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ArtistHighly Textured salt infused Watercolor, oil pastel, ink painting of a 1600 century woman dressed in highly embroidered brocade gilded jacket, vest and pants sitting upon soft moss beneath an old oak tree surrounded by bluebells playing a tiny flute soft early morning sunbeams coming through the trees rabbit, mouse, vole, robin, swallow, thrush, bees, forest, tiny small wildflowers ferns, moss, rolling undulating landscape tiny fairy with two sets of wings on her back inbetween her shoulders dressed in a translucent gossamer frock flying Arthur rackham, Luigi Bechi, Rembrandt, James Holland
Poem by
Enid Blyton
I found a little fairy flute
Beneath the harebell blue;
I sat me down upon the moss
And blew a note or two.
And as I blew the rabbits came
Around me in the sun,
And little mice and velvet moles
Came creeping one by one.
A swallow perched upon my head
A robin on my thumb,
The thrushes sang in tune with me,
The bees began to hum.
I loved to see them all around
And wished they'd stay,
When down a little fairy flew
And snatched my flute away!
Then the swallow fluttered off,
And gone were all the bees,
The rabbits ran, and I was left
Alone
amongst
the trees!
FAERIES AND MUSHROOMS
WHAT’S THE CONNECTION?
WELL, WHEN THE POEM MENTIONS…
…beneath the Hairbell Blue…
THIS REMINDS ME…
OF …
what
may be
beneath the
ground
of the
hairbell blue
in a
healthy soil.
and that is…
MYCELIUM
(like the faerie flute)
attracts
WILDLIFE
for
as it
creates
the
rich soils
so necessary for life,
this also attracts
worms and bugs,
which in turn attracts
frogs and birds.
The birds can then
drop seeds
which
creates more plants,
in fact
entire eco-systems
can come into being
which attracts even
more wildlife!
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/
