{"id":1820,"date":"2025-06-06T21:51:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T21:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/?p=1820"},"modified":"2025-05-10T20:13:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T20:13:28","slug":"spring-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/?p=1820","title":{"rendered":"Spring Is Here!"},"content":{"rendered":"

L<\/strong>ula 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.<\/p>\n

H<\/strong>er job is to determine exactly when the spring winds are just right for sprinkling \u00a0fairy dust on the blueberry fields here in Maine.<\/span><\/p>\n

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T<\/strong>oday the sun came out from behind the clouds as a gentle <\/span>wind blew in from the\u00a0north west. Lula Belle determined these conditions were perfect for dusting<\/span>\u00a0the fields.<\/span><\/p>\n

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L<\/strong>ulla Belle calls out to her fairy companions,\u00a0 “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 c<\/span>hambers. 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.<\/p>\n

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T<\/strong>he 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.<\/p>\n

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T<\/strong>he 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.<\/p>\n

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A<\/strong> little girl leads the fairies to the Sacred Cairn of Rocks where another child waits.<\/p>\n

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E<\/strong>verywhere the fairies run is illuminated by sparkling fairy dust twinkling and bright.<\/p>\n

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T<\/strong>ogether 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!<\/p>\n

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T<\/strong>he 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.<\/p>\n

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L<\/strong>ula 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.<\/p>\n

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