This week I have been pottering in my little potted garden. Inspired by Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life by Marta McDowell, I have started a gardening planner and journal. Reading this book has also helped me reflect on my own journey in science. Like Beatrix, I...
Happy solstice blessings from the fairies and I! To celebrate the shortest day of the year in Australia and also the rebirth of the Sun, my fairy friends enjoyed a picnic under my thuja tree yesterday. Among the party were the fairy sisters, Amelia, Eilidh, Daisy,...
In my garden live six fairy sisters, called Verbena, Daisy, Mabel, Elidih, Violet and Lily. The sisters spend much time looking after my plants. They also love to play magical games like throw the wand and seek. Verbena, the Fairy Verbena, the oldest sister, is named...
Drawing inspiration from my garden, my artistic mentors and my magical friends of Nature, I am starting a fairy journal. I cordially invite you to read on to learn this idea came to me. This week my pansies have been in full bloom. They’re smiling and happy soft pink...
A week after holding my very first fairy high tea, my little nature friends left two surprise gifts on the threshold of my fairy door! I was so surprised and excited! My nature friends had left a mini basket of white eggs, six in total, and by their size, I could tell...
Last week I finished my first ever fairy door and installed it in my garden. I was inspired to take on this project when I came across the freestanding wooden door made by Urban Crafter. A fairy door is a miniature entrance installed at a place where a fairy would...