A Fairy World

As you may know from the book Fairy Houses, Maine islands have fairies. "Our" island has many special secret places that you get to through dark, damp paths through the woods. We explored at least one spot every day.

Here are the girls heading into the woods which begins with a tunnel of sumac.



There is one path on the island that is pure magic. As we walked through the dark woods, the way was marked by white mussel shells with pure white stones placed inside them.

In these woods the whites glow white.


The greens are brilliant.

And everywhere you look, there are places where fairies just might really live. As we walked along this dark path marked by white pearls, Lou whispered "Mom, I think some sea fairies must have been here."


We emerged from the quiet, magical forest to the dramatic ocean side of the island at Ship's Cove, named for an old shipwreck that used to be here. The waves were pounding on the outer cliffs while rainwater trickled down the inner cliffs in gentle waterfalls.



We spent a long time at Ship's Cove listening to the roaring and the trickling, collecting sea glass, and exploring the wildness of the beach.









We then headed back through the woods along the fairy trail where even the trees are fairy-scale.

Fairy Houses is a delight to read if you haven't had the chance. I believe there is also a video. The book provides lots of ideas and inspirations for building fairy houses.