Imbolic Intentions

(Almost) midway between Midwinter and Spring Solstice, time for some plans

After working through several projects and letting go of others, I am sitting here, writing planting lists and ordering winter jobs in priority. I love January and February for the shorter days and slower living. Soups, thriller tv series, movies and piles of blankets. I have a huge pile of books from the library, they all came in off my reservation list at once so I’m enjoying immersing myself in other stories.

I have never understood why we choose the darkest, post celebratory slump period of the year to resolve to do very hard things. It seems an unnecessary penance for trying to enjoy the midwinter.

No, instead, I want to look back and look forward. Dream a little and consider what else. I have a lot of spider webs of connections, opportunities, ideas and possibilities that I am thinking about. I don’t think anything will become fully formed this year as I work through them and see what persists. Like panning for gold.

I looked back at my post last year when I listed what was going well in the gardens and the plans for the year. I’ve also been going through my camera roll and seeing what caught my eye last year.

I’ve found it a revealing and positive exercise. Reminding myself of what I did last year, in a whirlwind five mins. What I planned for 2024. What I thought were priorities. There are several things that strike me looking back a year ago. Looking at my 2025 lists, I am tweaking them a little with this in mind.

Here are my lists -

1. Thoughts from a year’s camera roll

2. What’s working & what went well in 2024

3. Plans for 2025

Over the next few weeks, I am going to share how I plan the growing and what I am focusing on this year, with that the tools and processes I use to make decisions on my focus and what I commit to. This is a continual process. I am in progress! Constantly evolving and trying new ways.