward, let’s pause and turn inward — to share what’s truly alive in our days right now. Whether your focus is currently on: 🏡 Creating a home or garden sanctuary — planting, designing, dreaming 🌍 Living closer to nature — through food, movement, slow living, or seasonal awareness 🌱 Growing and preserving — harvesting abundance, fermenting, drying, or seed saving 🕊️ Deepening connection — to the land, to community, to your own inner quiet 🌀 Navigating transition or change — relocation, lifestyle shifts, or personal transformation …or something else entirely — your path belongs here. Let’s share and support each other in the comments: What’s one thing your hands or heart are tending to these days? A project, a harvest, a question, a dream? No need for polish or perfection — just real, honest glimpses into the lives we’re consciously shaping. Let’s inspire, encourage, and grow together. *Feel free to add a photo of your garden, your kitchen, your view, or simply drop a 🍃 to let us know you’re here.*

Does January sometimes feel like a space in between to you? Between the holidays and big plans, between what has been and what is about to begin? We rush into “new year, new goals,” yet January may not be the month for launching forward, but the month for pausing. Time is not something nature announces with a starting signal. The calendar says “January 1.” Nature says “keep resting, keep sleeping.” Our bodies are often still in winter mode while our minds already want to speed ahead. The two faced god Janus captures this tension. Past and future face us at the same time. There is no priority given to what comes next, only the present moment in which we are asked to remain in the in between.The name January comes directly from Janus, the Roman guardian of thresholds. One face looks back, the other looks ahead.This means that in January, the old and the new coexist. There is no clear direction and no demand to move forward yet. It is the moment before decision, when time feels held rather than driven. At Janus’ side stands Saturn, the god of finitude and limits. He tests visions, restricts possibilities, and makes the boundaries of what is possible visible, physically, energetically, through willpower, and in our capacities. Not everything we plan can be realized immediately. Sometimes it matters more to first recognize where reality sets its limits. The old names of this month tell the same story. Hartung, Ice Month, and Wolf Month all point to resistance. Frozen ground where effort brings no result. Movement that is possible but risky. A fragile sense of order and the closeness of uncertainty. January therefore invites us to recognize melancholy as a tool. Not as sadness, but as a state of gathering and concentration. The logic of purpose and constant performance is paused. In this school of time, we learn to endure stillness.When plans have not yet taken hold, decisions are not yet mature, and time cannot be “used,” January invites us to remain at the threshold, to notice what is still active, and to allow what is coming to take shape in its own time.

Hi Nature Lovers 💕 why are you in this community? What brought you here and what are you looking to get here? Do tell, please 🥰 and thank you!