{"id":3216,"date":"2024-05-31T21:18:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T21:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/?p=3216"},"modified":"2024-01-11T19:56:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T19:56:14","slug":"we-wander-and-we-seek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/?p=3216","title":{"rendered":"In the Fairy Garden I Wander and I Seek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each morning \u00a0at sunrise I wander through the Children&#8217;s Garden of Earthly Delight to see what the fairies are up to.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3220\" src=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-3-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"Morning in May (3)\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-3-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-3-1024x649.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-3.jpg 1656w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Day break is a magical hour; this is when the Home Place Fairy Folk leave their secret chambers hidden deep within the Enchanted Forest and fly into our gardens sprinkling fairy dust.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3219\" src=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Morning in May (2)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-2.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This morning I came upon a bed of broad leaf and common chives whose buds the fairies were dusting. Not wanting to disturb them I nodded in greeting and continued on my way wondering what I would discover in the garden on this particular day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3222\" src=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-5-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Morning in May (5)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-5-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-5.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I decided to pay a visit to my friend Ms. Sparrow who recently constructed a tidy little ground nest hidden beneath a clump of Witch Grass. Sparrow had quickly filled her nest with 5 tiny speckled eggs which hatched during my last visit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3223\" src=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-6-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Morning in May (6)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-6-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-6-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-6.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Each and every morning considerate Fairies have been sprinkling the hatch-lings with fairy dust for protection. This is how the hatch-lings looked just 4 days ago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3224\" src=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-7-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Morning in May (7)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-7-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-7-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-7-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-7.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And this is how they looked this morning. I cannot help but feel a bit of wonder and awe at how these fledglings have transformed. They are now all feathered and grown almost double in size.<\/p>\n<p>Isn&#8217;t it marvelous the magic of nature?<\/p>\n<p>A garden no matter how small if full of secrets, all one has to do is look.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3221\" src=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-4-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Morning in May (4)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-4-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Morning-in-May-4.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each morning \u00a0at sunrise I wander through the Children&#8217;s Garden of Earthly Delight to see what the fairies are up to. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Day break is a magical hour; this is when the Home Place Fairy Folk leave their secret chambers hidden deep within the Enchanted Forest and fly into our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3216"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7514,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3216\/revisions\/7514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}