Tag: autumn

Squashes

Posted on by philipdodson

Today, as I do most days, I visited our local bio-dynamic farm at Plaw Hatch.

I absolutely love the place and people who run it and today as always at this time of year they had their trailer full of beautiful squashes. I just love the shapes and the colours.

It is a reminder, as summer passes into autumn, that nature teaches us many things and the changing seasons and the pattern of life that goes with that is there to show us that things are born, they grow, they blossom and flourish, then they fade and eventually die.

Autumn is the phase where the once flourishing plant, flower, tree…starts to wither and to fade.

All things are temporary, so enjoy every moment and make all those amazing experiences that we can all make each and every moment. Don’t stay stuck in your thoughts and worries, just enjoy and buy some squashes to make some lovely autumn soup.

Autumn and cycle of life.

Posted on by philipdodson

Tuesday was the Autumn Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere.

‘So what’ you might say. It’s just another day, another season.

As humans, we have become very disconnected with nature. We spend precious little of our focus on it.

Yet, nature can teach us so much. The beautiful stillness of nature can teach us silence, consciousness and being aware. The cycles of nature, like the seasons, show us that things are born, they grow, mature and die.

This is the cycle that teaches us everything is temporary. Yet, it renews too.

When we spend time in nature, our natural essence is awakened and if we allow it, it will flourish and grow.

Autumn is a new adventure, a change, where the leaves turn and the life withers.

Autumn is an amazing time of change and it can be for ourselves too. Each moment unfolds with fresh opportunity.

Enjoy the new season, remember the cycle of life, it happens to everything.