With Love, Katie.
A gentle celebration of lightness, softness, and bloom -> now this is what a happy list for May it is all about.
There’s something magical about May. The world feels freshly awakened, trees finally wear their brightest green, lilacs bloom with abandon, and the air smells just a little sweeter after every rain, so we could simply say t’s a month that whispers, “Slow down and look around. This is beauty.”
Seasonal living is everything you need to know to enjoy life, seasons, slow living.
In May, we shift from the stillness of early spring into a lighter, more playful season.
Here’s a list of soft, joyful things to do this month—not as a checklist, but as an invitation to live a little more presently, and a little more beautifully.
Your Fresh Happy List for May
1. Walk Barefoot in the Garden
Let your feet feel the earth. The soft grass. The still-cool soil. Grounding is more than just a wellness trend—it’s an ancient, intuitive way to reconnect to your body and the world around you.
2. Pick (or Buy) a Bouquet of Lilacs
Fill your home with the scent of lilac, that unmistakable fragrance of early spring. It is the time to buy flowers.
Let it remind you that life comes back—every time. Display them in a mismatched jar and let a few petals fall, because you already now: it doesn’t have to be perfect, let beauty be imperfect.
3. Eat the First Strawberries
Buy them from the local market or pick your own form your own garden. Eat them fresh, or slice them into a bowl with cream and a sprinkle of sugar like your grandmother used to do, because this is a season of taste, too.
4. Do Laundry Outside
Wash your softest sheets and hang them in the sun, if it is possible. Watch them billow in the wind, play hide and seek with your kids. Sleep in them the same night, and notice how they carry the scent of May on every thread.
5. Start a Small Herb Garden
Just three pots on your kitchen windowsill: basil, mint, parsley. Water them while you make tea or snip a leaf into your salad.
Let something small grow, just for the joy of it. There are a lot of options, just start it. You will enjoy the process.
6. Shift to Lighter Clothes
Put away the heavy knits. Bring out the linen, the cotton, the dresses that float. Dress not for others, but for your skin—for how it feels to be touched by warm air and sunlight.
7. Journal on a Sunday Morning
Take your notebook outside. Or open your window. Write with the light streaming in. You don’t need a prompt—just write how the morning feels in your body.
8. Watch Bees Visit Blossoms
Notice how they move—focused, present, humming with purpose. Bees remind us that life is both soft and powerful.
And this is a soft reminder: we need bees in our lives. Bees are much more than honey-makers—they are silent guardians of life. Through pollination, bees help over 75% of the world’s flowering plants and about one-third of our food grow and thrive.
Without bees, our fields would be less colorful, our plates less abundant and our ecosystems less balanced.
9. Make an Afternoon Spritz
Add lemon, mint, sparkling water, maybe a splash of elderflower or a touch of honey. We love honey, not only because it is healthy, but also because it is so tasty. Pour it into your prettiest glass and sip it slowly in the sun or sunset.
10. Celebrate How Far You’ve Come
You’ve made it through winter. Through dark mornings and heavy coats and you’ve bloomed in quiet ways. May is not a race, but rather it’s a soft landing.
Some final words
Listen, you need to enjoy May. It is the season of fresh air, the colors, the bloom. Start your slow-living journey, buy a notebook to write a journal, and concentrate on your gut’s health.
Learn about how stress relief can be easily made in the nature, with your own body and take care of your mind.
