After the rain the fairies come out cheerfully sprinkling fairy dust throughout my gardens, encouraging hummingbirds, moths and bees.

Whirling and twirling, they sing and they dance.

They twirl right, they spin left, waving their wands, fluttering with ease.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Fairies belive that gardens are like people and that every Garden no matter how large or how small

 

 

 

has a story.

 

 

 

 

 

The Fairies say that as you grow you will discover after all your searching and seeking,

 

 

 

 

 

which are brilliant and wonderful things to do,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That the most valuable of  treasures lies within you… an open, accepting human heart.

Fairy Folk believe in human kindness and generosity and they say that those magical childhood hours spent within a garden will always be carried within you.

Remember it’s not about the destination, it’s about the journey, the travels along the way.

So adventure outward if even into your own back yard and look closely at and make friends with the smallest of the small, the tallest of the tall.

Discover the world around you as you sprout, blossom and grow.

Remember you are as magical as any garden as you transform into your own true self.

 

 

 

NightinGale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wren

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lilah Blue Fae

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gemma

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

La Rosa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Starlight

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lullah Jay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ina Enchanted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delphinia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Olympia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tiny G

 

Little Lu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fawn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beryl

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lady Moon brings clarity and spreads kindness wherever she goes.

 

 

One morning as a little girl worked in her greenhouse she had a peculiar sense of being looked at.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

However when she looked about all she saw were tender new young seedlings waiting to be watered.

And so she went back to tending her chores.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After awhile the little girl once again had that peculiar sense that comes with being looked at and even thought she saw a twinkle or two.

But every time she turned her head to look no twinkle could be seen and so she continued to water her plants and she continued to have a sense of being looked at.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It occurred to the little girl that perhaps there were fairies about.

As she worked she kept one eye on her chores and one eye out for these mischievous little fairy folk.

“Ah ha! I see you now!” said the little girl to a departing twinkling light, and she set off following that little twinkle right  out the greenhouse  front door to who knows where.

And you know what? At the very same moment a little fairy was giggling as she scampered out the greenhouse back door!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fairies are pranksters and like to play games. They love to spy on young children and lead them on “wild fairy chases.”

 

 

Old Horse, Guardian of the Home Place Fairies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As grand a horse as ever there was.

 

 

On the north side of a small mountain in Maine there grows a very large and fluid garden, a Story Garden.

 

 

 

 

 

Every garden has a story.

 

 

 

 

 

What secrets do you think this garden might tell?

 

 

 

 

 

 

When the Seamstress to the Fairies created this garden she knew that it would not truly blossom into it’s full potential until children arrived, only then would the stories of this garden unfold and be “seen” and felt for the very first time.

Nothing quite like the sound of children’s laughter in a garden, running,laughing, singing … stories all around, all around.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Full moon of June is known as the Strawberry Moon.

The naming of full moons in North American is said to have originated with  Native Americans.

The rise of the Full Strawberry Moon signals the ripening of wild strawberries and the time to gather their harvest.

 

From atop Blue Fairy Hill we were fortunate enough to witness both the setting of the sun and the rising of Strawberry Moon!

 

Dream dreamer,

Dream big and dream wide,

Dream often and consciously,

Soon you will be living your own Great Story out loud.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The possibilities are endless…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Creativity, the Fairies encourage it.

 

 

Lovely Luna

While working in the Garden of the Wizard by the Sea I came upon this dear sweet Luna Moth in the full bright light of a very sunny day. Having fulfilled her life’s duty to lay some 200 eggs she was quite weary and spent . Softly she was trying her best to expire while blending into what little shade the flora around her offered in a rather public and busy location with much noise. Too tired to make it back to the dense shade of the forest she found herself captive to the sun, for Luna Moths only fly at night. I kept my eye on her as I tended the gardens,weeding and planting and after 5 hours I noticed she was no longer so firmly holding onto a daisy’s stem. She was fading as the human sounds around her grew harsher. I pondered her predicament, taking in the loud noise of the passing traffic and the sunlight harsh on her midnight loving wings. I consulted with the fairy folk and it was determined that I should transport her to the woodland garden of the fairies and let her pass from this life in peace. Gently I snipped the stem she now so weakly held on to, resting her on my gardeners scarf beside a branch of lilac as I transported her to the gentle cover of the forest. Once there I set her in the woodland and as night fell the fairies came to sing as she ever so quietly, ever so gently, departed from this world. 

 

If you have ever encountered a Luna Moth you know how unforgettable they are. Effervescent green, they are magical in appearance with a wingspan of 4 and 1/2 inches. Their hind wings have “eyespots” and 2 long tails. Their bodies are white and their legs are pinkish. Males and females look the same though males antennae are bushier. Luna Moths are among the largest moths in North America . They come out at dusk flying only at night in spring and early summer. These moths have a very short life span, in which they have just one quest and that is to find a mate and breed . During her short life the female moths lays eggs, 200 of them in small groups of 7 or so . Once laid it will take 10 days for these eggs to hatch into caterpillars. Here in Maine the eggs are laid on the bottom sides of the leaves of Red Maple, White Oak, White Birch,Smooth Sumac, American Chestnuts, Willows and Beech. As soon as the caterpillars hatch they begin eating the leaves of their host tree. The caterpillars will eat and grow, molting (shedding) their skins 5 times over a 4 week period. This molting/shedding process is called instar. Each instar increases the size of the caterpillar as well as changes it’s appearance somewhat . In all stages of instar the caterpillars are green however the hairs on their backs change in color and volume, as well they increase in size.When the caterpillar is 2 1/2 inches long it is fully grown and will spin silk from near it’s mouth wrapping itself into a leaf. It is now called a pupa and is inside a cocoon. Pupa stay in their cocoon about 3 to 4 weeks and then hatch. If  late in the season and close to winter they will remain in their cocoon and hatch in the spring. The leaf with cocoon will drop from the tree in autumn, becoming sheltered by falling leaves. When Adult Luna Moths emerge from their cocoon they are very tired. Though weary, they climb high up into the treetops hanging so their wings are upside down. This allows the wings to inflate with blood. After completing this process the moths wait until darkness falls to take flight. During the twilight hours of darkness female Luna Moths secrete a chemical scent that guides the males to them. After the female Luna Moth lays her eggs the male and female moths fly to a protected woodland glade to gently and quietly pass from this life. Adult Luna Moths live for only 7 days, they have no mouths and cannot and do not ever eat! The lovely Luna Moth I found in the Wizard’s garden for whatever reason had lost her way back to the forest and found herself caught in the bright light of day. I was happy to escort Luna back to the forest of kindhearted fairy folk who honored and blessed her with their kindness, then released her spirit to the wind and let her go.

The fairies sang to dear Luna.