Day 22.

Tuesday. 22nd July 2025.

Lil and I spent some time together in between her University studies. We took some little amber bottles up to her Garden Library and filled them with Winter flowering blooms. Sweet, important moments to spend together. Of course Honeybee joined us, she always likes to have a sticky beak inside.

While Lil and I were arranging the amber bottles on the window ledge, we got a lovely surprise visit from the pair of Grey Shrike Thrush. They flitted in and out of the bird house they have nested in for the last three years. Those two birds were checking on their accomodation and checking on us. One of those lovely moments that you hope for and when they come true it is wonderful.

A Moment in the Day Series.

This will be my third year.
Midwinter and I’m craving the everyday beauty that isn’t in your face like Springtime blossom, the abundance in the garden during Summer, or the golden light in Autumn.
For me, this time of year is all about looking for the little treasures. The beauty is still there, it’s about taking the time to see it. Hone your senses to take notice, it is so easy to get swept up in the day to day and feeling flat with everything going on in the world.
The cool air on your cheek. Grey skies become all the colours of silver. The tiniest snowbells catch your eye as you walk through the garden gate. Watching Apricot the Buff Orpington hen drinking; in those moments it is like a lesson in mindfulness.
In 2023 it was for the month of May, in 2024 my first day of the series was on the 5th July, and for 2025 I started on the 1st July.

Will you join me? Whether it is recording a photo on Insta, writing about it when you journal, or maybe it is taking a mental note when you notice the everyday beautiful moments around you.

I’ll be sharing my Moment on Instagram and in a blog post.
A moment captured during the day, calming, peaceful, that captures my heart.
A moment in the day, uplifting, something positive, as we are deep into the colder months of Winter in the Southern Hemisphere.

Sending Love from the Garden,

Jude x