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Love Season
I call this time of year, “Love Season.” Not only is Valentine’s Day right around the corner, my wedding anniversary is in March. Something just feels right about celebrating love as the wheel of the year turns away from the winter solstice and towards spring. As the days brighten little by little, a feeling of…
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Hope for the New Year
Happy 2026! It’s going to be a beautiful year…I can just feel it. Through the years I’ve learned that in many ways, life is what you make it. If you want a happy life…focus on positive things. Oh, and try to see glimpses of beauty in the negative. The beauty is there if you look…
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Pieces of Our Winter Solstice Celebration
If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, the winter solstice is upon us. What a beautiful time of quiet, peace, and joy! For the past several years, we’ve celebrated the solstice in our home. It has turned into a lovely family tradition that all of us enjoy. First of all, I decorate a tree specifically…
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Welcoming the Winter Solstice
It just warms my heart that it’s almost the winter solstice. This has become a special time in my life since I largely view time as cyclical, not linear. I love the calm and clarity winter brings. For me, it is the season when I think most clearly. Oh, and the quiet dark hours is…
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Summer Solstice Ideas and Blessings
As a mom, I really enjoy celebrating nature with my children. And what better time to do so than when the seasons change? I live in the Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Time Zone, and this year the summer solstice for my family is on June 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM. The solstice doesn’t occur when…
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Beautiful February
Goodness, February is such a beautiful time. For us here in North Georgia, it often feels like the season is changing into spring. Daffodils are blooming, and some of my plants are starting to turn green. My hellebores are certainly putting on a show! After Valentine’s Day was over, I decided to take down our…
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Celebrating Brightening
Hey friends, and welcome to the blog! It has been such a great week. I think after one month of battling sickness in our home, everyone is feeling much better. It’s such a relief. If you are a member of a large family, I bet you know what I’m talking about! With that (hopefully) behind…
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Thanksgiving Thoughts
The oven has been on for most of the day, and the house is growing warm on this late-November evening. It must mean one thing. Thanksgiving is right around the corner! Friends, I’m really looking forward to Thanksgiving this year. Sometimes we run a turkey trot, but this year we are staying close to home.…
Nicole Crone 