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Thursday, September 8, 2016

FALL IN LOVE

Mary Marcia
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

LINK: http://tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com/2016/09/fall-in-love.html

Thoughts of love like falling leaves...

Swirling in the Autumn breeze.

Author: Unknown

Beautiful Memories of Fall

Seasons: Meteorological and Astronomical

LINK: http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/aboutseasons.html

Fall (Autumnal Fall Equinox) begins on September 22, 2016, for countries in the Northern Hemisphere (United States, Canada). In the Southern Hemisphere (parts of South America, parts of Africa, Australia, and Antarctica) it's known as the Spring (vernal) equinox.

LINK: http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/september-equinox.htm

"The woods are full of fairies;

the sea is full of fish"

the trees are full of golder leave;

let's make an autumn wish."

Author Anonymous

"Come said the wind to
the leaves one day,
Come o're the meadows
and we will play.
Put on your dresses
scarlet and gold,
For summer is gone
and the days grow cold."

Author: A Children's Song of the 1880's

The foliage has been losing its freshness

through the month of August,

and here and there a yellow leaf shows itself

like the first gray hair amidst the locks of a beauty

who has seen one season too many.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower."

Albert Camus

falling leaves
hide the path
so quietly

John Bailey, Autumn

a haiku year, 2001

Thanks for stopping by!

Come back often, and invite a friend!

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Mary Marcia

America's STORYTELLER

Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

Sunday, September 8, 2013

FALL IN LOVE

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

Thoughts of love like falling leaves...

Swirling in the Autumn breeze.

Author: Unknown

Fall begins on September 22, 2013, for countries in the Northern Hemisphere (United States, Canada).

Fall begins on March 20, 2013 for countries in the Southern Hemisphere (parts of South America, parts of Africa, Australia, and Antarctica).

"The woods are full of fairies;

the sea is full of fish"

the trees are full of golder leave;

let's make an autumn wish."

Author Anonymous

"Come said the wind to
the leaves one day,
Come o're the meadows
and we will play.
Put on your dresses
scarlet and gold,
For summer is gone
and the days grow cold."

Author: A Children's Song of the 1880's

The foliage has been losing its freshness

through the month of August,

and here and there a yellow leaf shows itself

like the first gray hair amidst the locks of a beauty

who has seen one season too many.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower."

Albert Camus

falling leaves
hide the path
so quietly

John Bailey, Autumn

a haiku year, 2001

Thanks for stopping by!

Come back often, and bring a friend!

Have you noticed the information on the RIGHT of my blog at the top of the page?

Look for the "SEARCH THIS BLOG" box. Type a word in the box - like "adoption" or "garden art" and a list of my stories that match your search will appear. Click on the links to read more stories.

Add your email address to the "FOLLOW BY EMAIL" box, and my new blogs will be sent directly to your in-box.

Scroll down from the top of my blog on the right ...and look for a list (in red letters) of all the stories I have shared. They are listed by month and year, and by title. Click on a title to read more stories.

Marcia Norwood

America's STORYTELLER

Telling Untold Stories in Photographs,
Prose and Public Speaking

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Part One: A LAND WHERE FAIRIES DWELL

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

A fairy

is one

of a class of supernatural beings,

generally conceived

as having a diminutive human form,

that possess magical powers

with which they intervene in human affairs.

The word, "fairy" derived from

Middle English word faierie

(also fayerye, feirie, fairie),

is a direct borrowing from Old French Faerie...

meaning the land or realm

of the legendary people of folklore and romance

called (in Old French) faie or fee.

Faie became Modern English fay... "a fairy."

What should

"a land where fairies dwell"

look like?

Heartland Nursery, Lee's Summit, Missouri

Would you like to create your own

"land where fairies dwell?"

The sign at the entrance should read...

Fairy Gardens are a new trend in gardening.

Miniature gardens designs

in flowerpots and small containers

offer gardeners a fun way

to create tiny realistic landscapes.

I visited Colonial Nursery and Heartland Nursery

for inspiration. Here are some photos I took of their

Fairy Gardens.

Colonial Gardens, Blue Springs, Missouri

Heartland Nursery, Lee's Summit, Missouri

BLUE Fairy Garden Path, Colonial Nursery, Blue Springs, Missouri

Colonial Nursery, Blue Springs, Missouri

Colonial Gardens, Blue Springs, Missouri

Fairy Cottage, Colonial Gardens, Blue Springs, Missouri

Heartland Nursery, Lee's Summit, Missouri

Fairy House, Heartland Nursery, Lee's Summit, Missouri

Fairy Miniature Garden, Colonial Gardens, Blue Springs, Missouri

Colonial Gardens, Blue Springs, Missouri

Heartland Nursery, Lee's Summit, Missouri

Two children (a little girl and boy about five years old) visited Heartland Nursery the same day I was there. They were enchanted with the Fairy Gardens, and carefully examined each and every inch of the diminutive garden.

"I could live in a garden like this!"

the boy said as soft as a wish or a prayer.

"Me, too,"

said the girl.

Their eyes sparkled.

I couldn't resist engaging them, and asked:

"Do you think if you had a garden like this

the fairies would come?"

"I think so. I'm pretty sure,"

said the girl with a smile.

The boy nodded his head in agreement.

"I think so, too," I said.

Table-top FAIRY GARDEN at Heartland Nursery, Lee's Summit, Missouri

Heartland Nursery, Lee's Summit, Missouri

Heartland Nursery is the dream fulfilled by Pete & Sherry Mistretta. After 29 years as Blue Ridge Gardens; a small 200' x 200' garden center with 19 parking spaces...the dream garden center was built. 80,000 square feet under a glass greenhouse. The greenhouse was manufactured in Belgium, and shipped over by boat, once here a Belgium crew flew in and began putting it up. With over 120 parking spots, lots of carts and wide asles and plants from every corner of the globe it is a gardener's paradise.

Heartland Nursery

816-763-7371

www.heartlandnursery.com

COLONIAL NURSERY

(816) 229-9259


Kristen and Alan create the FAIRY GARDENS at Colonial Gardens, 27610 E. Wyatt Road, Blue Springs, Missouri. Contact Kim if you are interested in taking a class about Fairy Gardens. (816) 229-9259

Miniature Garden, Colonial Gardens, Blue Springs, Missouri

Wheelbarrows, wagons, wooden boxes, tin buckets, and wide terracotta pots are excellent for creating miniature garden designs that any fairy would be delighted to inhabit.

Do you believe in fairies?

Two children in 1917, took a photograph, believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. The movie, FairyTale: A True Story (1997) is based on a factual accounts of two young girls that, somehow, had the ability to take pictures of winged beings. It caused quite a stir throughout England during the time of the first World War. Everyone, except the girls who think it's quite normal, were excited about this "photographic proof" that fairies exist... even the great Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini pay the girls a visit.

Movie: FairyTale: A True Story (1997)

http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=mcafee&p=photos+from+the+moie+a+fairytale+a+true+story

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119095/

Why not create your own enchanted

"land where fairies dwell" and see what happens?

I'll add more photos, ideas and places to shop for miniature items for Fairy Gardens in my next blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Come back often, and bring a friend!

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

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Thursday, September 8, 2016

FALL IN LOVE

Swirling in the Autumn breeze.

"Come said the wind to
the leaves one day,
Come o're the meadows
and we will play.
Put on your dresses
scarlet and gold,
For summer is gone
and the days grow cold."

Sunday, September 8, 2013

FALL IN LOVE

Swirling in the Autumn breeze.

"Come said the wind to
the leaves one day,
Come o're the meadows
and we will play.
Put on your dresses
scarlet and gold,
For summer is gone
and the days grow cold."

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Part One: A LAND WHERE FAIRIES DWELL

AMERICA'S STORYTELLER, Marcia Norwood

TELL ME A STORY

Thursday, September 8, 2016

FALL IN LOVE

Swirling in the Autumn breeze.

"Come said the wind to the leaves one day, Come o're the meadows and we will play. Put on your dresses scarlet and gold, For summer is gone and the days grow cold."

Sunday, September 8, 2013

FALL IN LOVE

Swirling in the Autumn breeze.

"Come said the wind to the leaves one day, Come o're the meadows and we will play. Put on your dresses scarlet and gold, For summer is gone and the days grow cold."

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Part One: A LAND WHERE FAIRIES DWELL

AMERICA'S STORYTELLER, Marcia Norwood

"Come said the wind to
the leaves one day,
Come o're the meadows
and we will play.
Put on your dresses
scarlet and gold,
For summer is gone
and the days grow cold."

"Come said the wind to
the leaves one day,
Come o're the meadows
and we will play.
Put on your dresses
scarlet and gold,
For summer is gone
and the days grow cold."