I'm Taking a Staycation

it's time to slow down and enjoy my garden

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Enjoying Nature at Home

Spring has been an incredibly busy time for me. I have renovated two gardens and completed a third, which I began last summer. All of them are packed with native plants and plants chosen especially for pollinator and wildlife benefit.

Summer is also a time that I dedicate to my family and to slowing down the pace of my work. I’m taking time off from writing the weekly Hedge Mystic email to enjoy a three-week staycation. I’ll be walking in the garden early in the morning, watching the bees wake up and the bluebirds, wrens, and tree swallows nesting in our birdboxes feed their young. I’ll be talking to the turtles and definitely stopping to smell the roses.

During that time, I’ll create a new School of the Seasons Summer Solstice Exploration and Experience to join the Imbolc, Ostara, and Beltane offerings. Eventually, materials for each season will be housed on an easily accessible page.

I’ll return on June 19th, and you’ll receive an email with the link to the Summer Solstice School of the Seasons materials.

Meanwhile, you can enjoy some of my past writing for this season, including…

• Nature Spirits + Devas, encountering beings of light

• I'm Still a Maiden Even When I'm a Crone, the Beltane Effect

• Value Your Experiences in Nature, make time for stillness instead of social media

• Mythic Seasons, the re-enchantment of nature

• The Celtic Month of Duir, The Oak, journey to meet a dryad

You can find the entire Hedge Mystic archive HERE, including all these articles and many more.

Before I go, I want to share a short video of my garden. Everything you see is a native plant (except the salvias in the Teardrop Garden) that has co-evolved with birds, bees, insects, and animals in my region and supports their life cycle in many ways. One of my passions is inspiring others to engage with nature and make a difference in their own little corner of the earth, bringing healing and restoration to all beings.

The comments section is a safe and welcoming space to share your insights and experiences.

Comments and conversation are always appreciated and enjoyed, so feel free to let your voice be heard. I read them all and try to respond to each one.

Thank you for reading Hedge Mystic and participating in this vibrant and growing community of creative, spiritual humans. You are always welcome here, appreciated, and loved. 

PS

I’m still booking personalized Tarot readings. The summer solstice is approaching, the pinnacle of the Sun’s illumination, and it is a perfect time to see things in the clear light of day through what the cards have to say. Learn more and book HERE