Tag: Fall
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How I’m coping with Seasonal Affective Disorder
I am a lover of all seasons, but as long as I could remember, I have always struggled with the dreary darkness of November here in Canada. The lack of daylight, the gloomy skies and the bone-chilling cold are but a bleak reminder of the long winter ahead of us for the next five months.…
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Fall Foliage at the Park
The minute the month of October ended, my feed and surroundings were saturated with Christmas and winter content that I was mentally and emotionally not yet ready for. My heart was still in Fall mode. In Toronto, the golden leaves were still rustling beneath my feet, and the season’s harvest was still sitting in our…
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Cozy Charcuterie Board
One of the perks of living in the city is being walking distance from major event venues, which has been so nice to return to with everything reopening again this year. In our neighbourhood, The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair was happening this season, and we decided to check it out. This year’s fair was the…
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A Day at Vettä Nordic Spa
When we heard there would be a new Finnish spa opening up just two hours north of the city, me and my Finnish husband’s curiosity peaked. Our life is certainly not void of a good Finnish spa; my in-laws have a fantastic sauna in their home, and we indulge in a good sweat session every…
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Sunrises in Muskoka
I’ve been lucky to spend some pretty memorable times in Muskoka this past year, and it just so happens that I’ve always gone up there during the change of seasons. I mark my moments up there as a symbolic place in time when the physical changes in nature was matching the changes and shifts I…
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Ontario Flower and Farmers’ Markets
As if right on cue, the air turned crisp overnight when the calendar marked the first day of the Fall Equinox earlier this week. I noticed on my walk that morning that, just like me, fellow urbanite pedestrians traded their shorts and sandals with jackets and scarves. Literally, an overnight switch had occurred. Those crisp…
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Reflections from this Virgo Season
My birthday season was a memorable one this year. I had a two week vacation and had all the time I needed to rest, recharge and get inspired. We celebrated our wedding anniversary at our camping getaway, I spent time with my family and friends, and I went on dates with myself to the spa…
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The Healing Touch of Sky and Water
It’s funny how things turn out sometimes. I was just telling my friend the other day that this week has felt so dreary. So unmotivating. So…depressing. Surely, this doesn’t sound like anything new for all of us living (read: surviving) in 2020. But for those of us residing in the Northern Hemisphere, prone to the…
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October Snapshots
October 2020. A bittersweet month. A milestone month. An unexpected month. A month when, a year ago, my best friend asked me to marry him. The month we were supposed to have our Fall wedding at a rustic restaurant physically surrounded by our close family and friends. Instead, it has become a month nearing the…
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September Snapshots
Does anyone else feel a shift during the month of September? To me, the shift feels deeply internal, almost like a cosmic pull. September is my birth month, so maybe that’s when Virgo energy is in full frequency as the sun and moon live in its constellation. Or maybe that’s just the magic of September.…