Frances does. Wholeheartedly. A year or two ago I showed her a fairy circle in our yard. She was fascinated with it. She loved putting flowers in the circle for the fairies and finding little sticks or berries she could leave as offerings. Well all the snow and ice we got at the end of winter has been good for our yard and the fairy circle is back-bigger and better than ever!
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| See the darker ring of green? |
She had been adding little things to it off and on over the past week, but Sunday afternoon some friends came over and things really took off! S* brought her four year old sister, A* with her, so I had five kids in my yard between the sandbox and fairy circle.
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| This branch is an entire collection of fairy blankets |
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| See that stick? It's a cane. You know-For the old fairies! |
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| Clothing... |
And the love with which they placed all their offerings!
And my heart just melted when I walked up on this scene in the backyard!
And in all seriousness, it makes me a little bit sad to mow the yard!
So sweet!!! There are tons of awesome books about fairies that she can read, too. When she gets older, the Fablehaven series is AWESOME!
ReplyDeleteI looked them up on Amazon and I'll have to check into getting some of these for my library!
DeleteYou could frame the pictures of the offerings, they are beautiful! I love this story.
ReplyDeleteThanks Angela, I am so bad about printing pictures, but I should get better!
DeleteAdorable pictures. I would love to believe in fairies :D
ReplyDeleteIt's never bad to have hope :)
I believe in Elves and Fairies. I'm surprised they have put up with US for so long. They must be very kind, or else they are very amused. The offerings look absolutely perfect for your fairy troupe, Frances. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteI was raised in a partial woods and my brother and I did ritual appeasements to the fairy folk, as well.
I saw a bunch of little girls building fairy houses at the park yesterday out of leaves and sticks and rocks. My daughter's eyes were so wide watching the older kids do this. I think I have a believer now!
ReplyDeleteSo sweet! My six year old daughter is enthralled with fairies and is definitely a believer. She was bored one day so I said to her "Why don't you go outside and build a fairy house?". She was outside for hours! I have never thought to tell her about the 'fairy ring' in our own back yard (a strange patch of grass that never grows properly). Thank you so much for the idea!!
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