Sångshyttan Micro Calendar2024-06-01T15:55:58+00:00

Sångshyttan Micro Season Calendar

Inspired by Japanese tradition and Alexa Firmenich on her blog Lifeworlds, we now create a micro season calendar. We follow life on the farm as it unfolds over the course of a year. It describes different events and important relationships that we have with the more than human world on the farm. Instead of dividing each day into one of four seasons, the Japanese calendar is divided into 72 different sections. Each of these sections lies within one of 24 divisions, all of which have been given descriptively beautiful names. The 72 sections (or kō) only last for about five days each, but still perfectly describe what happens as life blossoms and ebbs.

21 – 25 October / Wind in the trees

South-westerly winds sweep in and the trees are helped to drop all their leaves to the ground. The rotting process can begin. The trees are once again bare and the roots harbour energy over the winter. The relationships between trees, houses and neighbours become more visible in the nakedness.

16 – 20 October / Fullmoon bath

The dark autumn night is great for "moon light bathing". Just before midnight, I sit down in my outdoor chair and sink into the strange light that fills my whole being and makes me almost luminescent. There is a power of shadow in the light that can be stored in my body to be used when needed, other days.

11 -15 October / Fish hibernation

Now that the water has reached about 10 degrees Celsius, our beloved fish no longer want to eat food, they want to sink to the bottom and hibernate for the winter. The pond's inhabitants are becoming fewer and the water lily is also falling asleep.

6 -10 October / Dark mornings

It becomes more difficult to get up early in the morning before work, being on the math facing my body in yoga. It's completely dark when the bell rings and it feels like it's the middle of the night. It takes a little more inner strength and a good night's sleep but as I am donethen the light slowly emerges when the sun awakens.

1 – 5 October / Honey feast

The honey that we collected from our bees has now been tossed and stirred and poured into jars. It tastes divine and we are delighted to savour the summer while sending our gratitude to the bees for their successful pollination. It's all connected. We have named the honey: Wild Meadows (Vilda ängar).

26 – 30 September / Frostbites

After heat comes frost. Everything gets covered in ice, the grass, the flowers, the windows. The sheep that were shorn have their own tippie to warm themselves in. It's Tove Jansson's The Groke (Mårran) who has placed her large body over all living things to get into the warmth - but everything she touches turns to ice. The cycle of nature, slowly turning life into death to be brought back to life when spring returns. A time for rest and reflection

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