Monday, September 1, 2008

Faerie Adventure, Part II

While we were waiting for Gramma to collect all the faerie house materials the kids were getting restless. So, I decided to take them outside and have them write some faerie invitations to our village. Then, after we made our faerie houses we decided to take a walk in the woods behind Mom's house to leave the invitations. Emily was afraid of the cayotes, as her and Gramma had just heard them howling a few days before in the woods. Emily suceeded in scaring Michael too. My suggestion to sing "Going on a bear Hunt" didn't seem to help either. Grace, tough little one that she is, didn't seem to care about any scary animals.
Aunt Stacey, Emily, Gramma and Michael


Not really knowing where we were going, we walked and went under and over barbed wired fence. Then, we took a detour through some briars. I was leading until I heard a large animal run away just feet in front of me. Mom asked what it sounded like. And I being the exaggerator that I am said, "like galloping!"
Cousins, Michael Grace & Emily
Later, under the "laughing tree" we joked around about what the animal could have been. I was telling them that in the southwest when I hear scurrring in the bushes it always sound like it should be a much larger animal then the tiny lizard that runs out. Which gave rise to all sorts of uncontrollable laughter about galloping lizards. Mom and I have always had this thing about laughing, sometimes when we start we can't stop, even if there's really nothing to laugh about. Such was the case here and it seemed to spread, we had the kids laughing too. Even, Michael said "That's silly! A galloping lizard!?!" We like to think the faeries put a laughter spell over the tree. Though I'm not sure Mom and I need a spell to laugh.

Emily leaving our invitations
Finally we found, what we now call, Faerie Lane and the woods we were looking for as well. Emily and I found a tree with a kind of door in the front, we thought it'd be the kind of place to find some faeries. So we left the invites there.
Michael, Emily, Grace & Gramma by our faerie tree
Gramma and Grace in our magical forest.
On our way home, Aunt Stacey, Gramma, Grace & Emily
What a fun adventure!

2 comments:

  1. oh how I adore your fairies, and your fairy houses and invitations and all! I just spent a moment catching up on and reading about your rediscovery of your homeland, sweet corn, all the way to fairies and your family is gorgeous and wonderful and cousin Michael sure favors cousin Emily! xoxo
    C.

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  2. welcome home my friend....i miss you.

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