A Place Like This

Tag: Fairy house building

  • The Fairy Forest

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Where the forest meets the sea,   there is a pilgrimage of sorts. Mothers, fathers, grandparents,aunts,uncles, and all the children who love them, all become gatherers of sticks, bark, stones,sea shells, and moss.      All walking down the forest path with their arms loaded.   All coming to build a metropolis for Fairies.  Hundreds of fairy…

  • The Splendour Falls on Castle Walls

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    Valarie Budayr
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        The splendour falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story: The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory. blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying,dying,dying.     O hark, O hear! how thin and clear, And thinner, clearer, farther…

  • A fairy village rebuild

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Last week I did mention that the fairy tree was moulting right on top of the fairy house. Starting with sticks,moss and stones it was time to give our garden fairies something to live in for the winter.   Using moulted pine material the walls filled in nice and quick.  Approaching from behind the village…