Bucket List for July

Hi Reader, it seems like June went by so quickly — can you believe July is already here next week?

If you missed the past months' Natural Living Bucket List, you can find it here: June Bucket List.

Don't know about you, but July is for us the official stay-out-as-much-as-you-can month. Waters are still quite cold here in the North, but we have been swimming in the sea for a long time for we do as well cold plunges when ice hole swimming during the winter, so why not now!

​Here is some Natural lifestyle inspiration for July that I have gathered for you to this July Bucket List:

Collect seashells

Be by the calming sea as much as possible. Collect seashells just to admire them or to add them to your creations: table setting decorations, beautiful touch to simple wreaths or just to make a seashell chain to the corner of a mirror.

Make iced coffee from scratch

Sometimes hot beverages may just feel too much but an iced coffee is a delightful change to the hot coffees. You can make a simple iced coffee with french press or variate flavour with homemade syrups.

Try these recipes:

• ​Iced mint latte​
• ​Blueberry iced latte​
• ​Mororccan Spiced Coffee Mocktail​

Dry herbs for herbal teas

Treasures of the herbalist's garden such as lemon balm, sage, oregano, thyme, and mint, can be easily dried and steeped into herbal teas. July is also the time to forage plants from nature like lady's mantle, nettle, fireweed or wild raspberry leaves can be dried for simple wild teas.

Later in July I'll share with you a few tips about drying herbs for tea and how to make Ivan chai by oxidizing fireweed leaves - so keep an eye on your inbox!

Forage blueberries

On the side of herbs it starts to be the time of the blue treat - blueberry ♡ Forage blueberries to use them fresh or freeze them for later. Make yummy things like blueberry simple syrup to flavour your iced coffees and teas such as blueberry-hibiscus iced tea​ or bake them in a ​delicious Finnish blueberry pie​.

Walk barefoot

Walk barefoot whenever you can. It's both therapeutic and good for the soles to have a gentle massage and not to be captured by shoes every second. It is also a very simple way to feel more grounded and connected with nature.

Make wildflower bouquets

Make beautiful flower collections with matching colors or the same size flowers and buds. Take inspiration from the bouquets of flower shops on how to arrange the flowers, and pick up some beautiful leaves in your bouquet as well.

Gather what you see on your walks in the nature and enjoy the colors of nature at home as well.

Sleep outside

If you have a tent, now it's the best time to use it. You don't need to make a one-week-long hiking trip; one night on a weekend in the closest forest or camping area is a perfect start. Staying outside even one night in a year is so worth it.

What goes to your bucket list this month? Just hit the reply button and share your favorite thing about July!

Every day makes a difference. ♡

Sonja

PS. Read the July Bucket List post for more July vibes and natural ways to enjoy the summer time.

Hi Sister, I'm Sonja

I’m a Nordic girl married to a Moroccan husband and mom to a curious little adventurer. After over a decade in fine dining, I left the busy restaurant life to embrace slower, more natural living. Now I help women simplify their routines with from-scratch recipes, natural wellness tips, and sustainable ways to create less waste and more contentment.

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