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Drifters’ Cove

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Drifters’ Cove created by Marvin Haltzer
photos by Barbara Rodgers

Ebb & Flo, a brother/sister faerie team live in this riverside home made of driftwood.  These faeries control the tide waters of the Lieutenant River.  Every six hours, Ebb is busy pulling the salty waters into the marsh and then it’s Flo’s turn to push them back out into the Sound again.  This keeps the water always in motion and the marsh a dynamic and beautiful ecosystem for birds, fish, insects, and more.  The many shades of green keep the painters busy mixing their vibrant and sunny hues.
(Wee Faerie Village: Land of Picture Making)

Today I baked spaghetti squash for the first time, and served it with a grass-fed ground beef marinara sauce.  Mr. Logic thought it tasted good, and so did I!  And so the paleo culinary adventure continues…

Zoë and Olga, sweet little carnivores, are on a grain-free diet, too, and seem pleased with it for the most part, as pleased as cats will allow themselves to admit.

Olga is still giving Zoë a wide berth, and hissing occasionally to remind Zoë about how things stand between them.  She spends her evenings close to Tim on the couch, purring loudly.  We’re being patient and encouraging with her.

Zoë provides us with morning entertainment – playing with and pouncing on pony-tail elastics, preferring them to all other toys.  And she talks to us all the time.  :)  My little shadow.

Bonsai Treehouse

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Bonsai Treehouse created by Craig & Michelle Nelson, Nelson Designs, LLC

Wabi Sabi is a tree faerie dedicated to sharing his love and respect for trees.  He inspires the artists to see the greatness of the variety of trees on the property.  His house is in a Japanese maple nestled in this leafy bush.  It is the ideal setting for him to watch over the magnificent trees surrounding Miss Florence’s boardinghouse.  From his home he can easily fly to inspect a spruce, elm, pine, or walnut tree.  If he ventures farther afield, he can console the weeping willow, take a walk along the beech branch, or even pine away at the top of the evergreens.
(Wee Faerie Village: Land of Picture Making)

The power of imagination makes us infinite.
~ John Muir
(John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir)

photos by Barbara Rodgers

Remember back in July, when Tim & I started to discuss adopting a couple of cats?
(Two Cats in the Yard?)

Remember back in October when I started posting pictures of all the little fairy dwellings in the Wee Faerie Village at the Florence Griswold Museum?  I found a couple more that I never got around to posting…  (Windwood Faeriegrounds)

Remember back in November when my sister-in-law Fran’s feral cat, Zoë, decided to make friends with me?  (Second Day of Christmas)

12.26.12.zoeWell, back in November, it would seem that Zoë was sensing a shift in energy, somehow knowing that changes were afoot.  As it turns out her family is moving from Virginia to Europe this month, and Zoë and her sister needed a new home.  So they arrived here to live with us last weekend and they are slowly settling in.  They don’t feel at home here yet – who could blame them after a long car ride and leaving the only home they’ve ever known – but when they do feel a little more comfortable I will take some pictures.  Zoë is very affectionate and talkative, purring when petted, but her sister, Olga, is still hiding under the stairs in the basement, only coming out to eat and use the litter pan.  It looks like it will take her longer to warm up to the idea of living here.

Flightingale Infirmary

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Flightingale Infirmary created by Linda, Norman & Joseph Legassie
photo by Barbara Rodgers

Florence Flightingale is a faerie specializing in wing repair.  Fireflies are the first-responders to the soft hush of the sunset’s glow – brightening the way for summertime fun – and even twilight painting.  But what happens when a firefly scorches a wing-tip?  It’s Flightingale to the rescue for all sorts of wing injuries: burned, torn, or just plain worn.  Indeed, this boulder’s shoulder is a welcomed sight when fluttering troubles strike for beetles, bees, birds, and butterflies.
(Wee Faerie Village: Land of Picture Making)

River Valley Farm

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River Valley Farm created by Sandra Bender Fromson

Warren, a wee faerie of farming, lives in this house with his wife Elvina and children Lily and Eldon.  The house was built by his grandfather with stones cleared from the farmland more than 100 years ago.  Raised on the farm, Warren and his family continue the age-old traditions of working the land, growing vegetables, and tending the orchard.  Elvina bakes pies using the enormous apples that grow in Miss Florence’s orchard.  Although great for the delicious vegetables and fruit, the gardens and the orchard are favored painting locations for the artists as well.
(Wee Faerie Village: Land of Picture Making)

photos by Barbara Rodgers

Beech Hearth Castles

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Beech Hearth Castles created by Pietrina Saxton
photos by Barbara Rodgers

Kit and his Family of Dragons live in these fireplace hearths and small buildings situated within this majestic beech.  Known for their benevolence and magic, these dragon faeries guard and bless hearths and supply firewood in exchange for having a home.  Built of stone and surrounded by trees, these castles are the year-round homes for dragon faeries that inspire artists to include sun-baked beech trees and brilliantly burning fireplaces in their paintings.
(Wee Faerie Village: Land of Picture Making)

Branch Ranch

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Branch Ranch created by Robert Nielsen & Billie Tannen, Billie Beads
photo by Barbara Rodgers

Lief Falldownsoon is the king of the leaf fairies and is in charge of the legions of leaves that cover the trees.  Busy all summer helping the leaves turn sunlight into food for the trees, Lief and his kin at Branch Ranch, enjoy the fall the best when the leaves can all start to rest.  Although the green leaves inspire the landscape artists all summer, Lief knows that the real show happens when they begin to change color, turning from green to red, yellow, or gold before leaping into the blue sky for the twisty, twirly, gusty, blusty, ride to the ground.
(Wee Faerie Village: Land of Picture Making)

Water Pearl Palace

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Water Pearl Palace created by Dylan & Ted Gaffney

Queen Moonstone and her sprites live in Water Pearl Palace built in the twisted roots of the giant sycamore tree.  During the day they guard this mystical gateway to other worlds, but gather every evening to dance among the great boughs of the tree and along the rippling stream celebrating creativity.  Within the many nooks and crannies of the subterranean palace, the sprites leave tokens found during their nightly travels.  Visit on a full moon and witness their grand party when they assist all who seek their help.
(Wee Faerie Village: Land of Picture Making)

Every leaf speaks bliss to me
Fluttering from the autumn tree.
~ Emily Brontë
(The Complete Poems of Emily Jane Brontë)

People must believe what they can, and those who believe more must not be hard upon those who believe less.  I doubt if you would have believed it all yourself if you hadn’t seen some of it.
~ George MacDonald
(The Princess & The Goblin)

photos by Barbara Rodgers