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    Slow and Intentional Living,  Winter

    Creating a Winter Sanctuary at Home: Practical and Soulful Ways to Make Your Home a Refuge

    January 13, 2026 /

    After the sparkle of Christmas fades, home can feel quiet and bare. Here’s how to create a warm, nurturing winter sanctuary — with candles, textures, light, and gentle rituals that bring calm to the coldest months.

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    Seasonal Inspiration,  Slow and Intentional Living,  Winter

    Seasonal Rhythms for Winter: How to Align Daily Life with Winter’s Slower Energy

    January 11, 2026 /

    This January, forget harsh routines and fresh starts. Instead, learn how to align your days with winter’s natural rhythm — gentle movement, cozy rituals, and moments of mindful rest.

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  • Pinterest-style featured image for the blog post The Simple Magic of Halloween: An Intentional Guide to Its Origins, Traditions, and Celebrations, with warm autumn colours, a glowing candle, cobweb backdrop, and an open book.
    Autumn,  Halloween 2025,  Seasonal Inspiration

    The Simple Magic of Halloween: An Intentional Guide to Its Origins, Traditions, and Celebrations

    October 21, 2025 /

    Halloween began in Ireland as Samhain — a festival of fire, harvest, and remembrance. In this post, we explore the simple magic of Halloween: its Celtic roots, quirky traditions, superstitions, and foods, plus timeless games and rituals you can bring into your home today. An intentional, cosy guide to celebrating Halloween with meaning.

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  • Pinterest-style featured image for the blog post Five Ways I Cozy Up the Home in October, showing a warm autumn scene with a lit candle, a mug of coffee, a cosy blanket, and a book with autumn leaves — evoking cosy autumn home ideas, October home rituals, and seasonal decorating inspiration.
    Autumn,  Seasonal Inspiration

    Five Ways I Cozy Up the Home in October

    October 14, 2025 /

    Looking for easy, budget-friendly ways to cosy up your home this October? From flickering candles to autumn leaves in a jug, here are five simple seasonal rituals to bring warmth, comfort, and cosy vibes to your autumn evenings.

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    Autumn,  Halloween 2025,  Seasonal Inspiration

    10 Seasonal Foods & Treats for Halloween Night

    September 24, 2025 /

    Make your Halloween extra festive with 10 seasonal foods and treats perfect for Halloween night. From cosy comfort foods like pumpkin soup and stuffed peppers to sweet classics like caramel popcorn, toffee apples, and spooky cupcakes — these simple recipes will delight family and friends.

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  • Pinterest-style Halloween image of a galvanized steel basin filled with apples for traditional apple bobbing game, featured in blog post 10 forgotten Halloween games to bring back this year."
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    10 Forgotten Halloween Games to Bring Back This Year

    September 3, 2025 /

    Halloween once meant apple bobbing, ghost stories, and quirky fortune-telling games. Here are 10 forgotten Halloween games worth reviving this year.

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  • Pinterest-style Halloween craft image with a handmade garland of little wool ghosts with black eyes, cosy DIY spooky décor for blog post 15 quirky Halloween crafts using things you already have at home."
    Autumn,  Halloween 2025,  Kids' Crafts and Activities,  Seasonal Inspiration

    15 Quirky Halloween Crafts Using Things You Already Have at Home

    September 2, 2025 /

    From paper bats to ghost lanterns, here are 15 quirky Halloween crafts you can make with what’s already in your cupboards. Fun, simple, and low-cost.

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  • Spooky Halloween image with cobwebs, skeleton, candles, and pumpkins — featured in blog post 13 Irish Halloween traditions and how to celebrate them today.
    Autumn,  Halloween 2025,  Seasonal Inspiration

    13 Irish Halloween Traditions

    September 1, 2025 /

    Did you know Halloween began in Ireland? Here are 13 traditional Irish Halloween customs — from barmbrack to bonfires — and how to enjoy them today.

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  • Spooky Pinterest-style Halloween image with a black cat sitting on a ledge in front of a glowing full moon, misty night sky, dark greys and atmospheric tones — featured image for blog post on 10 quirky Halloween superstitions and their origins.
    Autumn,  Halloween 2025,  Seasonal Inspiration

    12 Quirky Halloween Superstitions (and Where They Come From)

    August 30, 2025 /

    Black cats, turnip lanterns, and mysterious mirrors — Halloween superstitions have deep roots in folklore. Here are 12 quirky ones and where they come from.

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  • Family carving pumpkins and celebrating Halloween traditions together — featured image for blog post ‘20 Halloween Traditions to Start With Your Family’ on Our Little House in the Country. Fun, family-friendly, easy, and affordable Halloween traditions including pumpkin carving, crafts, baking, ghost stories, and cosy seasonal rituals.
    Autumn,  Halloween 2025,  Parenting and Family Life,  Seasonal Inspiration

    20 Halloween Traditions to Start With Your Family

    August 18, 2025 /

    Halloween is more than costumes and sweets — it’s about traditions. Here are 20 easy, affordable, and meaningful family-friendly Halloween traditions to start this year.

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It’s wild and windy here again today. Rain against the windows. Weather warnings. The kind of morning that calls for a candle, a cup of coffee, and a little quiet work at the laptop. Slow down is a word we’ve all heard a thousand times — sometimes softly, sometimes loudly, sometimes as something we think we should do. This is your midweek check-in. Slowing down is often sold as an escape. Monday evening already. Good morning, happy Monday. Happy new week to you all. It’s a glorious Sunday afternoon here. There’s something about mid-February. Good morning, happy Valentine’s Day ❤️

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