Welcome to the Fern podcast, as the season turns.

Released on the first of the month, each episode follows the changing landscape of the seasons,

from the moon and the stars to the tides in the trees.

I'm Leah Lane Dirtz, author of The Almanac, a seasonal guide,

and this podcast is a collaboration between myself and Fern, I'm Leah Lane Dirtz, author of The Almanac, a seasonal guide.

And this podcast is a collaboration between myself and Fern, makers of small batch organic perfume,

who blend, barrel age and bottle, four fragrances a year, released at the equinoxes and solstices.

I love wearing Fern.

In my quest to live in tune with the seasons, applying the season's perfume is a lovely little ritual that reminds me to use all my senses. We hope that this

brief guide to the month ahead will awaken you to the rhythms of the year and help you to settle

deeper into the seasons.

The Sunrise

On October 1st, Sunrises at 7.19 a.m. in In Venice and at 7.19 a.m. in Padstow.

By the end of the month, this will barely have changed,

but that is not because day length has stopped shortening. It is because of the ending of British

summertime, which steals one hour from the morning of the 29th of October, the clocks being

set back one hour at 2 a.m.

We know we are slipping towards winter,

but the abrupt end of British summertime makes the descent almost shocking,

like a curtain dropping.

Time wasn't always mucked about like this.

It was simply what the sun said it was.

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