Jade, Butter & White

9 Pieces to Will Spring Into Existence 🌸

Hi there,

When my children were small, their teachers had a ritual I loved: sending them outside to hunt for signs of spring. They’d come back with photos of a green sprout, a brave little bud, or a bird flying.

I find myself wanting to do the same thing this week, but… February. There is still snow outside my door from a storm that arrived four weeks ago and never quite left.

What I have, in the meantime, are my hellebores. Helleborus. Winter rose. The only flower with enough nerve to bloom when everything else has given up entirely.

Some of mine are buried under that snow right now, alive (I hope), and plotting their return. Others have come inside, and are currently living on my kitchen counter, waiting for parole. They are jade and cream and the palest buttery yellow, and every morning when I walk past them, I think: soon.

This week’s newsletter is my version of the spring hunt. Nine pieces I am coveting in the colors of my hellebores — jade, butter, white. Cool and hopeful and quietly alive.

Scroll down to shop my signs of spring, I hope they inspire you too. 🌿

Sending love,

Patricia