{"id":651,"date":"2025-08-01T02:39:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T02:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/?p=651"},"modified":"2025-07-29T12:12:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T12:12:21","slug":"august-garden-just-before-dusk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/?p=651","title":{"rendered":"August Garden Just Before Dusk"},"content":{"rendered":"

August<\/strong> is a month of great beauty in my garden.<\/p>\n

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H<\/strong>ere are some images taken right before dusk, a time when birds nest in for the evening; when butterflies stop fluttering and our honeybees have returned to their hives<\/span><\/p>\n

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D<\/b>uring the quiet morning hours, or right before dusk, I like to sit or meander about in my garden, soaking in the sounds and natural beauty abundant all around me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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W<\/strong>hen darkness falls the fairies are snug and cozy in their chambers relaxing after their busy day spent tending vegetables, flowers, herbs and seeds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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C<\/strong>ome twilight they will sing a<\/span>nd dance among the flowers with the\u00a0<\/span>wildlings,\u00a0not to work but to play.<\/span><\/p>\n

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E<\/strong>very garden is a paradise, a source of beauty, harvest and inspiration.<\/p>\n

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W<\/strong>here gardens grow fairies reside.<\/p>\n

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