Fairy Houses

My crafty creative girls are at it again!!  One of the things I love most about summer is the amount of time the girls have to just think, create and imagine. 


They chose a little corner of our yard at the stump of a tree and created a welcoming cozy cottage for fairies.


Complete with a very soft lambs ear bed with lovely smelling floral pillows.


Some very interesting lanterns hanging outside the door for when twilight appears.....


If you look closely, you might see a berry chandelier..


Can you see the teeny-tiny purple flower petals lining the pebble walkway?


In the far corner you can find a little rock stool and a mushroom table with a fairy sized green pumpkin awaiting a curious fairy.   Notice the broom beside the table just in case the fairies need to tidy up??


We see lots of fairies in our yard - but you have to sit very, very, very still and wait for them to land on your toes. (Also a well-kept secret in my photography bag of tricks for keeping little ones still and focused long enough to snap a good shot!)


Almost every morning a fairy leaves a dew-kissed flower in Boo's car seat for her to discover - this has happened for years and years......   I know the fairies will be excited to discover a litle home built just for them after all these years of flitting around our yard.


Fairies come in all shapes and sizes......


My Banana also created this nature-inspired horse as a surprise for Punkin.   Her creativity astounds me sometimes. 




We decided he is a hillbilly horsey since he looks like he only has one tooth in his mouth.  :)


In other news.... we have had plenty of late summer storms this week.  Several days we even had hail.  I snapped this picture after they were already melting - the hailstones were even bigger than these.


And our puppies have been catching up on their reading....



My favorite read this summer has been 'The Help" - I highly recommend the book AND the movie!!