As summer begins to draw to a close, with lots of wet and windy weather here in Yorkshire, I can't help getting excited for the dark season. Darkness falls for 9pm now and I love it! I always love the dark half of the year, but I have so much to look forward to this autumn.
For me, autumn is a natural fresh start. This year it is especially so because I begin the Masters degree next month! I have all the back-to-school vibes that I missed out on last year and I recently went shopping to get the stationery that I need for university in September. I wanted to get this done in summer because if you wait until September, all the best stuff is gone. So I went and filled my shopping basket with all the pretty things I could find - notebooks, projects books, A4 ring binders, project folders and a new water bottle, all with a beautiful purple and pink butterfly design.
I think it helps your studying if you have pretty things you love to use. I got all the boring things too, like pens and highlighters and page markers etc, but I tried to get them in pretty pastel colours. I'm looking forward to getting my reading list through from uni so that I can go book shopping as well. I have no idea which texts we will be studying from and they change every year, so it should be a fun surprise to get the actual academic reading list for this year.
I also finally got the date through for my graduation from the counselling course. There has been a staff reshuffle which resulted in a long delay, but we now have the date for our official graduation ceremony, which is to be held this autumn too. I already have a lovely new dress for it and I'm going to enjoy the day so much, as it has been a long time coming. It will be nice to see fellow students again - we haven't been together as a full group since the course finished.
Towards the end of autumn I go off to Loch Lomond and this is something I've been planning for ages. I love Scotland in autumn, when the mists are clinging to the mountains and treetops and all the scenery is made up of beautiful autumn colours. It's all green and gold and bronze - a world of sheer beauty. The stags are rutting, the red squirrels are darting about looking for nuts and seeds to store away, the lochs reflect the low autumn sunshine and there is the smell of petrichor on the air everyday.
Scotland revitalizes me and lifts my spirits so high - maybe it's the mountain air, but it does me the world of good and I can't wait to be back there again, walking loch side and listening to the pipes in the evenings, sitting by a toasty fireside and getting to know the locals.
With pine log fires, wood paneling, tartan carpets, antler light fittings and snug cable knit throws, Scottish hoteliers know how to do cozy! It makes you never want to leave.
So as far as I am concerned summer is already over and autumn can't come quick enough for me, but in the meantime there is always the atmospheric comfort of a Glade Honey and Chocolate candle burning and a nice new book to curl up with. I'm about to start reading a witchy novel, which should give me even more cosy vibes and put me deeper into the autumnal mood. There's nothing quite like flickering candles, a cup of spiced tea, a warm blanket and a good book on a blustery, rainy night.
If you love the dark season too here is a lovely ambient video I found on You Tube. I have this kind of thing playing in the background when I'm writing, journaling or studying. It's very relaxing and will help to put you in the mood for autumn. Enjoy!
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