Gratitude’s Grey Roar

Cullercoats Bay, 03 March, 2022, 14.54

5 things I’m grateful for right now:

1. Getting back into the sea and her always being there for me.

2. My body who is getting me around each day as I venture back into the world after hibernation.

3. Early white and pink blossom coming out on fruit trees.

4. Miss Ella diving back into school and her social life.

5. The weekend is just around the corner and hopefully a lie in.

Autumn Walk

This is my season.

I love this time of year. Autumn is my birth season and it’s when I shine. There’s that ‘back-to-school’ feeling accompanied by the change in energy and light. There’s a bubbling of anticipation as the landscape is on the turn. Transformation is possible.

I lean into the season by getting outside into nature as much as possible. Usually when the schools go back , we can enjoy a few weeks of sunshine, a late summer roll out of heat before the temperatures drop.


September is also a good month also to enjoy sea swimming as this is as warm as it’s going to get, The North Sea, after storing some of the summer’s warmth. The water can be so clear sometimes, calm and still.

This transitional season is beautiful because where there is life there is also decay and death. The late blooming flowers still have some joy to give. At the same time as the berries are bursting out of brambles and bushes. Leaves begin to turn colour, to collect in brown bundles. A time to harvest those seeds we planted in spring. A time to count our blessings and give thanks.

Happy Autumn x