The July boxes celebrated Imbolc on August 8th, with the underlying theme being awakening.

At the start of July I had already seen a beautiful water hyacinth flower pop up under the apple tree. Chilly frosts blanketed the ground in the morning making everything appear like some kind of wonderful fae playground. Sometimes we’re blessed with sunny days as the sun shines through the bare branches of the trees, straight through the windows as the sun is much lower in the sky than in summer, and just brings a sense of joy with it. It’s still really, really cold but spring isn’t too far away and it’s almost time to awaken from our winter ‘hibernation’