About Fairies...

Over the last several months I have discovered that I have a love for fairies. I have read a few different books with fairies as characters. It has kind of awakened the child in me. And for a long time now I have loved the art work of Cicely Mary Barker. For those of you who aren't familiar with her, she painted flowers and plants and their particular fairy. My favorite flower is the lilac. I love the way it smells, and it's color. How is blooms in the springtime, saying, "Look at me! Spring is here!" So of course one of my favorite fairies is the lilac fairy.

I've read that if you plant certain things in your garden that you can attract fairies. The same kinds of plants that attract butterflies and humming birds. I once read somewhere that when you see a butterfly, or a honeybee, or a dragonfly. That you are actually looking upon a fairy. Our human eyes just don't recognize them for what they truly are... fairies. I love that. Mark plants a whole bunch of lavender for me in our back yard. And when we spot a butterfly, we tell each other that it is really a fairy. There are couple of websites I have come across, that when I have free time I love to visit. One is www.gardenfairy.com and the other is www.flowerfairies.com  If you have minute, go explore the magical world of fairies. I DO believe in fairies. I do, I do. (Well, all except for the tooth fairy. She's a flake.)