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ArtistWatercolor painting, highly detail, textured of a Ornately carved 16th century door within a massive highly textured bark of an old growth oak tree, fairy fairy with sunbeam wings(two sets of wings attached at each shoulder on left and right side of back, soft feathery thistle fluffed seeds), dressed in cotton daisy frock, bluebell flower hat, carrying a weaved basket with flowered slippers, golden thread, tiny miniature jar of honey, tiny miniature loaf of bread, mouse opening the door from the inside, early morning misty sunshine, sunbeams, forest, grasses, wildflowers, ferns, moss, rivulet, beauty, Arthur Rackham, Alexei Alexeievich Harlamov, Edward Robert Hughes, Maxfield Parrish, John Howe, Monet
Fairy House_Author Unknown
As I was walking homeward
one early summer's day
I met a little fairy
tripping on her way
Her bonnet was a bluebell
A daisy was her gown
Her wings were
bits of sunshine
trimmed with thistle down
I think she'd been to market
for as she hurried by
I peeped into her basket
to see what I could spy
A pair of flowered slippers
A reel of golden thread
A tiny jar of honey
and a teeny
loaf of bread
I stood amongst the blue grass
as still as still could be
The fairy gave a
rat-tat-tat
upon a
hollow tree
Then just for an instant
I glimpsed inside her house
Do you know what iI saw?
The front door was opened
by a mouse!
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FAERIES AND MUSHROOMS
MUSHROOMS AND FAERIES
WHAT’S THE CONNECTION?
WELL, WHEN THE POEM MENTIONS…
The door was opened by a mouse! …
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THIS REMINDS ME
OF HOW…
Mushrooms
are
known
to have
SURVIVED
ALL
MAJOR CATASTROPHES
that have caused
major extinctions
upon the earth.
species
which have formed a
symbiotic relationship
with mushrooms have
also been known
to
survive.
For example,
following the
extinction
of
many species
65 million years ago,
voles
(which are a relative of mice)
were the
largest mammal
to survive.
Their diet consisted of,
you guessed it,
mushrooms!
Meanwhile, just so you know, all of the fairy poems
shared were gathered (some written by me) a few years prior
to discovering Paul Stamets and his mushroom work. At the time
I was trying to connect, especially children, to nature with
a bit of fun by incorporating fairies, along with nature activities.
Then, when I discovered Paul Stamets and his work with mushrooms,
I thought in a way, I had discovered a holy grail to many of our environmental
problems, which has always been a core interest of mine.
This influence from Paul Stamets began around 2010 to the present.
However, because of one interview which I thought was not
in his usual style of being straight upfront, in fact, appeared to be
over-acting, I began to question the ground upon which he stood.
The following link I think gives a fair assessment and balance to all
in his regard, so perhaps, in the end, we may not throw out the baby
with the bathwater.
https://seismicspore.com/paul-stamets-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/
