{"id":5540,"date":"2020-06-02T12:19:36","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T12:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/?p=5540"},"modified":"2020-06-02T16:41:03","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:41:03","slug":"lilacs-and-lupines-in-maine-where-the-fairy-folk-glow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/?p=5540","title":{"rendered":"Lilacs and Lupines in Maine, Where the Fairy Folk Glow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lilacs-in-Maine-Where-the-Fairy-Folk-Glow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5541\" src=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lilacs-in-Maine-Where-the-Fairy-Folk-Glow-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Lilacs in Maine Where the Fairy Folk Glow\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lilacs-in-Maine-Where-the-Fairy-Folk-Glow-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lilacs-in-Maine-Where-the-Fairy-Folk-Glow-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lilacs-in-Maine-Where-the-Fairy-Folk-Glow.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>Springtime Lilacs; early summer Lilacs and Lupines too,\u00a0 oh what a sight!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lilacs-and-Lupine-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5548\" src=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lilacs-and-Lupine-4-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Lilacs and Lupine (4)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lilacs-and-Lupine-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lilacs-and-Lupine-4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lilacs-and-Lupine-4.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>The Home Place Fairy Folk have been very busy this spring and early summer tending the lilacs and lupines as well as countless other plants here at the farm.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/First-Snow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4738\" src=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/First-Snow-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/First-Snow-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/First-Snow-575x1024.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/First-Snow.jpg 590w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/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>The fairies spent a long and very cold winter confined to their cozy chambers hidden deep within the Enchanted Forest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/November-Tales-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4729\" src=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/November-Tales-6-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"November Tales (6)\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/November-Tales-6-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/November-Tales-6-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/November-Tales-6.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/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>After a good long slumber they awoke to a slow spring, much rain and lingering cold. The skies were often gray; flora was slow to green and because of this the fairies could not leave their chambers for more than a few minutes at a time, until much later in the season than ever before.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/signs-of-the-fae-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-441\" src=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/signs-of-the-fae-9-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Home Place Fairy Dust\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/signs-of-the-fae-9-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/signs-of-the-fae-9-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/signs-of-the-fae-9-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/signs-of-the-fae-9.jpg 1200w\" 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>Being well rested from a long winters sleep they occupied their time by grinding what became an abundance of fairy dust for sprinkling on springtime flora.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/You-can-Dream-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3287\" src=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/You-can-Dream-2-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"sprinkling fairy dust\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/You-can-Dream-2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/You-can-Dream-2-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/You-can-Dream-2.jpg 1680w\" 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>Fairy Dust is enchanted of course with that extra special something that encourages each plant it is sprinkled upon to sprout, blossom and GLOW as well as grow!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5546\" src=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lilacs-and-Lupine-2-300x132.jpg\" alt=\"Lilacs and Lupine (2)\" width=\"300\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lilacs-and-Lupine-2-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lilacs-and-Lupine-2-1024x453.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lilacs-and-Lupine-2.jpg 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/after-the-rain-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-389\" src=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/after-the-rain-6-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"sprinkling fairy dust\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/after-the-rain-6-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/after-the-rain-6-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/after-the-rain-6.jpg 1600w\" 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>The fairies happily and efficiently work together in pairs, side by side grinding precious stones and minerals, chanting and singing spells as stones turn into magical dust. Then\u00a0 out into the gardens the fairy folk fly, sprinkling fairy dust as they flutter way up high and way down\u00a0 low.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lilacs-and-Lupine-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5549\" src=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lilacs-and-Lupine-5-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Lilacs and Lupine (5)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lilacs-and-Lupine-5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lilacs-and-Lupine-5-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lilacs-and-Lupine-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>Their exuberance and hard work shows for the woodland, meadows and gardens here at the farm have never looked more vibrant and happy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lilacs-and-Lupine-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5546\" src=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lilacs-and-Lupine-2-300x132.jpg\" alt=\"Lilacs and Lupine (2)\" width=\"300\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lilacs-and-Lupine-2-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lilacs-and-Lupine-2-1024x453.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lilacs-and-Lupine-2.jpg 1680w\" 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>Thank you Home Place Fairies and all my Fairy Friends far and wide.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lilacs-and-Lupine-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5545\" src=\"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lilacs-and-Lupine-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Lilacs and Lupine with fairy dust glow\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lilacs-and-Lupine-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lilacs-and-Lupine-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lilacs-and-Lupine-1.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>Remember , magic happens in EVERY garden, all one has to do is look.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Springtime Lilacs; early summer Lilacs and Lupines too,\u00a0 oh what a sight! 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