Month: March 2019

My name is Pflitta and I come from Cornwall, England. It’s a beautiful place, but I had a wandering spirit, so adventuring I went! It was on one of those adventures that I came upon a human girl with pink hair like my own. I found myself to be most intrigued by this human, so I snuck into her backpack when she wasn’t paying attention. This led me to being in a fantastic hollow metal creature that engulfed many humans and flew without having to use feathery wings. How delightful! We ended up in a place called Texas; a place far from my home back across the ocean. Even though I was so far from home, I was eager to study this human further. However, I became distracted by the sights, sounds, and smells around me. I magicked myself and flew east. Things soon quieted down. There were trees, hills, and flowers all around me. How enchanted I was and still am here at the Davey Dogwood Park I discovered in Palestine, Texas. Here I have become an avid moon bather, wing washer (even fairies have jobs), and use my sweet home and gardens as a fairy bed & breakfast. Collecting shiny trinkets and gardening keep me the busiest, but I am very a very happy host to my guests. Breakfast is always cupcakes! Come and stay with me sometime as I rarely travel anymore. Thanks for stopping by! Please feel free to see what I have left un-magicked for you to see.

Glittery Goodbyes!  Pflitta

Welcome to the quaint village of the Loblollies, more commonly known as “Pine Fairies”. The Loblollies migrated from another dimension to the area known as “Palestine” about 460 years ago. With them, they brought the first pine seeds in the cones that they wear as crash helmets. It is a little known fact that this is how the Loblolly Pine trees that grow in this area got their name.

I have been observing this species of faerie for nine years now, and documenting my research. This is what I’ve found: The Loblollies are about 70% friendly and 30% mischievous. They love a good laugh and are often playing practical jokes on one another or slyly tying each others wings together and disappearing behind a hedge. They have a fondness for “borrowing” things that are laying around; especially shiny things, as their interdimensional stargate is powered by shimmer. If you’ve ever found yourself missing an earring, a bracelet or a shiny vase or candlestick, it is certainly a possibility that the Loblollies in charge of accruing fuel for shine power have “borrowed” it for their quantum leap. Of course they have every intention of returning the item, but you know how busy a faerie’s life can be.

There’s a saying that goes “Every time a bell rings a faerie gets their wings.” I have field tested this hypothesis and it is in part true. This particular specie is oviparous, and much like caterpillars, the Loblollie babies are wingless when they hatch. A little jingle from the “birthing bell” and iridescent green wings begin to emerge. Once a Loblollie reaches maturity, these baby wings are shed and the adult faeries remain wingless until (usually) a human nearby jingles a bell.

Although the adult Loblolly diet includes garden vegetables and all things sweet, baby Loblollies are fed a regimen of Dogwood pollen and honey; presumably why they chose to settle here in this area. Every Spring, the village elders enchant the Dogwood trees to blossom for the year’s harvest.

During my years of observation, I have begun to understand the language of the Loblollies. Text, which they usually write with their feet dipped in berry paste, resembles Sumerian cuneiform, but spoken dialect is a melodious composition of whistles, clicks, buzzes, and wurbles not resembling any Earthly language. Incidentally, their words for “human” most commonly resembles our words for “bell-ringing blimp”. The Loblolly village is usually veiled in an invisibility cloud, but they have agreed to temporarily put their township on display for this year’s Dogwood trails event and [fairy] garden walk. The Loblollies went a step further and even included signs in English (with translation help from me). They were surprised and delighted to see other [fairy] gardens popping up around the forest and have made many new friends along the path.

There is still much to learn about these impish little creatures, but as long as the Dogwoods bloom, we can be sure that the Loblollies are still with us.

A sprinkle a day keeps the clouds away!

It had been days of nonstop rain in Dogwood Junction, and you could tell by the mood of the town’s fairy population that something was desperately needed to lift their tiny spirits.

Everyone was grumpy! No one was even saying hello as they flew along the streets in the tiny fairy town. The normal atmosphere of love and cooperation had turned into one of indifference and gloom. Acts of kindness in the forest stopped. No one was delivering food to their elderly next door fairy neighbor or checking on a nearby fairy friend who was ill.

That was until two fairy explorers stumbled across the Davey Dogwood Fairy Dust Mine. Just a sprinkle of fairy dust from the mine caused a transformation! The town was back to its kind and caring spirit, and the fairies were filled with love and concern for their fellow neighbors.

Even on a cloudy, gloomy day, with a sprinkle of the dust, everything changes! The skies seem clear and sunny. Moods brighten. Love is in the air. Fairies lend a helping hand to their neighbors. They even reach out to connect with complete strangers and share a good word or an act of kindness.

Although the mine is hidden deep in the forest, it is said that if you stumble upon it by accident, and get sprinkled with the dust, it will change your whole outlook, too!

A garden installation by WE CARE Palestine

Deep in the beautiful dogwood forest is an enchanted home for the oldest, wisest Dogwood fairies. These silver haired fairies know all the secrets of the forest and love to share their stories (and magic) with the younger fairies that visit. Sharing wisdom and life is the way they leave their mark on all who will listen, so they call their home “Legacy.”
The silver-haired fairies have learned to enjoy the little moments, including sugarplum bingo, swinging beneath branches, wearing the sparkliest clothes and spending time meditating in the sprite chapel.

Those who live here truly understand the source of fairy life: the laughter and smiles of children and the young at heart as well as the splendor of nature. For this reason, they invite all who visit to reach into their magical chest and take home flower seeds and a little fairy dust.

“Fáilte roimh ár nGairdín”

“Welcome to our garden”

(Irish Gaelic, ancient Irish ogham writing)

Down the path of past the dust mine
there is a neighbourhood that is fairy fine!

There is a pool and a ladder too,
Our fairies there await you!

Come and find them.
Look to see.
If you may find
Where they may be!

Sometimes they’ll tease you
And twinkle bright in a flash
Other times, they’ll trick you
To blink & its over in a dash

So look to the left, then look to the right
Everywhere you’ll see, are fairies happy & bright

 

— B & C Fairy Garden

Once upon a time deep in the Enchanted Davey Dogwood Forest where the dogwoods bloomed, there lived a Fairy Village called Windermere. This Fairy Village was unlike any other in all the land. This was because all the fairy’s were ancient and wise. It was known throughout the forest that Windermere fairy’s were kind and trusting to all. In fact, they were so trusting that they accidentally trusted a Greedy, Horrid Giant named Maerceci [pronounced [May-air-suh-kia]. Maerceci was Gargantuan & green. He wasn’t always that way thou. Maerceci was once a nice fairy, but he disobeyed the rules of his village. As punishment for disobeying the rules, the headmaster of his village cast him out to live among the hills by himself. When Maerceci was cast out of the village, a curse was put on him turning him green. Maerceci wandered the hills of East Texas alone and hungry. The longer he was isolated from civilization, the greedier he became. Meanwhile in the Windermere Fairy Village the fairy’s were living life to the fullest. There were activities every day for the fairy’s, so they never got bored. The fairy’s loved playing bingo. Windermere fairy’s were not all about fun thou. The fairy’s were very active by going to exercise every day with their mysticial blue-haired Activity Director Charla. Charla loved all the fairy’s very much, including Peaches. Peaches was Fairy-Rosie’s pet poodle. One day while Fairy-Rosie was out walking Peaches for her daily walk, Peaches started growling. It worried all the fairy’s so much that the head fairy Gregory called a special meeting to discuss why Peaches would growl every time she was walked outside the village. It was decided by Fairy Gregory that it might not be safe outside the walls of Windermere. No one knew that Peaches could smell Maerceci every time she went outside. For Maerceci was hiding in the hills behind Windermere. One Friday afternoon Fairy Gregory decided to take a trip to Crockett, a neighboring village. Before he left he instructed all the fairy’s to stay indoors for the weekend while he was gone. Now here is where the problem began. Fairy-Woody was not at the meeting when Fairy-Gregory ordered the fairy’s to stay inside. So Fairy-Woody went outside to play with his friend, Fairy-Danny. While they were outside playing, Maerceci decided to come down out of the hills and befriend Fairy-Woody and Fairy-Danny. Fairy-Danny was so excited to have a new friend to play tag with that he accidentally told Maerceci the door code of Windermere. That night while all the fairy’s of Windermere were snuggled all safe in their beds Maerceci used the door code and came inside the walls of Windermere. Maerceci roamed the halls all night and learned everything he could about the layout of Windermere. Maerceci liked that Windermere had Fairy-corns and he also liked that there was a pet skunk. While Maerceci was wandering the halls of Windermere he decided he didn’t like living in the hills anymore. He decided that before daylight he would take Fairy-Gregory’s job of being head fairy. So Maerceci went to each room and put spells on all the fairy’s one by one so that when they woke up they would obey Maerceci. Saturday morning when the fairy’s woke up the spell worked and they followed Maerceci’s orders. The entire weekend the fairy’s obeyed Maerceci and the fairy’s never knew a spell had been put on them. The fairy’s did things that weekend that they would never have done if the spell wasn’t on them. For instance, when visitors came into Windermere that weekend, they were allowed in. But when the visitors tried to leave, the fairy’s charged the visitors .25 cents to get out the locked door. Maerceci had lots of fun reeking havoc that weekend with the fairy’s. On Sunday Fairy-Carla had to go to the building to get something out of her desk. As soon as Fairy-Carla walked into the building she knew something wasn’t right. The building was a mess. You see, Maerceci was controlling the fairy’s minds. The fairy’s would read a book and then leave the book in the floor. They would play games and not clean up their mess when the game ended. Fairy-Carla did not like what she saw. Now remember, Windermere fairy’s are wise. Fairy-Carla knew they were under a spell of some sort. For she knew that these fairy’s would never leave books on the floor. Fairy-Carla left the building and immediately called Fairy-Gregory. It was decided that Fairy-Gregory would handle this situation first thing Monday morning. So all weekend the Windermere fairy’s were being controlled by Maerceci. On Monday morning Fairy-Gregory got on his White horse and went to see Wizard Tim. He told Wizard Tim all that Fairy-Carla told him. So Fairy-Gregory on his white horse and Wizard Tim on his black horse went to Windermere. Immediately Wizard Tim knew what was wrong. He knew that the fairy’s were being mind controlled. So Wizard Tim set about walking the halls of Windermere chanting. While he was chanting Fairy-Gregory went and hired a troll-frog to come and be a guard. Once Wizard Tim was done chanting he found Maerceci and put him behind a trap door that led to a basement underground. The troll-frog was to guard the door forever. With Wizard Tim braking the spell, all was right in the world of Windermere. When Queen-Debbie heard of Maerceci and that he was being kept underground behind a large door guarded by a troll-frog she insisted that Maerceci be able to have a pet cat live with him. For Queen-Debbie was a very kind queen with a good heart. She did not want Maerceci to live out his life alone. So Maerceci got a pet cat and all the fairy’s lived happily ever after. And the Troll-Frog had a job that paid him money. The End

She woke up.  Although she doesn’t know where she is. Then she sees a bug and is suddenly startled. It was huge!”Ahhh, what is happening? Where am I? Why is that so big… or why am I so small?” she questioned. She looked around and saw huge leaves that were as green as they could be. She saw something while she was looking around.

“Hello? Anyone there?” she asked.

“H-hi, I’m Dr. David Patrick,” whispered David.

“DOCTOR?” she said.

“Yes, and what’s your name?”  Davis said as he came out of hiding.

“Rosemary, but you can call me Rose” Rosemary said.

“You’re new around here, let me take you to my office,” David shouted as he flew up.

Mesmerized by his wings that had a sort of blue lace.  She almost didn’t say anything but then she said, “What? You have wings? How am I supposed to follow you?”

David cried, “Simple, just open your wings and flutter!”

As she got used to flying, she was amazed by all of the flowers, and mushrooms, it was magical, and then she thought about something; how did this happen to her?  The last thing she remembered she was being chased then she woke up here.

She was astonished by the fact that all the buildings were mushrooms, and that they were pretty roomy.  When they arrived at David’s office he did a check-up on her to make sure nothing was wrong (being as she had shown up out of nowhere).

“So what is this place?” Rosemary said curiously. David replied, “Why it is the Fairy Garden.”  She quickly said, “Oh yeah, I’ve heard about this place, doesn’t it…”

“Have a path with stone around it, and fairies in the village that have magical creatures for pets,” they both said simultaneously.

“So how did I get here?” she asked as she sat up on the rock by the doctor’s office sign.

“Well this seems to happen a lot; what happens is if someone that has enough magic in them is in danger they appear here and live here forever,” David said as he locked up the office so they could leave.

“What about my kids… WHERE ARE THEY?” she shouted as she started to stress out about her kids.

“It will be easier if I just show you,” explained David.  So they headed to the village.  “Home Sweet Home” was on the door of of a house. “As it says, ‘Home Sweet Home’, go see your kids,” David said as he opened the door.

After that, David and Rosemary had a wedding in the field with benches, white flowers and everyone was invited.  The kids loved the change… and they all lived…

Happily Ever After

In a hidden Dogwood forest, nowhere to be seen, lies the prettiest of fairy villages. The houses glow under the full moon. Fairies fly amongst the land, trailing fairy dust behind them for a split second before it disintegrated. The fairies’ wings flutter behind them, creating a twinkling sound every time they flap their wings. Full moons are always special in the fairyland of Elkadia, especially in the middle of spring.
Their tradition began long ago, and now, the celebration is the highlight of the spring season. Plums and oranges are harvested by the faeries for their night of happiness. Meanwhile, tree nymphs are busy picking their acorns and pecans to prepare for one another. Fairies of the Dogwood forest feast in the full moon’s light with their neighbors, the tree nymphs, to celebrate their peaceful world together – except for Gaius, the lonely wizard who guards two towers, with blooming scarlet roses surrounding one, laying east of roserock wall.
Alfred, the son of the head faerie guardian, Asteria, has a crush on a fairy named Prilla. He always looks for a reason to talk to her, but alas, he is always shy. One day, after a short conversation with Prilla, he learned her favorite flower was the beloved scarlet rose. Alfred knew exactly where to find one; beyond the Roserock Wall, to the abandoned Rose Tower.
The one thing that stood between Alfred and the Rose Tower was the despised Gaius. Being the son of faerie Asteria, though, he had an advantage against all other fairies; Alfred had the ability to turn invisible to escape any trouble he may face. He would fly past the wizard and the wall without ever being seen, but in order for him to not be missed by his mother during the celebration, he quickly thought of the potion of forgetfulness. Before the toast of rainwater between his mother and the High Countess of Tree Nymphs, Melisande, Alfred made the potion and would drop the formula into every faeries rainwater drink, making them forget he was ever there. Right before the celebration, Alfred set out on this adventure before the others gathered, and would return before the dance under the light of the full moon. He was off and would only return with the scarlet rose.
Over the roserock wall he could see the scarlet rose tower. He knew, under the full moon’s light, he would finally fulfill his dreams. There would only be one problem in the way: the wizard guarding the lovely tower. Alfred’s plan was to use his invisibility against the wizard, but little did he know, he couldn’t be fooled! The wizard had the best nose in all of Elkadia. Gaius quickly smelled Alfred, but saw nothing, and a look of confusion grew on his face as he examined his surroundings. Alfred began to execute his plan: tying him up with vine that he had found while traveling. Realizing Gaius couldn’t see him, Alfred quickly grabbed the vine and wrapped it around the wizard. He flew around the restricted wizard once, seeing if he could break free. Now that he was tied up, Alfred quickly grabbed as many scarlet roses as he could and put them in the air balloon. He untied the sand sacks from the balloon and lifted off in a hurry to return to the festival.
Home at last, he quickly flies to erase the potion of forgetfulness he once placed upon his village. He set up the scarlet roses in a garden, with the words “Be Mine” spelled out. He fetches Prilla to surprise her with the gift. He runs past his mother and the High Countess, looking around to find Prilla. Once seeing the fairy, he speaks to her, explaining that he needed her help.
The look of surprise on her face was enough to make Alfred’s night. Quickly, he places an extra rose behind her ear before they race back to the festival. As the light of the sun appears, it is time for the Grand Meeting; here, fairies and nymphs plan for the next year before concluding the celebration. As the meeting ends, the majestic creatures bid their farewells; after saying goodbye to a few nymphs, Alfred speaks to Prilla, and plan to plant a scarlet rose together.

In the trunk of a tree off the old beaten trail,
lies a whimsical school with a little white bell.
It has doors made of sticks and walls made of moss,
And a colorful banner sprawling across.
Here you’ll find fairies of all different kinds,
it takes lots of sparkle to teach little minds.
Kindness and love is what makes these teachers;
they help fairies learn about all of God’s creatures.
Here they learn things a fairy should know,
like how to fly, and how flowers grow.
Which foods to eat, what berries to pick,
And how to choose herbs when someone gets sick.
Classes on magic, how to use pixie dust,
At this school dancing is really a must!
Luna, Tulip, Blossom, and Lilly,
You’ll find on the swings where they love to act silly.
Sunrise til sunset they dance and they learn,
Practice their skills so their wings they will earn.
They then fly around with enchantment and grace,
guiding and helping all over the place.
So walk and explore but please be alert,
More reside here than just bugs, trees, and dirt.
At Davey Dogwood there are fairies abound,
They might even be on a merry-go-round!

Welcome to Fairydise Resort! Fairydise Resport is a fun, fairy-family vacation destination in the majestic Davey Dogwood Park in East Texas. At Fairydise, everyone is sure to have a magical experience.
The fairies who live and work here appear as normal woodland creatures by day, but at night they show their true identities. These fairies live in three houses on the property. In House #1 there lives a family of Forest Fairies who gather bark for building and repairing anything around the resort. In House #2 there live the Leaf Fairies who collect leaves and other greenery for decoration around the resort. In House #3 there lives a family of flower fairies, including Her Majesty the Queen Flora, whose take care of the flowers all around the resort. These three fairy families are busy with their work every evening, but always find time to stop and visit with the Fairydise Resort guests they meet. They know the Resort better than anyone and can share ideas about fun things to do all around the Report, from the best place to picnic during the day to which treetop branches make for the best stargazing at night.
Fairies of all ages can enjoy miles of nature trails, wildlife viewing and relaxation at Fairydise Resort. There are lots of things the children fairies can do too, for example there is a playground with a see-saw and a slide, a Clubhouse, a swing and small swimming pool. An All-You-Can-Eat buffet of delicious snacks of wild berries and herbal teas are served in the Clubhouse every afternoon at 4:00.
Everyone is welcome at the Fairydise Resort! We can’t wait to see you soon!