Feb 01 – Mar 18, 2024 Late Winter
Winter is a period of dormancy, a time to restore your energy after a full and busy year. Take this opportunity to slow down, relax a little, and take comfort.
Imbolc
Imbolc is the mid-point between the winter solstice and spring equinox, and observes the increasing daylight as spring is on its way. This is a great moment to think about what to achieve in the year ahead. Symbols: baked goods, winter vegetables, seeds, dried fruit, dairy; candles, chalice, cow, sheep, swan, snowdrops, white, red, pink, black.
- Light candles
- Have a dinner with hearty foods
- Reflect on intentions for the year
- Take a walk outside and notice the lengthening day
Activities
- Attend a hockey game
- Bake a pie or some baked goods
- Binge watch a TV show
- Build a snowman / have a snowball fight, if it snows enough
- Cook soup and roast vegetables
- Go ice skating
- Go tubing
- Enjoy candlelight
- Host a board game or card night
- Knit
- Put together a jigsaw puzzle
- Soak in a hot spring
- Take a bubble bath
- Take a cooking class
- Take a walk after dinner and enjoy the lights the city puts up on trees in main streets
- Try new restaurants
- Volunteer indoors
- Visit a museum
Events
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Festál
Cultural festivals held throughout the year at Seattle Center
- Northwest Flower and Garden Festival
- Seattle Boat Show
- Seattle Museum Month
Produce
- Beets
- Cabbage
- Chard
- Collard greens
- Kale
- Leeks
- Parsnips
- Squash (winter)