A Favorite picture

Midsummer Eve c. 1908 Edward Robert Hughes, R.W.S. ~~ A Book by Anna Maria Hall She wrote numerous stories for children, like Grandmamma's Pockets (1849) and Midsummer Eve: a fairy tale of love (1870), and from 1828 to 1837 she was editor of the Juvenile Forget Me Not, an annual published in London.

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Shrooms and thoughts of Faires. Impatiens capensis (jewelweed) The flower almost looks like a cap for an elf.

~~ The upper leaves are alternate, the lower ones opposite. They’re water-repellent, so they look like they’re covered with tiny jewels (raindrops) after it rains, accounting for the name jewelweed.

~~ If you submerge the leaves in water, their undersides will turn silvery, delighting children of all ages.

~~ The trumpet-shaped flowers, which bloom from early summer to fall, are under 1" long, with three petals, one which curls, to form a long slipper- or sack-shaped spur.

~~ If you break jewelweed's stem and repeatedly apply the juice to a fresh mosquito bite for 15-20 minutes, the itching stops and the bite doesn't swell.

~~ For older bites, it works only temporarily.

~~ Jewelweed's juice also relieves bee and wasp stings, although it doesn't always cure them completely.If you accidentally touch poison ivy and apply jewelweed juice to the affected area before the rash appears, you probably won't get the rash.

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Your fairy is called Oak Elffly

She is a cheerful sprite.

She lives in forests of oak and lime trees.

She is only seen at midday under a quiet, cloudless sky.

She decorates herself with leaves and berries. She has delicate green wings like a cicada.

Get your free fairy name here!

It is so ~~~~

But then Shrooms are FUN Guys RIGHT? ~~~~~~~~~~~Humid Here I perspire moss

weekend shots

Wood it Knot be?

The wood sang as the splitter ran its sharp teeth through the length of the different woods. One thing that was amazing was as we split some of the old Apple logs we could still smell a hint of apple in the wood. That is so neat! Sounds that radiate from some of the logs made me think of the pressure inside an old wooden ship as the forces of the water made the vessel creak and moan, much like the sounds from the movie The Perfect Storm. While our job was made easier using a hydraulic splitter, the aches are still there. The Briggs and Stratton engine purred on.The, or rather my goal for the morning was to get one section of wood split and re stacked. Then the plan was to fix the typical farm breakfast for my Sweetie and sons. Much to my surprise and delight when we came in our youngest son was already making breakfast. I seldom have anyone make me breakfast so this was an especially lovely moment.

By 4:oo p.m. I was ready to begin the second section of wood. While our one son took the other son back to school my Sweetie and I got that finished. Then off I went to the local 7-11 for some milk, I just sat in the car, allowing the heated seat to begin to relax my muscles. Man it felt good. As I was driving out of the driveway I noticed the Shrooms. Made a mental note to take pictures when I returned, if I could walk at that point. HA! These new photos are a recent up date to this post of last Monday. Yet another lovely evening outside with my Sweetie, Life is Good as we sat there and enjoyed the antics of our Koi. HA and as the cats ALSO enjoyed the Koi antics. Today will be easier; son and I will only be planting trees. ;0 Happy Christopher Columbus Day (1451 - 1506)

"faerie rings"

Fungi Folklore Mushrooms often suddenly appear, as if from nowhere. This is probably why there are so many magical tales surrounding them. Have you ever seen mushrooms growing in a circle? People used to think that fairies, elves and goblins danced the night away on the circular "dance-floor" within these so-called fairy rings. It was thought that the mushrooms were used as little stools and chairs. Others believed that fairy rings grew where lightning had struck the ground, or that haystacks, ants and moles were the cause of the rings!