When Hugo Macdonald and James Stevens, founders of the Edinburgh-based gallery Bard, talked about that they had been going to host a home social gathering for Ostara—the pagan competition honoring the Spring Equinox—I cleared my schedule. My pleasure doubled after I realized it could be at Boath Home, the Greek revival villa within the Scottish Highlands owned by companions Steve Mayne and Jonny Gent of Periods Artwork Membership fame.

The aim of the 24-hour gathering was to bid farewell to winter and usher within the heat of spring with fireplace, meals, and festivities. “The extra digital our lives develop into, the extra interesting it feels to reconnect with nature, climate, seasonal shifts, and thresholds,” says Macdonald of the occasion’s design. “It feels invigorating to honor previous celebrations with primal issues, such because the return of sunshine and heat. Connections to one another and to concepts which are older than the web are life-affirming and enlivening.”

The occasion came about this previous Saturday—a uncommon sunny day after a streak of wet climate. As if the gods themselves had acquired the invitation asking for “spring fling” gown, clear blue skies shone as my good friend and I loaded up her Jeep to make the three-hour drive north. And as we pulled down the drive to Boath Home, we had been transported right into a scene from a interval drama.