Perpetual Motion

We are certain that many of you can relate to the sentiment that time is just whizzing by. Where did the summer go?! Other than our calendars showing us how days and weeks seem to be literally leapfrogging, we are also prompted by our surroundings: looking at our grape leaves, our mint and other produce and noticing that there are fewer and fewer eligible ones to pick. Environmental and natural signals that predated diaries, phone calendars and indeed dates themselves.

We can’t deny that the culmination of summer always feels somewhat gloomy. Almost universally, this season’s months are associated with feelings of nostalgia and childhood memories, magical ambiences of long nights and candy skies, holidays and foreign adventures. It can often feel like we’re constantly trying to catch up with time and enjoy as much of summer as we can; how can we not, when the season is as fine as it is fleeting?

One thing we’ve come to realise recently though is that as much as we might want to hold on to this bountiful period, we should just let it be; like nature, which flows to its own rhythm, we are far better off flowing with time, as flighty as it may currently seem. Another thing that gives us comfort when the sun finally sets on this season is looking forward to the little joys the coming months will bring: the abundantly beautiful and ample shades of autumn leaves from sepia to scarlet; cosy nights before the fireplace and hot, hearty soup in the winter; the excitement of the first blooms of spring and the upcoming harvest of perennial plants and herbs; and much more. And to be sure, the anticipation of wondering what next summer will be like – what new growth and change in the flora it might bring – is a whole wonder in and of itself. Instead of feeling sad and lamenting the summer days gone, instead we encourage ourselves to feel hope and excitement for the unknown that is yet to come. We hope you’ve had a lovely past few months, and that you enjoy the best of what there is to come.