Slow and Seasonal Interview Series | Nicole from Little Homebodies

Welcome to Slow and Seasonal Living—a gentle interview series by Meadowsweet Farmhouse, celebrating the quiet rhythms of real women living thoughtfully and beautifully through the seasons. In each edition, we visit with one of our community muses to learn how they’re creating home, dressing with intention, and embracing the slow life in their own unique way.

Today we’re delighted to share a conversation with Nicole from Little Homebodies—a homeschooling mother of three living in the wild beauty of Tasmania with her husband and children. With deep conviction and tender honesty, Nicole opens up about her journey from city life to bushland living, how she dresses for warmth and practicality (without sacrificing beauty), and what slow living means to her in this sacred season of motherhood.

1. Can you tell us a little about your home and what inspires the way you live and dress day to day?

“For me, beautiful dresses are for everyday, even the slow home days. My mother-in-law recently gifted me a beautiful linen apron with giant pockets and so my favourite way to wear dresses atm is with a warm knit and my apron, socks and slippers and I can easily slip into some gum boots when I need to, to feed the chickens. In winter I just pop my thermals on underneath and I’m as cozy as I need to be.”

Nicole’s day-to-day style reflects the heart of the life she’s cultivating: one of function, comfort, and quiet beauty. Her approach to dressing is practical but poetic—woven from warmth, routine, and a sense that everyday life is worth showing up for with grace. It’s a reminder that dresses aren’t just for outings—they’re for gathering eggs, sipping tea, and tucking little ones into bed.

3. What does slow living mean to you right now, in this season of life?

“I left a university career in the big city to start a life for my little family in the wilderness of Tasmania with my high school sweetheart bushman of a husband. After having my first child, my passion for my career didn’t stand up against the duty I felt for giving my children a wholesome childhood full of love amidst Gods incredible creation.

We moved to Tasmania so that we could afford our own home on one wage, so that our closest neighbours would be cows yet we would know the name of everyone who lives on our street. We are slowly learning to grow our own food and cultivate our land with the little that we have. We are homeschooling our beautiful children and unlearning so much of the hurried ambitious ways  that have been so normal. These kind of rhythms and the more pronounced seasons here, naturally guide a sense of slowing down and preserving, pausing and it feels so right. It feels like home. Everything good takes time. Especially relationships.

One of my favourite quotes from a book called Teaching From Rest is this: ‘Relationships don’t flourish that way (hurried). Relationships need time spent lavishly. Homeschooling is about relationships.’

Motherhood is my highest calling. It is hard but Holy work and requires a daily reminder to slow down and prioritise these little people God has tasked me to nurture and raise.

Not having two incomes, I’m also growing an appreciation for saving slowly for clothing pieces that will last and endure motherhood on a hobby farm, dirty feet, morning chores and feeding the animals, and transcends fast fashion. Meadowsweet pieces fit this task effortlessly and gracefully.

3. What are you currently reading and working on?

I am currently reading The Mission of Motherhood by Sally Clarkson and You’re Not Enough, but That’s Okay by Allie Stuckey and dreaming about my husband wallaby proofing our front yard so that I can finally begin to plant a vegetable and flower garden without it getting eaten.”

For Nicole, slow living is not a passing ideal—it’s a way of life rooted in faith, family, and the land underfoot. It’s the choice to trade urgency for intention, ambition for attentiveness, and to nurture the kind of home where relationships are given time to bloom. From bushland mornings to quiet evenings at home, her days reflect a deep reverence for the ordinary—and the extraordinary beauty found within it.