I hear them whisper ''here she goes, she's off with the faeries again"

[ozzieowl]

Hullo there all you would be-if you could be faeries, pixies, gnomes, goblins and elves,
that like to stay and play a while in our wonderful fantasy realm, where, just like children,
we don't need any excuses to join in and simply enjoy re-visiting our childhood days.

I understand that it does us a great deal of good to take a break from our on-going
busy lives and set aside a little time to `get in touch with our inner child',
for this is where we are able to access our Alpha mind state again,
just as we used to daily, up 'til we started growing out of it around the age of ten.

My friend Tina Volk has kindly agreed to assist me with content here,
in a very similar way we did in a Discussion called `Our Get-A-Way Gazebo'
that can be found in Mary Snowden's Group called `Spirituality and Consciousness'
here on TBD.

I heartily encourage folk who would like to join in and post their pictures, comments
and/or replies when they are happy to, and above all to have fun and simply ENJOY!

Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.
~William Butler Yeats, "The Stolen Child"

This is a work of fiction. All the characters in it, human and otherwise, are imaginary, excepting only certain of the fairy folk, whom it might be unwise to offend by casting doubts on their existence. Or lack thereof. ~Neil Gaiman

[Tina]

Great little fellows in all that they do
full of help and mischief too!

Watch them closely you will see
their ever watching you and me!

You think they are sleeping, perhaps not real
when you are not looking your cookies they steal!

[ozzieowl]

The Frog and the Toad
Hopping frog, hop here and be seen
I'll not pelt you with stick or stone
Your cap is laced and your coat is green
Goodbye, we'll let each other alone

Plodding toad, plod here and be looked at,
You at the finger of scorn is crooked at:
But though you are lumpish, you're harmless too;
You won't hurt me and I won't hurt you.

(The Frog and the Toad)
(Christina Rossetti 1830 - 1894)

[ozzieowl]

Now, this is REAL magic Twis'tle - isn't it intriguing....
I have seen these myself on a regular basis on my morning walk with
`Robbie' my dog, but if you were to take the same path a few hours later,
you would not find a single trace......
Excellent pic!

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So fine, so delicate...

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Look at this....this is a sample of knitting (anyone remember what that is lol),
and appropriately, it is called `Thistle Stitch'
and in all my years of knitting - Fair Isle and all, I never knew it existed!

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[ozzieowl]

Isn't she the most gorgeous little fairy,
thank you Twisted Thistle - see what your name has beckoned me to do...