A "Whimsical" Little "Fairy Circle"


 

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Photos by Linnie Nolan

"Once upon a time"...
in the Backyard....
Under the Pine Trees...
there appeared...
A MUSHROOM CIRCLE!


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..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..    The Fairy-Ring
(an Old German Legend of the Black Forest)

As the moonlight fell , On a dreaming dove That in sylvan dell , Nestled near his love, A ring of fairies, fleet and bright, Danced softly, tripping in the light That pierced the leafy domes. Then a magic spark, Lit each leaf and flower, And illumed the dark , Like a diamond shower, And fireflies swept through the air Or, gently swaying, twinkled there, Like tiny brilliant lamps. Weasels, badgers, moles, Startled by the sight, From their mossy holes, Peer into the night, While bats and brilliant butterflies, And moths, with gaudy wings, uprise To see the fairies trip. Rabbits, hares and deer, Birds and beasts of prey, Timidly draw near, To the sylvan play, An audience such as ne'er was seen Forms round the fairies on the green, To watch their lithesome dance. Hark! what mystic sound, Breaks upon the ear? From the woods around, Elves and gnomes appear, They chant a song now sweet, now wild, And in their midst a pale dead child They bring upon a bier. 'Tis their Fairy Queen, Whom they fête to-night, And the woods are seen , Quivering with delight. To her the lifeless babe they bring, And placing it amid the ring, They wait her magic touch. Lo! the Queen just bends , O'er the wan cold face, And with loving hands, Loosens Death's embrace. The babe then joins the whirling ring, And round and round the fairies swing, In circles full of grace; Ever on they fly, Faster grows their pace, Flashing past the eye, In their elfin race, Till mist and babe and fairies blend And rise, as early dawn doth send Its gray light on the day. As the sunlight fell, On two billing doves In a sylvan dell, Where they cooed their loves, No sign of fairies bright and fleet, Of softly tripping, tiny feet, Was seen in all the wood.

"The babe then joins the whirling ring, And 'round and 'round the fairies swing."

http://www.books-about-california.com/Pages/The_Frost_King/The_Frost_King_main.html      Ida Bohatta http://www.elfenportal.de/master.php?kat=5.09 (a German site)  

Ida Bohatta Morpurgo
(a German Illustrator)

 
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Louisa May Allcott
wrote "Flower Fables"


Photo by Linnie

   "Flower Fables was the first work published by Louisa May Alcott and appeared on December 4, 1849. The book was a compilation of fanciful stories first written seven years earlier for Ellen Emerson (daughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson. The book was published in an edition of 1600 and apparently sold well although Alcott received only about $35 from the Boston publisher, George Briggs.....read the rest of the story at this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_May_Alcott ..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~.. 



Laura Ingalls Wilder
wrote "Fairy Poems"  

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Ingalls_Wilder

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Love the Fairies in the made up world of
books like The Flower Fairies by:
Cecily Mary Parker
    http://www.flowerfairies.com/US_version/home.html     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicely_Mary_Barker  




 

Cicely Mary Barker
(1895–1973) Is the Beloved Flower Fairy Creator      Women's Children Book Illustrator http://www.ortakales.com/illustrators/barker.html   ..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~.. 
 

 http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/doyle.htm

  Sir Arthur Doyle is best known for
penning the famous Sherlock Holms series,
 but did you know that he was interested in...
  another "TALE"? READ ABOUT  IT HERE: Arthur Conan Doyle, Spiritualism, and Fairies  http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/doyle.htm (it's very interesting)   ....."The pictures were stunningly fake. The fairies were paper cutouts taken      from a popular children's book, Princess Mary's Gift Book. But what is truly amazing is that the pictures caused a huge sensation, and untold numbers of people thought the fairies were real"........ Read the rest here from this SITE below:  http://www.parascope.com/articles/0397/ghost08.htm
 

This delightful movie
is about that "TALE"!!
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     ...;and I do not want you to become sharers in demons. You can not drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons                   1Corinthians 20..21       ..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~.. 
 

Beauteous, 

Tempting ,

POISONOUS!!

These (unidentified) examples

do however make lovely objects for

ART

and some for

CRAFTS

like drying

                                                                                                                                                    by Linnie Nolan

This beautiful cluster has too many "look-a-like"

species for me to attempt to try to eat them!!



(These were much more brilliant ORANGE off camera)



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There is only a "PAIR of PEARS" in this picture! The two EDIBLE FUNGI in this picture are PUFF BALL Mushrooms (the one on the top grew too fast on the inside, but was still tasty)!
 
Many Puffball Mushrooms grow in the animal pasture  at the Bleat'n Hum Baa Farm  
 These ones weighed over a pound!!
  Manna from Heaven!
   Puff Balls taste so good sliced thin and quick browned in olive oil in an iron fry pan.
   These are Giant Meadow mushrooms  (Agaricus campestris)      The "gills" on these do not show as PINK in the photo, but it is the "tell tail" sign that tells that it is edible. 
 
   Harvesting WILD Mushrooms is DANGEROUS business! Books are helpful but taking a Course is very important Too many mushrooms are POISONOUS, and look too much like edible ones!   


All Mushroom pictures by Linnie

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    THE "REAL" FAIRY FOLK of the BLEAT'N HUM BAA FARM'N FIBER!!  ARE:  Some people love to build "Fairy Houses" but an attempt here would only bring these Folk!
  "PEEP" the Song Sparrow "TOBIAS" the TOAD
  a Whimsy Moth-folk A busy Humming Birdfolk
A hungry Tiger Swallow Tail Butterfly
A Monarch fueling for the Fly South
The cutest Hummingbird Moth!!   FROG and POLLYFOLK
ALL the HONEY BEE COURT!!!
Air Born Milkweed Seed Downfolk
BUMBLEFOLK
Thistlefolk     The Mousiekin Family Happily and Permanently  reside in this Little "Fairy" Home     .~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.    

Do You Know JESUS?

http://www.proverbs31.org/doyouknowJesus/doYouKnowJesus.php
..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..    Listen to Sunday CHURCH  with Pastor  CHARLES PRICE of the Living Truth Ministries  http://www.livingtruthmedia.com/index2.php   HERE ARE SOME GREAT SITES  TO LEARN ABOUT MUSHROOMS:
  The "WILD MAN" Steve Brill http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/ ~~~  http://americanmushrooms.com/id.htm http://americanmushrooms.com/
 ~~~  http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/ChooserResult.asp   ~~~  http://www.mushroom-collecting.com/mushroomhorse.html  An online book: http://books.google.com/books?id=Bd0UAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=edible+mushroom&hl=en&ei=6GBITbPxNMrEgQfA8-XTBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CFoQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q&f=false
      And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his own kind, whose seed is in itself upon earth so; And the earth brought forth grass,and herb yielding seed was in itself after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself his kind: and God saw that it was good                                                                 Genesis 1 11:12
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The Mousekin Family say
Have Fun Imagining!!



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