Into the garden the children dressed as fairies go

Happily making wishes they follow wee little fairy lights…

Fairies believe that if you can dream it, you can do it. But they also say you must remember all good things take time. Like a garden grows so do dreams and wishes which must be nourished and properly tended and cared for.

Home Place Fairies highly recommend sharing your hopes and dreams with grown ups you love because you never know, that grownup might share with you their own childhood wishes and tell you how they came true!

So plant some dreams and wishes today no matter how small; carefully nourish and cultivate the ones of most importance and they will grow.

Lula Belle is the tallest of the Home Place Fairy Folk and because of this one fact she is the first of the fairies to emerge from their winter chambers each and every spring.

Her job is to determine exactly when the spring winds are just right for sprinkling  fairy dust on the blueberry fields here in Maine.

Today the sun came out from behind the clouds as a gentle wind blew in from the north west. Lula Belle determined these conditions were perfect for dusting the fields.

Lulla Belle calls out to her fairy companions,  “Come, sprinkle fairy dust to help encourage the blueberries to flourish and grow. ” The other fairies are feeling rather shy after spending the long cold winter in their cozy chambers. They’ve not once opened their wings to flutter or fly all winter and are feeling a bit timid and shy about doing so after all this time.

The smallest of the fairies, being the most curious sets off, following a sparkle of Lula Belle’s fairy dust which leads to a cluster of human children who’ve heard the fairies whispering and seen their twinkling lights.

The fairies chose to shape shift, increasing their size so they can play with the children while they work their magic. This is a privilege allowed to fairies on a single spring day each and every year for one a single hour.

A little girl leads the fairies to the Sacred Cairn of Rocks where another child waits.

Everywhere the fairies run is illuminated by sparkling fairy dust twinkling and bright.

Together with the children by their sides the fairies look over the magnificent countryside and honor the vast landscape which lay before them. Being fairies they find they are eager not only to run with the children but to soar across the fields and fly!

The fairies continue playing with the children as they sprinkle the blueberry fields all alight with their magical dust. When twilight sets in they will shape shift back to their original sizes, say goodbye to their human companions and fly back to their magical chambers as the children walk home.

Lula Belle will be the last of the fairy folk to leave. She is happy how everywhere she looks is now sparkled bright with fairy dust to nourish the blueberry fields all through the springtime, twinkling and shimmering each and every night.

In a Garden Magic Happens each and every day.

Some things are more visible than others, and it can take a keen and discerning eye to see the smallest of the small.

The closer you look, the more you will see.

There are fairies in my gardens and I am guessing in yours too.

Sometimes we don’t always recognize the most magical beings around us, nor see them fully for who they are.

Fairies are Pranksters and love to play games, like hide and never be seen.

Take a good look around your own garden,

Be curious and venture out.

There is so much for you to see.

Magic really does happen, all one has to do is look.

The following is such a beautiful story of one man’s generosity , one I thought worth repeating.

It is a mere a sketch of a story, as it really is Ryan’s story and therefore his for the telling.

Every once in a while you meet someone who’s living their dreams.

Ryan is such a person, and on the day he arrived in my gardens with Lady Katherine I could not help but notice how the birds sang louder; how flowers appeared more colorful and how the Fairy Folk instead of hiding fluttered freely as if welcoming one of their own. Even shy Luna the Enchanted Puppet showed herself, happily welcoming these guests.

A world traveler Ryan had just returned from South America, Thailand, India and Nepal.

Enchanted by the sound of an ancient Indian violin Ryan had traveled all the way to India in  hopes of finding a teacher and learning to play.

An amazing journey.

Below is a short video tale of what happened the day Ryan found his way into my garden.

The Traveler, The Camel and The Hand Pan

The background music is mbira, as the Fairies themselves have whispered I play.

Greetings from the endless garden of the mind…where color and flowers are always in bloom.

Follow your heart; and live your own great story out loud.

My dooryard gardens are waiting for fairy folk to sprinkle them with fairy dust which helps to nourish and make them grow.

Here at the farm there are always curious little Wee Folk peeking about….

I noticed some rather interesting little faces in the Bluebells this morning.

Later, I encountered the most adorable little Home Place Fairy just as she was finishing sprinkling the greenhouse with fairy dust!

Look closely in your garden and you just might find a fairy friendly face peeking out at you!

The old orchard at the farm where the ancient Wolf River apple trees grow.

Greenhouse in the orchard alight with fairy dust.

Magic Happens in Every Garden

Home Place Fairy Folk are busy working the gardens here at my farm.

This morning I invited this sweet little shape shifting fairy inside for honey sweetened biscuits, fruit and cheese….

She happily accepted my invitation and brought me a brilliant bouquet of forsythia.

Happy Spring!

The fairy folk have been quiet this past month as spring has been late to arrive in these north country hills.

Recently I caught sight of these two fairies out and about enjoying an afternoon of welcome sun.

Home Place Fairies practice gentle acts of kindness by sharing as well as always lending a helping hand.

Old Horse is Guardian of the Home Place Faires, he watches over them and protects them. Tallulah Blue is one of the oldest of the Home Place Fairies, she is very beautiful and very wise.

Each spring Tallulah Blue along with her fairy friends NightinGale and Little Lu gather twigs of apple and pear which they dip into the enchanted waters of the Stream of Dreams making powerful wands.

All in all, just another magical day in Fairyland.

Children and Fairies ascend the hill during the magical hours when Fairy Folk are actively shape shifting.

As seamstress to Fairies and mortal children alike,  I have seen many unusual sights. I spend the coldest days of winter and the wettest days of spring making costumes for children who want to dress as fairies as well as making real fairy wear for the fairy folk.

A trend I have noticed in the past few years is how the Home Place Fairies are requesting more and more clothing that has human attributes, such as sneakers and blue jeans to wear under their fairy finery, even cowgirl boots! Human children are easy enough to measure and tailor to their costume needs. But fairy folk…whew that is altogether different.

First of all, historically there have always been only so many days a year when the Home Place Fairies have had the ability to shape shift and increase their size to that of an average mortal child…..at which time I can measure and sew a garment fitting in size.  Once completed I sprinkle on a bit of fairy dust and the garments are enchanted forever and always. This enchantment allows their clothing to increase or decrease in size according to their fairy needs…and shape shifting hours. Well maybe I am just getting older or times are changing in the fairy realm, because the fairy folk around here seem to be shape shifting more than ever before. Why with the children dressing as fairies and the fairies wanting human wear, I tell you when the fairies shape shift to increase their size and then run about with the children, I can barely discern who is a true fairy and who be a mortal human child!

Blue fairies on the blue berry hill or are they children?

Paco has been known to dance with the Fae.

Are they shape-shifting  fairies with children and pets or are they children as fairies with pets?

At the end of the day does it matter?

Spring Dreaming Fairy Garden in Maine

Click on the link above to enjoy, and remember to live your own great story!