02/08/2026
Yesterday marked Lammas, the traditional first harvest festival in the Wheel of the Year.
This year, however, many of the fields around us had already been harvested before Lammas even arrived. After weeks of exceptionally hot, dry weather, the season has moved on more quickly than we’re used to seeing.
While no single season tells the whole story, moments like this are becoming more familiar. As our climate changes, the rhythms of the natural world are changing too, reminding us that the seasons we celebrate are living, shifting things rather than fixed points in time.
Perhaps that makes these seasonal markers even more valuable. They encourage us to pause, notice what is happening around us, and become more attentive to the natural world and the ways in which it is changing.
The more closely we observe the natural world, the more clearly we begin to understand both its resilience and its fragility.
