Fairy Land

About once a week, we take the girls to the woods nearby. One day as we were wandering past the gnarled ivy-covered trees and the rushing little streams, it occurred to me that this just might be a fairy land!
Sure enough, we found out that one day a year the tiny flower fairies living in the forest leave to gather flowers in far-away meadows. On this day only, special children are allowed to see the fairy village while the fairies are gone. It just so happened that this special day was April 28 - right between the girls' birthdays! Here are the face-painted birthday girls in one of the many fairy homes arranged around a little pond and waterfall.

All was well until some washerwoman came and declared this exact spot the only place in which they could wash their clothes! We politely convinced them to move a bit further down stream and thanked them with cake and juice!
A rarely-seen "Talia Fairy"

A small part of Fairyland

(Sorry - I'm having problems with the layout)

Birthday girls!

cousins and friends