More Fun Than A Barrel of Fairies!

How much fun can be packed into one single weekend?

Oh. My. Goodness!

A ton of fun!

We kicked off our weekend with our annual preschool day at the farm.

37 +/- pairs of little feet fearlessly marched through the farm

to visit with all of the animals.

This just might be the pigs' favorite day of the year...

so many little people touching them and talking to them.

Ginger and MaryAnn were ecstatic.

Daphne and Chloe were lulled almost into a meditative trance with all of the petting

they received.

I love that these girls are like sponges...

just soaking it all in.

Of course, no farm visit is complete without group play on the pirate ship!

Eventually, they all settled into the picnic pavilion for a picnic...

and, of course, our four dogs made out like bandits!

Meanwhile, I snuck away and left the kids in Hubbs' capable hands.

My daughter Jenn and I headed to Spoutwood Farm in southern PA for their annual
Fairie Festival.
This was perhaps the most amazing festival I have ever attended.
So many people dress up for it and the costumes are fantastic.
It is held on the grounds of Spoutwood Farm and CSA in the rolling hills of PA.
There are food vendors and artists and crafts people...
demonstrations and entertainment.
I loved every minute that we were there...
and I came home with so much inspiration.

(you may want to switch the video to full screen mode so that you can better enjoy it)


Of course I couldn't leave without scoring my own set of wings and ears!
(I also brought home a pink pair for Mackenzie.)

We spent most of Saturday visiting with our "Littles"...
playing with them so that their Mommy could get her planting done.

Then Sunday, while the rain poured on our friends...

I stayed in the barn and worked on these...

Hubbs and I cut pieces of ash, drilled holes into the bottom for rebar....
and I made the tops from cocoa fiber hanging basket liners.

Next, I painted this table top...
(round wood can be purchased at Lowes)

which (when it stops raining) will be attached to a tree stump in the garden...
to be used for future tea parties.
I am in the midst of creating our own life-sized fairy realm
inside the walls of the garden.
I can't wait to serve you some tea there when it is finished.
(of course, you will need to wear your wings as well!)

Speaking of wings...
check out these visitors that we had this weekend.  
   

The hummingbirds are back!

And a rare treat was this indigo bunting at our feeder.
(Apparently they will visit feeders only in the spring... before the insect population is active.)