Fairies are invisible and inaudible like angels. But their magic sparkles in nature.
Lynn Holland

!Mummy, we are making the water pretty!”

“Come and see!”

I walk the length of the garden

Wondering what I might find in the water

Petals

Sprigs of green

Burst of blossom

A collection of colour

Esther and William were filling the water table

With flowers

I remembered my own childhood

Using flower petals to make perfume

Esther and William were doing something far more magical than that

Creating a world for flower fairies

Of course!

The sun was shining

Making the water sparkle

The glittering ripples

Littered with colour

Felt magical

The perfect home for flower fairies

The perfect place for fairies to come and play

To come and dip their wings in the shimmering waves

Esther added pink chalk as sand

She created rafts with leaves and bark

Fairy babies floated on the water wrapped in leaves

While the older fairies splashed and played

And swam with the Puffer Fish!

As all good fairies do

Esther and William acted out stories

Of fairy families and friends

They played together beautifully

Beneath the beams of the Spring sunshine

And all I could think was

“Is this your life now, Matilda Mae?”

Our beautiful angel

Our star of the sea

Is this how you play with your fairy friends?

Making the most of the world

And all it can be?

Esther and William played for ages

Testing different wood and leaves

For boats

Lots of things floated on the water

But could not take the weight of the fairies

We are going to do more work on floating and sinking

But this

This was all about the magic of fairies

And Matilda Mae

And as the seasons come and go, here’s something you might like to know. There are fairies everywhere: under bushes, in the air, playing games just like you play, singing through their busy day. So listen, touch, and look around – in the air and on the ground. And if you watch all nature’s things, you might just see a fairy’s wing.
Author Unknown

If you like the dress that Esther is wearing in this post. It is a beautiful handmade Matilda Mae dress from The Princess and the Frock.

If you buy one then a percentage of the sale will be donated to Bliss, the charity supporting the families of babies born too small, too sick, too soon.

Thank you x