{"id":3262,"date":"2022-06-07T17:00:01","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T17:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/?p=3262"},"modified":"2022-03-16T13:56:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T13:56:06","slug":"just-before-the-rains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/?p=3262","title":{"rendered":"Just Before the Rain Came"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>H<\/strong>ome Place Fairies were very busy dusting the gardens in front of my little farmhouse this morning. They were fluttering about, rushing to get all their chores done before the rain came.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Fae-Morning-May-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3263\" src=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Fae-Morning-May-1-300x125.jpg\" alt=\"June Morning\" width=\"300\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Fae-Morning-May-1-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Fae-Morning-May-1-1024x428.jpg 1024w\" 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><strong>A<\/strong>s the Fairies flew above me sprinkling their fairy dust I planted vegetable and flower seedlings knowing the coming rain will help to settle the little plants in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>H<\/strong>ome Place Fairies are magical beings so naturally they finished their chores in a flash, while it took me most of this morning to complete mine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Fae-Morning-May-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3266\" src=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Fae-Morning-May-4-166x300.jpg\" alt=\"Fae Morning May (4)\" width=\"166\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Fae-Morning-May-4-166x300.jpg 166w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Fae-Morning-May-4-566x1024.jpg 566w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Fae-Morning-May-4.jpg 664w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><\/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><strong>W<\/strong>hile fluttering about the Fairies met a little girl wandering in the gardens. They complimented her on the clothing she wore, which matched the lilacs in bloom. The child was very polite; she curtsied as she thanked them. Being Fairies they absolutely adore polite children and so asked her to dance with them, which she did!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Fae-Morning-May-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3265\" src=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Fae-Morning-May-3-165x300.jpg\" alt=\"Fae Morning May (3)\" width=\"165\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Fae-Morning-May-3-165x300.jpg 165w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Fae-Morning-May-3-564x1024.jpg 564w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Fae-Morning-May-3.jpg 662w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/><\/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><b>I <\/b>caught a glimpse as I was planting of the child with the fairies twirling with delight as a gentle rain fell.<\/p>\n<p><b>W<\/b>hen I finished my garden chores I searched for the little girl and Fairy Folk though I could not find them, they were no where to be seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home Place Fairies were very busy dusting the gardens in front of my little farmhouse this morning. They were fluttering about, rushing to get all their chores done before the rain came. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; As the Fairies flew above me sprinkling their fairy dust I planted vegetable and flower seedlings knowing the coming [&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-3262","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\/3262","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=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7408,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions\/7408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}